Leading the BID industry
Leading the BID industry
Wednesday 26th November - 2pm
British BIDs members are invited to join Chris Turner and Lucy Stanford as they dissect the 19th annual BID survey. This session will cover a range of subjects from levy income, finances and governance issues to diversity, boards and policy matters.
Wednesday 10th December - 2pm
Stephen Toal, UK Head of Retail & Leisure Insights at Savills, will provide industry-leading insights and updates on the current retail environment, performance, consumer behaviour and trends.
Wednesday 21st January, 2026 - 2pm
Ensuring that you are aware of the legislation, what it means to you and how to prepare. Hosted by Andrew Williams, Head of Security & Resilience at Savills.
Free employment webinars for British BIDs members
British BIDs members benefit to free access to Croner, an expert employment law and health & safety helpline. Find out more here.
The Helpline gives you access to telephone advice from a team of experts.
Your 24/7 Croner Telephone Business Support Helpline offers a range of support, including:
Members can view the full webinar library here
You will need to be logged in to the British BIDs website as a member to access these links.
We were joined by Christopher Turner and Stephen Gaskell for an insightful discussion surrounding devolution and local authority reorganisation.
The conversation covered:
👉 What devolution is and why it matters for BIDs
👉 How local government reorganisation may impact BID operations and funding
👉 Practical steps BIDs can take to prepare for upcoming changes
If you are a member, the recording can be accessed on our Learning Portal.
About Stephen Gaskell
Stephen has almost three decades of experience working in top tier Councils. Most recently as Assistant Chief Executive for Southwark Council where he was responsible for the Strategy and Communities Department of Corporate and Community Services, overseeing 90 staff and an £8 million operating budget. Stephen led the development of the Borough Strategy, Southwark 2030.
In previous roles, Stephen has on led on projects and programmes to support a strong local economies, resilience and emergency planning and housing improvement work. Stephen is passionate about public services, keen to tackle the challenges the sector faces and curious about future innovation.
A webinar with Philip Collins and the team behind Sister
We were joined by Philip Collins, former chief speechwriter to Tony Blair and founder of The Draft, for a webinar on how language can make people care about innovation and enterprise. Philip and his team designed the branding for Sister, a new £1.7 billion innovation district formerly known as ID Manchester.
Drawing on this experience, Philip shared his views on the current state of innovation communications. He believes the majority of writing about innovation is strangely un-innovative, and that by speaking and writing in a more human way we can broaden the appeal of what we do at BIDs.
If you are a member, the recording can be accessed on our Learning Portal.
