We are partnering with the Bournemouth Echo to produce an online & in-print platform highlighting local business who are still legitimately open but more importantly have an online/home delivery arm. Businesses who are providing delivery services (or other essential service providers who want to advertise that they are open) will be featured every day on…

As you may already be aware, our Ranger and Clean & Green teams have continued to support the businesses in Bournemouth town centre until Monday 23 March. The teams were keen to keep working and supporting Town Centre BID levy paying businesses for as long as possible. However, in the light of the Prime Minister’s…

IN a swift move to ensure town centre business owners have immediate access to urgent human resources help and advice, a support scheme has been set up and sponsored by the Bournemouth Town Centre BID. The Town Centre BID has teamed up with HR specialists Peninsula to offer assistance now for levy payers struggling with…

The Bournemouth Town Centre BID has joined forces with Dorset Chamber to write to MPs to press for further, urgent and more extensive support for businesses, with the effects of coronavirus already being felt across the local economy. Read the article here: https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18321632.business-leaders-demand-urgent-support-coronavirus-crisis/   For further updates from the Town Centre BID on Covid-19, please…

The Chancellor has set out a package of temporary, timely and targeted measures to support public services, people and businesses through this period of disruption caused by COVID-19. This includes a package of measures to support businesses including: a statutory sick pay relief package for SMEs a 12-month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality and leisure…

𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗨𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗗 It is with regret that due to current events and the continuously developing situation of Covid-19 , we and the organiser have taken the early decision to postpone this year’s Easter Family Fun Days 2020 that were due to take place on Good Friday & Easter Saturday to later…

UPDATE – We regret to announce that in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the most recent advice from the government, the Big Bournemouth Clean Up will not be taking place on the 31 March. We will look to reschedule at a later date, and will let you know as and when we can get…

In the latest of our ‘Quick Conversations’ videos, our Chief Operating Officer, Paul Kinvig, chats to Matt Butcher from Bournemouth and Poole College to find out how the College can support businesses with upskilling their workforce, including apprenticeships and training existing staff.…

Our latest edition of Engage, the Town Centre BID’s printed newsletter, will be making its way to all of our Bournemouth Town Centre BID levy payers over the next few days. We hope you find it useful and informative. In this edition, we have an update on our Bournemouth Town Centre Gift Card, a Day…

We are gathering data about what trade was like over the Christmas period, and would be really grateful if Bournemouth Town Centre BID levy payers could spare a couple of minutes to let us know how your business got on. We understand many of you are not able to disclose specific sales data, and our…

BCP Council is offering FREE Cyber Security and Data Management Training to Dorset SMEs. The national project Cyber Well is all about how we can help small businesses become safer, without taking too much of your time, but remaining useful to your business, saving you money and giving you confidence in your cyber security processes.…

Thank you to those who came along to our Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week. We hope you found it useful. For those of you who couldn’t make it, take a look at this short video. We are proud of what we’ve achieved for our levy payers this year, including the launch of the Bournemouth…

We are pleased to say that we’ve been able to secure free parking once more on the run up to Christmas, with the help and co-operation of BCP Council. Thursday evenings from 4pm: 5, 12 & 19 December Sunday all day: 1,8,15 & 22 December The free parking offer will apply to the following car…

With the Bournemouth Town Centre Gift Card scheme live and orders coming in, we are now promoting it to local businesses as a great incentive and easy to administer reward scheme for staff, as well as a CSR tool for supporting Bournemouth town centre. The gift cards can be bought in bulk and sent straight…

With Halloween and Bonfire Night over for another year, it’s time to look ahead to Christmas. Here’s a rundown of the events taking place in the town centre over the festive period! Christmas Tree Wonderland 15 Nov – 2 Jan Bournemouth Lower Gardens Bournemouth’s unique, free, festive trail returns, with over 100 glittering trees and…

This year Bournemouth Town Centre BID was picked by Springboard, an international organisation, for a spotlight case study and video on our performance, collaborative work and data usage in the town. This has now been published. We are really proud to be recognised in this way, and it’s great to put Bournemouth further on the…

The first gift card has now been spent in Bournemouth town centre! Buying a present for her best friend has made 11-year-old Marnie Dodd the very first purchaser of the new Bournemouth Town Centre Gift Card. The youngster decided the new card would be a great thirteenth birthday idea for her pal, Annabel Beales. So…

THE campaign for a cleaner and greener Bournemouth has been boosted by six new recycling bins. They are located across the town centre area in a scheme sponsored by Specsavers, as part of our Clean & Green strategy. The bins take glass, plastic and cans and will be emptied by staff from BCP Council. BID…

We are supporting two different events this October half term to animate the town centre and attract families. First will be the Trick or Treat Trail, taking place from Tuesday 29 October to Monday 4 November, with a series of clues leading children and their families to various businesses across the town. If you would…

The Bournemouth Gift Card scheme is now live, with over 60 businesses already signed up and many more in the pipeline. The first cards have been bought, and we are giving away some loaded cards as competition prizes to kick start the scheme, so you will start to see them in circulation very soon. Look…

We are looking forward to the return of Christmas Tree Wonderland this November (christmastreewonderland.co.uk), but in addition, we will be supporting a number of other initiatives to brighten and animate the town throughout the festive season. Firstly, thanks to the Triangle Quarter Group, we will be installing winter hanging baskets from the Triangle up Poole…