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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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Harrogate’s West Park Stray plays host to a visually stunning touring art installation, from award winning artist Luke Jerram.
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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…
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Harrogate BID has helped an initiative that warns pubs, bars and clubs about trouble-makers drinking in the town, launch a new app.
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