About Bid

Saturday January 16, 2016

The aim of the proposed BID is to give our businesses a direct say in the town’s future in a way that has never been possible before.

Businesses would be responsible for deciding how a fund of more than £2 million would be invested over five years to improve the town.

This Business Plan sets out project ideas identified by local businesses that would make a real difference to the prosperity of the town. Effective marketing, car parking incentives, new events, structural improvements and business support have all been identified as key areas.

The plan also explains how the BID would work, how businesses would benefit and how it would be set up and managed.

More than 600 businesses will decide whether the BID goes ahead by voting in a ballot to be held in April 2016.