Our partnership with PSP aims to work with you to identify and realise savings when considering new contracts and choosing suppliers. We can also support you to navigate the current cost of living crisis and achieve the best value on services like electricity, gas, water and telecoms. Since the beginning of this project in late 2022, PSP have identified over £66,000 in savings in the BID area and over £122,000 across the city centre.
Get in touch to start saving.
From 1 October 2023 businesses must no longer supply, sell or offer certain single-use plastic items in England. You can prepare your business for the new rules by:
You can now see the rateable value for your business property. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has updated the rateable values of all business, and other non-domestic, property in England and Wales.
These future rateable values took effect from 1 April 2023.
Statement on UK government support for energy costs – from IPM and The BID Foundation
The Prime Minister has announced a support package to deal with the rising cost of energy and imminent change to the energy price cap.
The Institute of Place Management and The BID Foundation has responded to this announcement and you can read their perspective on the range of measures on their website.
Businesses count down the days as imminent collapse of the High Street may become a reality.
Following rumours of an energy prize freeze, over 150,000 businesses from across the UK are urging Government to act on spiralling energy costs which are proving more detrimental than the pandemic. The #BusinessSOS campaign warns of mass closure and redundancies if immediate and effective action isn’t taken – the true situation that Britain faces today.
Through the West of England Combined Authority, a range of support and funding options are available to help SMEs cut costs and become more energy efficient, including: