BID cleaning crew takes to the streets for pre lockdown relaxation spring clean

Harrogate BID’s (Business Improvement District) cleaning crew is back on the spa town’s streets as businesses prepare to reopen their doors next month (April 2021). The team from UK Nationwide Cleaning Services have begun ‘washing and weeding’ footpaths including East Parade, Tower Street and Bower Road, including the ‘One Arch’ pedestrian tunnel. In addition to…

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Joint Statement

In a joint statement responding to £7.9m secured for the Harrogate Gateway Project, Sandra Doherty, Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce CEO, Robert Ogden Independent Harrogate Co-founder, and Sara Ferguson, Harrogate BID Chair, said: “The challenge we are facing is how do we achieve a net-zero carbon town centre economy and simultaneously create a trading environment in which todays’ businesses can thrive?

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Harrogate Christmas Shop Window Competition – Winners Announced

Flower Power!. Pictured from left are: Sara Ferguson, Harrogate BID Acting Chair; Jo Caswell, Harrogate Host; Alistair Ratcliffe, Rotary Club of Harrogate President; Helen James; Deputy Mayor Coun Zoe Metcalfe; and Graham Saunders, competition organiser and Rotary Club of Harrogate member    The winners of the Harrogate Christmas Shop Window Competition have been announced. Twenty-seven shops…

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‘Naughty Elf’ makes chaotic town centre debut, as Harrogate BID unveils its Christmas showstopper

A “naughty elf” has made his first appearance in Harrogate town centre,  when he tried to improve a hotel’s Christmas lights, with chaotic consequences!  The 4m (12ft) model is the final element of Harrogate Business Improvement District’s (BID) festive campaign to bring people into the heart of the spa town’s retail centre during the run…

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