BID sponsors Harrogate History walking trails
Harrogate BID has teamed up with The Stray Ferret and Harrogate historian Malcolm Neesam to create two fascinating history tours of the town centre.
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Newsletter – April 2021
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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LoyalFree App
Harrogate BID has partnered with the award-winning place promotion app LoyalFree to provide a free platform for local businesses to promote offers, loyalty schemes, events, local guides, competitions and interactive trails. The free-to-download app is designed to boost footfall and sales in the town by encouraging consumers to shop local safely.
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BID’s Glass Act helps tell tale of Harrogate’s connection to the ‘well known’
Harrogate BID brings empty shop units back into life, by telling tales of Harrogate’s connections to ‘well known’ faces.
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Town Centre Business Improvement Support Grant 2021
Harrogate BID are keen to support levy paying businesses in making improvements to their street frontages and the accessibility of their premises, as well as making adjustments to re-open their businesses following lockdown, by providing financial support through match funding of up to £750.
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BID helps promote Commercial Street’s retail offering
Retailers on Commercial Street have been given a boost by Harrogate BID – a banner at the top of their road.
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Harrogate BID publishes its response to Harrogate Station Gateway Project
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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May start date for new Harrogate BID manager
Harrogate BID has appointed Matthew Chapman as its new manager.
Matthew, who has spent the last six years promoting two major Yorkshire town and city centres and is the current Huddersfield manager, will start his new position on May 1.
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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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