An event management graduate, who for the last two years has worked for West Yorkshire Police advising businesses on security measures, has joined the Harrogate BID team. Bethany Allen, a former Harrogate Grammar School pupil, has been appointed by the business organisation as Business and Marketing Executive, working out of its new Victoria Shopping Centre…
Welcome to our August Newsletter So, the last bank holiday before Christmas has been and gone, and with the festive period on the horizon we are well and truly on with shaping our plans for this important time of the year for business. Last year, Covid meant much of our planned activity was either scaled…
Harrogate BID’s cleaning crew has been out and about in the town centre on weed removal duties. For three nights in a row the contractors – who in spring cleansed much of the town centre ahead of the reopening of shops – pulled, dug and used herbicides on unwanted plants across a wide area of…
Harrogate BID is a non-for-profit organisation funded for by businesses to improve the area in which those businesses trade within. The BID is dedicated to maximising Harrogate as a destination and to empower businesses to tackle local issue. Harrogate BID has 5 key aims: 1. Promotion, Marketing and Events 2. Access and Car Parking 3.…
If not already in your diary, here’s a little reminder that we are hosting our next monthly BID Club for Levy Payers this Thursday, August 19, between 5.30pm and 7.30pm at Hotel du Vin. Why not pop in after work for a quick drink, and say ‘hello’ to members of the BID team, including Board…
Welcome to our July Newsletter With the school summer holidays now well and truly upon us, our first family-friendly trail of 2021 begins tomorrow – and it’s all about Lego! Over the next three weeks, ten models, with a number unique to Harrogate, will be displayed in shop windows across the town centre for families and…
Nine individual mosaics spelling out the word Harrogate – which will be placed in a town centre cut-through – are starting to take shape. Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District) has partnered with charity Artizan International for the projects, which will see the large art works being installed in blocked out windows on the side of…
A series of Harrogate landmarks, replicated in Lego bricks, will star in a new town centre trail for families to follow this summer. Harrogate BID’s Lego Trail – which launches on Saturday, July 31 and runs until Sunday, August 22 – features ten mini-models located in nine different locations, some created especially for this three-week…
Welcome to our June Newsletter June has been another busy and productive month for Harrogate BID, in particular for our new manager, Matthew Chapman, who’s already becoming a recognised face around the town centre. The summer holidays are just around the corner, and speaking to colleagues in the accommodation sector, we know Harrogate is in for…
Welcome to our May Newsletter All being well in less than a month, and with fingers firmly crossed, Covid restrictions will hopefully be well and truly behind us. With the weather as it has been over the last few weeks, the reopening of indoor hospitality has been a blessed relief to many. Even with social distancing measures in…
