Industry insights and news including Bb Chief Executive Professor Chris Turner's observations, thoughts, updates and announcements can be found below.
Applications for the 2018 Great British High Streets Awards are now open! The Great British High Street (GBHS) Awards 2018, which is being run by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, sponsored by Visa and backed by other partners, is recognising and celebrating local achievements on our high streets and...
VIEWThis morning we were in Birmingham attending the launch of Bill Grimsey's second review “It’s time to reshape our town centres”. The review is a forward looking and exciting document, looking at some of the underlying societal issues that have affected our town centres. The report stresses the need for leadership and...
VIEWJake Berry MP, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth has announced the Great British High Street Awards for 2018: Launch of the Great British High Street Awards 2018 Dear Colleague, I am pleased to share with you that the Communities Secretary, the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP today launched the...
VIEWJune has been busy for ballots and we congratulate Lowestoft and Essential Edinburgh, who were successful in their recent renewal ballot. Sadly, Shirley were not successful. At the end of the month there are six further ballots; renewals in Liverpool, Weymouth, Dorchester and ballots for new bids in Colchester, Saffron...
VIEWThe last four weeks has seen three new BIDs coming through successful ballot. Penrith Industrial Estates marked the 300th BID in the British Isles, followed by Minehead and then Clevedon. We now await Essential Edinburgh, and Lowestoft, both renewal ballots and Shirley, a new developing BID. Much of the data that...
VIEWBritish BIDs today announces a momentous milestone for the Business Improvement District (BID) industry across the UK and Ireland as it reaches 300 BIDs. Last Friday, businesses in Penrith industrial estates have voted favourably for the creation of a BID, a ‘yes’ vote which marks a total of 300 BIDs for...
VIEWThank you to those of you who attended the Bb Professional Development Day. All of the photos from the day can be found here ...
VIEWIt has been an interesting four weeks for ballots, with successes in both Leamington and Warrington, but failures in both Bedminster and Morpeth. It will be for the industry to try to analyse the reasons for the unsuccessful ballots and try and learn. We are look forward to the results of...
VIEWWritten by Emily Richards, Marketing Manager If you haven’t yet taken a look at our new website, we do hope you take the opportunity to explore this, particularly if you are member. Our membership organisation is continuing to grow and we remain the leading membership organisation for BIDs. With this...
VIEWThe last month has been busy for BIDs, with thirteen ballots. Kirkwall, Astmoor, Halebank, and Manor Royal, along with Northbank, Streatham, Coventry and King's Heath were all successful renewals. At the same time five new were delivered successfully in Oswestry, Chelmsford, Penge, Beckenham, and Wood Green respectively. As you may...
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