The BID is designed to improve the perception and experience of visiting the city centre. It is not always possible to demonstrate the personal benefits each store has recieved from the projects it has delivered. However we also offer a range of services and products to reduce costs for members. Please take a quick look below to see if you are accessing all the benefits available to you.
- Free security radio (sector specific) subject to the value of your BID levy, any levy below £175 per annum will be asked to pay a top up fee to this amount.
- 2 free days of leafleting in the city centre (usually £70 per day)
- Free editorial in the feel alive magazine (100,000 household circulation)
- Preferential advertising rates in Feel Alive - click here for a rate card
- Loss Prevention advice
- Membership to the Shopwatch or Pubwatch online schemes
- ACIS stockloss intelligence reports
- Rapid response grafitti removal service
- Facilitation of business to business offers.
In addition the BID also procure and achieve substatntial discounts on a range of products and services on behalf of all members, these include:
- Gas
- Electric
- Water
- Waste Management
- Recycling
- Office Supplies
- Business Insurance
- Fuel Cards
- Vehicles
- Travel
- Landline telephones
- Mobile Phones
- High speed broadband
- IT support and web design
- Tax and accountancy
- Retrospective billing
Please ensure that you contact us when looking at new contracts for any of the above products, our job is to give you fair and impartial advice.Even if your current supplier then matches the rates we can procure we will have saved your business money that you can invest into other areas such as marketing and promotion. For further information please call on 02476 831266 or
email