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 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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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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In view of the amount of time spent in lockdown and the length of time that businesses have had to close, Harrogate BID will honour gift cards that expired after 1st November 2020 and those that are due to expire up to the end of July 2021, with an extension of 3 months.
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Welcome to our April Newsletter This month we have seen the reopening of outdoor hospitality and non-essential retail, and as the owner of two businesses it couldn’t come soon enough. It’s wonderful walking around town seeing customers browsing shelves or sat outside having meals and drinks. And whilst it does feel like life is starting…
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Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District) has published its response to the £7.9m Harrogate Station Gateway project. Whilst broadly welcoming the £7.9m investment, and the overall aims of the scheme, the organisation has urged caution saying that with the town centre economy being in a fragile state, it needed to be confident that the proposed changes…
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