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Successful ballot means Bristol City Centre BID secures second five-year term

Bristol’s city centre businesses vote to keep BID until 2027.

30/09/2022

Bristol City Centre BID has announced its success in the renewal ballot, of the votes cast 79% of Bristol’s city centre businesses ‘voted yes’ for a new five-year term of the BID.

With the vision of a better Bristol for all, Bristol City Centre BID promises to deliver campaigns, initiatives, partnerships, and events in its new term that will help attract business, inward investment, and people to the city, and make it a more welcoming and safer place for everyone who lives, works, studies and visits.

Throughout September, levy paying businesses have been voting on the BID’s ambitious business plan for the next five years 2022-2027 and the successful ballot means that the team are delighted to be able to continue providing its services to the city centre levy payers.

Vicky Lee, Head of Bristol City Centre BID

We are absolutely thrilled with the result of the ballot and confirmation of a second five-year term of Bristol City Centre BID. A huge thank you to all our levy payers for your support and for voting for the continuation of the BID. We have a fantastic opportunity to build on our successes and continue to support city centre businesses, we will do even more to connect and represent the business community across the next five years. The BID team is committed to creating a better Bristol for all, a future-focused city that attracts business, investment, and people to create a resilient and welcoming city for all. A city where businesses can thrive, people want to live, work and visit, a city that is safe for all to enjoy whatever time of day or night, and a place that is welcoming and appealing to everyone. We look forward to continuing our work for another five-year term

Since being introduced in 2017, Bristol City Centre BID has become known for innovative and strategic projects investing the BID levy to support businesses.  Over the last five years, a total of £5million from the BID levy, alongside additional grants and funding to the value of £500,000, has been invested back into the city.

In the new five-year term, Bristol City Centre BID promises to build on successes of the last five years as well as identifying new ways to deliver a better Bristol for all, under four strategic themes: enhancing, protecting, promoting and supporting.

John Savage, CEO of Visit West

Over the last five years, Bristol City Centre BID has become one of the city’s key organisations in the delivery of services and initiatives, supporting the businesses that it represents whilst making the city a more welcoming and safer place for everyone. Without the BID, Bristol would be a very different place. The new five-year term is a great opportunity for the city, allowing the dedicated BID team to continue many of the services and projects now well established alongside new ones planned across the next five years. This wouldn’t be possible without the continued interest, confidence, and support of our levy payers, all committed to building a better Bristol for the future.

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.

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.

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.

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

James Woolam, Chair of the Bristol City Centre Board

The vote for a second term of Bristol City Centre BID is hugely positive for the future of the city and will benefit businesses as they continue to navigate the road to recovery. The BID team constantly looks for new ways to support their levy payers and I have been particularly impressed by projects over the last five years that have seen ‘look and feel’ improvements in the city centre, making it a more welcoming and encouraging visitors, as well as the continued outreach work with homelessness charities through TAP for Bristol. I look forward to seeing what the BID delivers across the next five years.
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