Following recent success at national and local ‘In Bloom’ competitions, Harrogate BID is hoping for similar achievement at the National BID Awards. The business organisation has entered two categories – Place-Management and Special Recognition – with the winners being announced at a ceremony being held this Thursday, November 3, at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in…
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September Newsletter Hello, and welcome to our September newsletter. I start by sharing the sad news that our brilliant BID Manager Matthew Chapman is leaving us in November for pastures new. It has been really great working with him. We will certainly miss him, but wish him well in his new role with North Yorkshire County Council. Our…
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Summer Newsletter Hello, and welcome to our Summer newsletter. Well that’s summer over, but what a summer it was! Fantastic weather coupled with our debut floral trail, Alice in Wonderland-themed Lego trail, Jurassic mini-crazy golf, and street entertainers galore. Walking around town this week, it’s great to see new businesses opening, helping breathe new life in empty…
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*Postponed until further notice due to Her Majesty The Queens Funeral* Harrogate BID is to stage three workshops for town businesses looking to reduce their energy costs. The organisation is teaming up with a local, independent, energy provider/consultant to look at ways in which to lessen the burden of rising gas and electricity prices.…
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Hello, and welcome to our July newsletter As our Floral Summer of Celebration draws to an end, our new Lego trail is launched tomorrow! Fifteen models are currently being installed in businesses across the town centre, and they are already making local news headline and causing a stir on social media. July has been a very busy month for…
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Characters from a classic children’s book have been given a ‘Lego-makeover’ for a new family friendly trail launching in Harrogate tomorrow. (Saturday, July 30) Fifteen large scale Alice in Wonderland themed-models will be making their debut in a variety of different town centre locations, courtesy of Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District), before heading on a…
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Harrogate BID is launching a new campaign to help understand the true nature of law and order within Harrogate town centre. Its ‘Report a Crime’ campaign is asking businesses, residents and visitors that have been the victims of a crime or anti-social activity – or witness an incident – to report it online at https://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/…
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Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District) has today launched its ‘Floral Summer of Celebration’, which it hopes will help the spa town blossom in the regional heat of this year’s ‘In Bloom’ competition. In addition to Harrogate’s much photographed flower beds, and BID-funded barrier baskets, hanging baskets and shop planters, the organisation has created a town…
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A prominent town centre jewellers is the latest and last business this year to benefit from a Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District) grant. Fattorinis on Parliament Street, which reopened in March, was one of a number of levy paying businesses to take advantage of a £10,000 pot of money to improve shop frontages. Qualifying businesses…
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Hello Summer. Hello Trails Hello, and welcome to our June newsletter Firstly, I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who came and supported our Jubilee Square, our contribution towards Harrogate’s celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Whilst the weather could have been slightly kinder on the Sunday, it was a terrific four days…
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