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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A street artist whose stunning mural transformed a drab alley in Harrogate town centre is back working his magic on the former Debenhams story. Sam Porter from Mural Minded has been commissioned by Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District) to create more masterpieces on its boarded-up Parliament Steet and Oxford Street entrances. Last week, Sam began…
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Platinum Jubilee – Time to Celebrate Hello, and welcome to our Jubilee newsletter. With the Platinum Jubilee celebrations less than a week away, this newsletter is dedicated to how we will be marking the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Together with our partners Destination Harrogate and Your Harrogate, we have planned four days of…
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Welcome to our April 2022 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to our April newsletter. Once again it has been a very busy month, and one which saw us introducing a new team of Harrogate Hosts, who will be in the town centre most weekends up to Christmas. This week, we have announced our plans to celebrate the…
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Harrogate BID’s (Business Improvement District) cleaning crew are steam cleaning and jet washing ‘hot spots’ across the town centre. Ahead of the Easter holidays, the team from UK Nationwide Cleaning is spending ten nights removing grime and chewing gum in a number of areas Harrogate BID Manager Matthew Chapman said: “Walking around the town centre,…
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Welcome to our March 2022 Newsletter Safe, Clean and Welcoming are three of our key priorities for Harrogate Town Centre, and this week we welcomed back our cleaning contractors for the first deep clean of the year. And it is very obvious to the see where exactly they have aleady been washing away grime and gum. In this newsletter,…
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