Bristol Comedy Festival

Laughs aplenty in the new year: Everything we know so far about the inaugural festival, running from Sunday 12th January to Saturday 25th January.

The Elf on the Shelf® returns

The Elf on the Shelf® Scout Elf returns to Bristol for a city-wide Christmas adventure this winter

Bristol consults on new City BID

New unified and expanded city BID: ~£17m investment to strengthen economy and support local business.

Bristol Light Festival 2025

Three more installations for the 2025 edition of Bristol Light Festival revealed

Free events available to you

Looking for a way to break up your workday routine and try something new? Join us for a free lunchtime event!

TAP for Bristol

Launched in 2019, TAP for Bristol is in partnership with local homeless support charity Caring in Bristol. Our aim is to make Bristol the city that solves homelessness.

WHAT WE DO

Thanks to the investment and involvement from our levy paying businesses, we’re creating a better Bristol for all: Our vision is a future-focused city that attracts business, investment, and people to create a resilient and welcoming city for all.

Our guiding principles are to offer strong and effective governance, to have clear accountability, to give our levy paying businesses value for money and to be responsive to our business’s needs.

About Us

OUR OBJECTIVES

  • INTRODUCTION TO YOUR BID

    Our Welcome Pack provides an overview of our most recent activity and an introduction to the City Centre BID for levy paying businesses.

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  • ENHANCING

    Enhancing by delivering projects that attract investment and talent, create a greener, cleaner and more attractive city centre, bringing visitors, employees and residents back into the heart of the city.

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  • PROMOTING

    Promoting with a collaborative approach to delivering innovative campaigns, events, activations, and communications to support and promote Bristol city centre and its businesses. Celebrating everything that makes Bristol a special place to work, study and live.

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  • PROTECTING

    Protecting by investing to reduce, challenge and raise awareness of crime and anti-social behaviour to protect city centre businesses, visitors and residents both day and night.

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  • SUPPORTING

    Supporting by acting as a single point of contact to represent levy payers, leverage investment, influence strategy and support the business community.

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HOW WE’RE DOING THIS

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Bristol City Centre BID Annual Reports

Stay up to date with the progress of the Bristol City Centre BID team by reading our latest annual report.

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Bristol Safe Space

Bristol City Centre BID is supporting Avon & Somerset Police to deliver a safe space pilot project in central Bristol.

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Bristol Light Festival 2025

Bristol Light Festival returns for 2025, dazzling the city from 31 January - 9 February.

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Old City Sounds 2024

Free-to-attend one-day music event in Bristol's Old City.

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Show stopping artwork returns to remind us that “Bristol is Always a Good Idea”

Iconic statement light installation to take centre stage from tomorrow as Bristol’s world-class culture, cuisine, events and more turn up the heat for the summer season

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THE CITY CENTRE BID BOUNDARY

This map represents the Bristol City Centre BID area. It is the largest of five BIDs in Bristol and includes some of Bristol’s landmark locations such as the Old City, Harbourside, Park Street and City Centre.

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Latest news

Laughs aplenty in the new year: Everything we know so far about the inaugural Bristol Comedy Festival

The festival, running from Sunday 12th January to Saturday 25th January, will host more than 100 events and a competition to win tickets to the Comedy Competition finale

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Bristol City Centre BID launches night-time Safe Space pilot in partnership with Avon & Somerset Police

The pilot initiative, taking place on Friday 6th December and Saturday 7th December, seeks to support vulnerable individuals during busy weekend nights in Bristol’s city centre.

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November Cleansing Report

Read about what our cleansing team have been up to this November

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Retail security drop-in sessions this winter

Retailers are invited to join us for retail security drop-in sessions this winter.

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Swing when you’re winning: Further showstopping installations for Bristol Light Festival revealed, including a revamped return of Bristol’s favourite

Three more installations for the 2025 edition of Bristol Light Festival, which will run from Friday 31st January to Sunday 9th February 2025*, have today been announced

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Let's Connect

The BID team welcomes ideas and news from Bristol BID businesses.