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Find the latest and most important publications on this section of the website. There are a variety of publications available, some are published by British BIDs, including the National BID Survey, National BID Criteria & Chris Turner's monthly insights. 

If you are a member, you can enjoy exclusive access to a number of publications with your membership login details. This includes access to the Policy & Guidance notes which are housed here.

Featured Publication Industrial BIDs Spring Report 2026

Industrial BIDs Spring Report 2026

Discover insights from the Industrial BIDs Spring Report, now available to download....

Featured Publication The 2026 BIDs Spring Report

The 2026 BIDs Spring Report

This year’s report includes the latest BID data and research in one easily accessible document! Download your copy now....

Featured Publication Visitor Levy Consultation - A response from British BIDs

Visitor Levy Consultation - A response from British BIDs

A consultation on the design of a new Mayoral power to create visitor levies on overnight stays in England....

Featured Publication The 2025 Annual BID Survey and Report

The 2025 Annual BID Survey and Report

Each year, we publish our Annual Survey and Report, providing the most up-to-date insights and data for the entire BID industry across the British Isles.Attendees of the 2025 National BIDs Conference received an exclusive first look at this year’s findings, and we are now delighted to share the full 19th...

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Featured Publication BUSINESS PLAN CRITERIA FOR BIDS

BUSINESS PLAN CRITERIA FOR BIDS

We have produced this Criteria to ensure that BIDs, from the early development stages through to the final proposal and business plan, undertake all the right processes and services for all levy payers, and that all the regulations are properly followed. Whilst the Criteria will be of interest and relevance...

Quarterly National Data - Proximity Futures

Quarterly National Data - Proximity Futures

BIDs are both producers and users of data. They generally produce footfall data for their town and city centres, they provide data about their levy payers and they measure and monitor traffic flows and pedestrian flows through the towns and cities.  This new quarterly report produced by Proximity Futures along with British BIDs allows...

OUR PLAN TO REBUILD: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy

OUR PLAN TO REBUILD: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy

This document sets out a plan to rebuild the UK for a world with COVID-19. It is not a quick return to 'normality.' Nor does it lay out an easy answer. And, inevitably, parts of this plan will adapt as we learn more about the virus. But it is a...

Resilience Fund

Resilience Fund

Our Resilience Fund presentation has been designed to go alongside our Q&A's giving BIDs guidance on the Fund.

BID Barometer - Q1 April 2020

BID Barometer - Q1 April 2020

BID Barometer - Q1 April 2020

Financial Advice for BIDs

Financial Advice for BIDs

From the first moments that COVID-19 struck the UK, it was clear that it would bring major disruption to Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), to the levy payers that they serve, and to the places that they manage. In a series of Q&A sessions attended by over 150 BIDs from around...

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