We worked together with Pernod Ricard UK to bring you Cheltenham Cocktail Week. Bars, hotels and pubs across Cheltenham pulled out all the stops to bring a week full of liquor-filled treats to the public. Cheltenham Cocktail Week set off on Monday 14 May with our Absolut Vodka Opening Party at Aquavitae and finished on […]

Cheltenham BID businesses were among the big winners at the first SoGlos Gloucestershire Lifestyle Awards. Six of the 20 county-wide categories were won by businesses in the BID zone. The Everyman Theatre was Live Entertainment Venue of The Year, Fat Toni’s Pizzeria Takeaway of the Year, The Find Café of the Year, John Gordons Bar […]

Cheltenham’s Street Chilli Fiesta will return to Cambray Place on Saturday 2nd June from 10am, bringing more than 15 chilli produce specialists to town. Last year’s fiesta saw hundreds of people enjoying the heat as they selected some of the country’s best chilli based jams, chutneys and marinades. The popular ‘Clash of the Titans’ chilli […]

The line-up of events for the BID’s Cheltenham Cocktail Week in May has been confirmed. The week, which runs from Monday May 14 to Saturday May 19, will see many of the town’s best-loved bars, pubs, clubs and hotels coming together to celebrate the wide array of cocktails available in Cheltenham. It will also see […]

Cheltenham Borough Council and Gloucestershire County Council are planning a further substantial investment on High Street. The estimated £1.8m project will see the Strand and the pedestrianised section of Cambray Place resurfaced. The uneven paving and replacing tarmac will go and a new drainage system will be installed.  The aim is to make this area […]

Cheltenham Borough Council is asking businesses to have their say on the way street trading licences are issued.   The current policy is under review and aims to: prevent the obstruction of the streets by street trading activities; sustain established shopkeepers in the town; maintain the quality of the townscape and add value to the […]

The BID has had a great response from businesses to our initative to put up floral displays this summer. BID in Bloom will see almost 100 baskets and troughs of flowers brighten up more than 20 businesses across the town centre from June until October. The BID has worked with UBICO, which runs the nursery […]

More than 1,500 people attended the launch of Cheltenham Beauty Week in Regent Arcade. The event was set up to promote the week, which runs from April 21st to 28th, at businesses across Cheltenham. A team from Hatherley Manor Hotel Spa completed 100 treatments during the day. Vicky Peacock, from the Spa, said: “We’re really […]

The first Cheltenham BID Awards were a great success at one of our newest venues, The Old Courthouse. The diversity of the businesses within the BID zone was shown in the winners. Across 10 categories, they included three restaurants, a bar, a menswear shop, a bath and body products shop, a podiatrist, a tattoo studio, […]

Dozens of events at Cheltenham Jazz Festival are taking place across the town centre this year after support from the town’s Business Improvement District (BID). Cheltenham BID is the lead sponsor of the festival’s Around Town programme, which means that more than 70 free events will be staged in a variety of venues from Thursday […]

News of the benefits of being a BID business is spreading and we have had several businesses join the BID as voluntary members. We’d like to welcome The Beehive, Badlands Records, The Logical Utilities Company, Showcase and Cocoa Couture to the BID community. The Beehive, a vibrant, friendly pub serving classic pub food and great […]

Competitors from across the country are signing up to take part in the “Clash of the Titans” contest at the BID’s Cheltenham Street Chilli Fiesta on Saturday. The contest sees chilli enthusiasts compete to prove they can eat a hotter chilli than their rivals. Miss Cheltenham Katy van Hemelryk will be on hand to present […]

Cheltenham BID is bringing its second Cheltenham Cocktail Week to bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants and hotels across the town in May. Many of the town’s best-loved venues will again celebrate the wide array of cocktails available in an event supported by Pernod Ricard UK. Eight different venues will host ticketed events ranging from a whisky […]

Cheltenham Beauty Week is coming to town this April to celebrate all things beauty; from style to fashion and products to well-being experiences. The new initiative, which runs from April 21 to 28, is being organised by Cheltenham BID as a way to showcase our great shops, spas, salons, hairdressers and barbers.   The week […]

We were delighted to work with SoGlos on our Christmas window display competition. They offered a fantastic prize of a promotional video for the winners. The video has now been filmed and produced for Vinegar Hill, who won the competition for their polar bear winter scene. https://youtube.com/watch?v=PcrcC2A3HN0 Thanks to SoGlos for a job well done. […]

Cheltenham BID has been praised for playing a key role in helping the town retain its Purple Flag status. The Purple Flag is awarded to towns and cities that have a vibrant evening and night-time economy that is also appealing, welcoming and safe. The accreditation is given out annually and, after Cheltenham successfully achieved the […]

A new event run by Cheltenham BID will see landmark buildings in the town centre lit up in a way they have never been seen before. Light Up Cheltenham will take place in the February half-term holiday. It will be launched on Saturday February 10th by spectacular street theatre drumming group Spark!, who have been a […]

Some of Cheltenham’s best-loved independent retailers are coming together for a major sale this month. The BID has brought together nine businesses for Cheltenham’s Independents Sale from 11am to 4pm on Sunday January 28 in the Princess Hall at Cheltenham Ladies College. Some shops will cut as much as 75 per cent off the normal […]

Our Ambassadors have had a positive impact on the town, from making coach visitors feel welcome to ensuring rubbish is collected.  They have arranged for leaves to be cleared from pavements and helped businesses take advantage of our projects. Now you have the opportunity to make Cheltenham a better place to live, work and visit. […]

A new gift card has been launched by Cheltenham BID that recipients can spend at a huge range of town centre businesses. The Cheltenham Gift Card can be spent on almost anything, anytime, anywhere in the town centre. More than 60 of our businesses have already signed up to accept the card, with shops, restaurants, […]