Business and the Town Centre
Dr Julie Grail
Chief Executive, British BIDs
British BIDs
The Voice for BIDs
Delivering Quality Services and Standards
for the BID Industry
What role can business play
in the reimagining of town
centres?
Its not just about shops, the
evening offer is just as
important
Can business be involved in
service delivery and
amenity?
What about the role of
employers of office or
factory based staff?
Place Management
1980s Early partnerships
1990s Town Centre Management
2000s Business Improvement Districts
2010s Commercial approach to collaboration
What is a BID?
BIDs are business-led partnerships focused
on improving and enhancing commercial
areas through a mandatory levy.
National BID Timeline
2003/04
Legislation
2005
First BIDs
2010
First
Renewals
2013
169 BIDs
169
BIDs
70,000
Businesses
550
Staff
1,500
Board Members
190
Property Owners
£100
Million
What role can business
play in the reimagining
of town centres?
Ipswich Central BID
Turning our Town Around
Rugby First BID
Retail Start-Up Scheme
Vauxhall One BID
Vibrant VoHo
Its not just about shops
the evening offer is just
as important
Birmingham Retail BID
Style Birmingham Live AW12
Leamington BID
Lantern Parade
Totally Truro BID
Ice Skate Truro
Preston BID
Prestfest
Can business be
involved in service
delivery and amenity?
Bath BID
Trade Waste and Recycling Initiative
Falmouth BID
Telling the Falmouth Story
Nottingham BID
The Floral Trail
What about the role of
employers of office or
factory staff?
Inmidtown BID
Collective Purchasing
Victoria BID
Green Business Initiative
Heart of London Business Alliance
WOW Privilege Card
4 x BIDs*
Employ SE1
Better Bankside; Team London Bridge; Waterloo Quarter: Vauxhall One
Place Management through BIDs is
about managing a town centre as if
it were a single business identity
A visible business-led place management
company that is making a measurable
difference to the business environment
for those that pay the levy
www.britishbids.info