A street artist whose stunning mural transformed a drab alley in Harrogate town centre is back working his magic on the former Debenhams story. Sam Porter from Mural Minded has been commissioned by Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District) to create more masterpieces on its boarded-up Parliament Steet and Oxford Street entrances. Last week, Sam began…
Harrogate BID’s Floral Summer of Celebration is to burst into life with a shop window competition for town centre businesses. The organisation, which launched this year’s summer festival – taking place between Friday July 15 and Friday, August 12 – at the Spring Flower Show, is partnering with Harrogate in Bloom to stage the contest…
The West Park Stray is set to be the epicentre of Harrogate’s Jubilee Celebrations as it is transformed into ‘Jubilee Square’ next month. The area, opposite The Alexandra Pub, will become the host of a family-friendly festival, with festivities for the whole family taking place over the four days. There will be live music, a…
Platinum Jubilee – Time to Celebrate Hello, and welcome to our Jubilee newsletter. With the Platinum Jubilee celebrations less than a week away, this newsletter is dedicated to how we will be marking the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Together with our partners Destination Harrogate and Your Harrogate, we have planned four days of…
An initiative to help some of the most vulnerable in Harrogate get back on their feet has been boosted by Harrogate BID and HSBC. This week, a third Street Aid tap terminal has been installed in the bank’s Cambridge Street branch, where customers can ‘tap’ their phone or credit card on the terminal to make…
The Harrogate Bus Company and Harrogate BID have teamed up to provide free rides all day on all of the spa town’s zero emission Harrogate Electrics buses during the four-day Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The ‘Jubilee Freeway’ initiative is part of the continued partnership between the town’s leading bus operator and Harrogate BID which has previously supported…
An early warning system which alerts bars, cafes and pubs to troublemakers drinking in town centre venues, has seen membership grow by 100 per cent in the last 12 months. Last year Harrogate Business Improvement District (BID) – whose aim is to support the night-time economy – sponsored the relaunch of Harrogate Pubwatch, which included…
The countdown to Harrogate’s Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations has started, with streets across the town centre being adorned with bunting. Harrogate BID has purchased 4km of colourful and patriotic bunting – a proportion of which has been funded by Harrogate Borough Council’s Welcome Back Fund – to help mark the monarch’s magnificent milestone. And with…
Welcome to our April 2022 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to our April newsletter. Once again it has been a very busy month, and one which saw us introducing a new team of Harrogate Hosts, who will be in the town centre most weekends up to Christmas. This week, we have announced our plans to celebrate the…
Destination Harrogate and the Harrogate BID have announced exciting plans for celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – with a four-day programme of events highlighting some of Harrogate’s most iconic outdoor spaces and bringing together the community, local businesses and visitors from further afield. Visitors and residents are invited to head into the heart of Harrogate…
