Light Show! Pictured from left are Harrogate BID Interim Chair, Sara Ferguson, Harrogate Host Jo Caswell and Harrogate BID Project Co-Ordinator Dawn Gennery. Harrogate’s Christmas lights will shine brighter than ever this year after the town’s Business Improvement District (BID) has taken over responsibility for delivering the annual festive spectacle. It has appointed lighting experts,…
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The government’s COVID-19 recovery plan aims to safeguard livelihoods, but in a way that is safe and continues to protect the NHS. Many retail businesses are now allowed to reopen (from 15 June onwards) but shops cannot operate in the same way that they did before. Every business must make sure they are COVID-19 secure…
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Harrogate BID is urging town centre traders to back a campaign calling on the Government to increase the rateable value threshold to £150,000, enabling more businesses to access much-needed emergency grants. Under current rules aimed at supporting businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced those with rateable values up to, and including, £51,000…
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Harrogate BID’s hat-trick of initiatives proves a winning combination for town centre trade A hat-trick of initiatives supported – and promoted – by Harrogate BID has proved a winning combination for town centre businesses. In its first year, the organisation – set up to increase footfall within Harrogate town centre – has sponsored free busses,…
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An initiative that has delivered a major boost to Harrogate’s retail sector has celebrated its first birthday. Thanks to the support of leading town businesses and Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District), Transdev has been able to run the Sunday Freeway, a free service to and from town on its fleet of electric buses. In its…
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The winners of the Harrogate Christmas Shop Window Competition have been announced. Twenty six shops had asked to take part and Mama Doreen’s Emporium on Station Square has been named as the overall winner. Woods Fine Linens in Station Parade was the winner in the large shops category, Mama Doreen’s Emporium won the medium shops…
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The Harrogate Gift Card offers the perfect solution – with 100 businesses to shop from! As 100 businesses across Harrogate now accept the Harrogate Gift Card, the iconic tearoom Bettys, which marks 100 years in the town, has backed the scheme. Bettys on Parliament Street features on the front of the Gift Card. The cards…
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Harrogate BID newsletter Spring 2019