BID Newsletter August 2024 Hello everyone and welcome to the August edition of our BID Newsletter! I’d just like to start off by thanking Andrea Thornborrow after she stepped down as BID Chair last month as she moves onto a new role in a new location! Andrea has been a vital part of our town’s…
The BID team are delighted to announce that one of their events has been nominated for a Harrogate Mumbler Award! The Harrogate Lego Trail, which ran for three weeks over the summer, has been shortlisted for the ‘Favourite Free Family Event, Class or Attraction’ prize in this year’s awards. The trail brought a magical, fairy…
Businesses in Harrogate have said this year’s Lego Trail from the BID had an important impact on driving footfall and spend into the town, with models visited almost 27,000 times. Data shows that 26,900 visits were made to the designated QR code pages and the BID website during the Lego Trail, which is more than…
Harrogate Beer Week is set to return later this month, thanks to another year of support from Harrogate BID. This will be the fourth year of the event – a week-long, town-wide celebration of Harrogate’s craft beer, brewing heritage and beer culture in the local community. Founded in 2021, Harrogate Beer Week will celebrate the…
The BID team are delighted to announce that the Harrogate Music Weekender will return to town centre venues in October! The three-day music event, set to be held from October 11th-13th, will not only showcase Harrogate’s hospitality offer, but also drive footfall into the town with the aim of increasing spend in local businesses. The…
In this latest edition of our Harrogate BID blog, we wanted to give a special shout-out to a charity that we work alongside for the amazing work they do to support others. We work with Fairy Bricks to bring the Harrogate Lego Trail to life every year. They create all of the masterpiece models that…
Harrogate BID is excited to announce the installation of brand-new creative lighting on a town centre street to allow for celebrations across different events all year round. The new outdoor lighting, fully funded by the BID, has been put in place along Beulah Street and in the trees around the Cenotaph area as part of…
Harrogate BID is delighted to be acting as a main sponsor for the Harrogate Beer Week, set to return to the town next month! This will be the fourth year of the event – a week-long, town-wide celebration of Harrogate’s craft beer, brewing heritage and beer culture in the local community. Founded in 2021, the…
Harrogate BID was delighted to work alongside the town’s Chamber of Commerce group to bring together the business community for a social event. More than 50 representatives from the Harrogate business community attended the ‘Summer Social’ on Monday (August 12th) – held at the newly refurbished Coach & Horses pub on West Park in the…
Harrogate BID, in partnership with the Harrogate Chamber of Commerce, are pleased to be sharing a joint meeting where North Yorkshire Council will present the latest Harrogate Station Gateway designs. The meeting is set to be held in the Queens Suite at Cedar Court Hotel on Tuesday, September 3rd from 5.30pm. There will be a…
