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Stick ‘em up’! BID sponsors Disability Action Yorkshire’s ‘Think Access’ window messages
A Harrogate charity’s quest to promote accessibility within town businesses has been given a boost by Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District). For the organisation, whose remit is to increase footfall in Harrogate town centre, has funded a set of 250 stickers for Disability Action Yorkshire to give to shops, bars and restaurants, saying they welcome…
‘Harrogate letters’ to give drab town centre cut-through colourful makeover
Harrogate residents and businesses are being asked for their ideas to help give a drab town centre pedestrian cut-through a colourful makeover. Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District) is working in partnership with Oxford Street-based charity, Artizan International, to install eye-catching mosaics in the nine, blocked out windows, on the side of the Boots building, on…
Harrogate BID stages first BID Club of 2021
Harrogate Business BID (Improvement District) has staged its first BID Club of 2021. The event, which was staged in Cedar Court Hotel’s Tipi on The Stray, was limited to a maximum of 30 people to comply with ongoing Covid restrictions. In addition to meeting with fellow town centre business owners and managers, those gathered were…
Arts installation drives footfall into Harrogate
A temporary art installation designed as a poignant memorial & tribute to the NHS for their work during Covid has attracted an array of media interest and visitors to Harrogate, the town’s BID (Business Improvement District) has said. Luke Jerram’s In Memoriam – made up of more than 120 flags created from hospital bed sheets…
Town centre businesses given boost with new BID-sponsored app
The HarrogateBID has teamed up with LoyalFree, the creators of a smartphone app designed to increase footfall and sales in the spa town by encouraging consumers to shop, eat and drink local.
Welcoming Luke Jerram’s In Memoriam touring Covid memorial to the town centre
Harrogate’s West Park Stray plays host to a visually stunning touring art installation, from award winning artist Luke Jerram.
Town Centre Businesses invited to Harrogate BID Club networking event
Harrogate BID is inviting town centre businesses to its first BID Club of 2021, when owners, managers and their staff can get to get together, mingle, and chat with their peers over a drink and nibbles. The networking event, which was last held a week before the first Covid lockdown in March, is being staged…
Harrogate BID supports town’s Pubwatch to relaunch with new app
Harrogate BID has helped an initiative that warns pubs, bars and clubs about trouble-makers drinking in the town, launch a new app.
Honouring your expired card during the Pandemic
In view of the amount of time spent in lockdown and the length of time that businesses have had to close, Harrogate BID will honour gift cards that expired after 1st November 2020 and those that are due to expire up to the end of July 2021, with an extension of 3 months.