5-6 June – Horseshoe Common We now have a new date for the Marvellous Markets event on Horseshoe Common. The event was originally planned for last weekend but had to be postponed due to high winds and bad weather forecast. The Marvellous Market event will now take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June.…

New Business Liaison Officer We’d like to wish a warm welcome to Susie O’Neill, who is joining the BID team as Business Liaison Officer to cover maternity leave. Susie will be working her way around town centre businesses to introduce herself. If you are a Town Centre BID levy payer and would like to meet…

26 & 27 June Umoja Arts Network are organizing a weekend of activities to showcase the best of African and Caribbean music, art, food and culture, supported by the Bournemouth Town Centre BID. On Saturday 26th June, they will be at Bournemouth Square and on Sunday 27th June they will be at Beales Place. Activities…

CONTACTLESS “giving points” will be set up across Bournemouth and Poole to enable people to donate £3 to help people sleeping rough. The initiative is part of the Change for Good fund to help homeless people make positive moves off the streets. The fund has already raised £10,000 in donations to its Just Giving page.…

Encouraging residents & visitors to reconnect with the town centre and its businesses The first of our Reconnect videos are now available to view online and will be shared over our @makeitbmth social media pages over the next few days. Please share them if you can. Also look out for them across the Bournemouth Echo…

We’re delighted to announce that we are working in partnership with NCP to bring discounted parking to Bournemouth Town Centre BID levy payers and their staff. If you are a Bournemouth Town Centre BID levy payer, you and your staff can now park at The Square (Richmond Hill) and Hinton Road NCP car parks at…

 Horseshoe Common –  new dates to be announced shortly A brand new event called Marvellous Markets is coming to Horseshoe Common, and we have an opportunity for our levy payers to get involved. Would you like to host a market stall to sell your products/services? To help with costs, we have subsidised the stall fee for levy payers, so…

Chance for independent businesses to have their say Following on from the Build Back Better COVID Grimsey Review Supplement published in June 2020, Bill Grimsey is turning his attention to independent businesses and embarking on new research to find out how they survived the pandemic and what more can be done to support them. He…

The campaign asking people to work one day a week from their local has had venue registrations pouring in. Started during lockdown 3.0, Work from your local’s community driven campaign asking people to work one day a week from a local pub, cafe or community space has attracted interest from hospitality venues around the UK.…

Bournemouth Comes 4th In List of UK Towns & Cities For Shopping Destinations Bournemouth has come 4th in the list of the UK’s ten busiest towns and cities when it comes to people visiting non-essential retail. New research, from mobility research business Huq, has highlighted the UK’s ten busiest towns and cities for both footfall…

Encouraging residents & visitors to reconnect with the town centre and its businesses Our Reconnect Initiative is full steam ahead to brighten up Bournemouth town centre, and encourage residents and visitors to reconnect with the town centre and its businesses. A deep clean is well underway across the town centre in a major initiative in…

We are giving our levy payers access to a brand new section on our website, where we will regularly share data with you, including footfall, vacancy rates, visitor surveys, online access to our newsletters, and AGM minutes. It will also allow you to access special offers for Bournemouth Town Centre BID levy payers. If you…

Encouraging residents & visitors to reconnect with the town centre and its businesses We are giving Bournemouth town centre a spring clean and freshen up in time for non-essential shops, outdoor hospitality and services like hairdressers reopening from 12 April. Our Reconnect initiative is well underway to help and encourage residents and visitors to reconnect…

The privacy of your personal data is important to us. We’ve updated our privacy policy to clarify who we share personal data with and for what purposes. You can review the updated language here. Please contact info@towncentrebid.co.uk with any questions.…

The renewal ballot for the next 5 years of the Bournemouth Town Centre BID will be taking place next year, in 2022. If you are a Bournemouth Town Centre BID levy payer, we want your views on what your priorities are for Bournemouth town centre, so we can build our next 5 year business plan…

Our team of Rangers, and our Rapid Response Cleaner will be back and available as usual from Monday 12 April. They have been furloughed during the lockdown, however our Head Ranger and office staff have still been available throughout. If you need anything before the team of Rangers are back on 12 April, let us…

We thought it would be helpful to highlight all the different avenues of support available for businesses at the current time, along with links to the relevant guidance. This has now been updated to include the new measures announced in the Budget. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE GUIDE This is a fully interactive guide. Click…

Here are some of the key business measures announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the Budget. An extension of the Coronavirus Job Support Scheme to September 2021 across the UK. £5 billion for new Restart Grants – a one off cash grant of up to £18,000 for hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym businesses…

The first stage of major improvements to the Lansdowne area will commence on 15 March 2021. This initial phase will require Holdenhurst Road, between Lansdowne Roundabout and Station Roundabout, to be closed to vehicles for approximately 12 weeks. A diversion will be in place via St Swithun’s Road and Christchurch Road. Access for people walking…

The government has published the ‘COVID-19 Response – Spring 2021’, setting out the roadmap out of the current lockdown for England. The four tests which must be met before we can move through each step of the COVID-19 roadmap. Decisions at each step will be made on the latest data and the government will be…

A £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund has been launched to help small businesses adjust to new customs procedures, rules of origin and VAT rules when trading with the EU. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who trade internationally with the EU only, and are therefore new to importing and exporting processes, can apply for grants…