BIDs Archives - Scotland's Improvement Districts

11 May

Milngavie Win in Scottish Walking Awards

The 2021 winner in the “Business Walking Champion” category is Milngavie, a project that brought together business, council and community. Following Milngavie BID’s announcement last month of the precinct development “Taking Strides towards the future in Milngavie Town Centre“, Milngavie was nominated in the inaugural Scottish Walking Awards 2021. Throughout the […]

28 Apr

Hamilton BID at the Heart of Recovery as Town Reopens

Hamilton Our Town spearheads initiatives to beautify public space and help businesses operate safely as shops, pubs and restaurants reopen. Hamilton Our Town, the Business Improvement District for the South Lanarkshire town, has been at the heart of efforts to beautify public space and get businesses ready as the town […]

02 Mar

‘The Magical Place’: Living Lerwick Releases New Promotional Video

“Imagine there was a magical place where you could go and find nearly everything you might need. It’s not a myth – it exists, and what’s more; it’s local!” A new video from Living Lerwick and Shetland Heritage has been released to remind residents of everything that their town centre […]

01 Feb

Shop Local: Consumers Turn to Local, Multi-Venue Gift Card Schemes

Scottish fintech Miconex has revealed that over £1.9 million was spent through its Town and City Gift Card programmes in 2020, providing evidence that consumers are turning to local, multi-venue gift card programmes in a bid to support local businesses. The 2020 sales data represents 350% year on year growth for the firm. Perth […]

14 Sep

Round 2 of the Covid-19 BIDs Resilience Fund Open

More money is being made available to help Scotland’s Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) support their communities in their recovery from the coronavirus crisis. The Scottish Government has released a further £700,000 to support them over the next six months through a second round of the Covid-19 Business Improvement Districts Resilience […]

07 Apr

Byres Road BID Success Crucial for Post-COVID Recovery, Says Towns Chief

The Chief Officer of Scotland’s Towns Partnership and the Programme Director of Scotland’s Improvement Districts has said that the success Yes ballot made by Byres Road businesses to continue the Business Improvement District for another five years will be crucial for Glasgow’s post-COVID recovery. The postal ballot was held after […]

01 Apr

Byres Road and Lanes BID Wins Backing for Further Term

Byres Road and the Lanes Business Improvement District (BID) will remain working on behalf of West End businesses in Glasgow after member businesses voted in favour of a second five-year term. The results of the BID ballot were received from the Depute Returning Officer at Glasgow City Council on the […]

16 Jan

FSB Awards 2020: Enter by 29/01/20 and Celebrate Local Business Success

FSB Scotland’s Celebrating Small Business Awards 2019 was a tremendous success, seeing businesses from right across the country scooping prizes across a range of categories. With hundreds of small Scottish firms entering the awards last year, they are becoming a sought-after prize in the small business sector. This year’s awards […]

17 Dec

Christmas Lights Shine Spotlight on Nairn

Thousands of people enjoyed the switching on of Nairn’s Christmas lights, the turn-out believed to be the biggest in a decade. Chosen to assist Santa in turning on the lights were 7-year-old Jill Sinclair and 8-year-old Emilee Hastie both from Rosebank Primary School. They won the opportunity to perform the […]

03 Dec

Elgin BID Wins Backing of Local Businesses for Further Five Years

Local traders in the Moray town of Elgin have voted to extend Elgin BID’s term for another five years. The ballot saw 150 out of the 206 businesses who voted support the renewal of the town’s business improvement district, an increased ‘yes’ vote to 72.82% from 56.48% in 2014. Turnout […]

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