News

12 Mar

Scotland’s Improvement Districts Congratulates Discover Lanark on Successful Vote

The Chief Officer of Scotland’s Towns Partnership, and Programme Director of Scotland’s Improvement Districts, Phil Prentice, has welcomed the successful vote to establish Discover Lanark, Scotland’s newest Improvement District. Mr Prentice also reiterated the opportunity for Lanark to realise the type of growth and regeneration seen in other towns across […]

11 Mar

Second Term Secured for Visit Inverness Loch Ness Tourism Improvement District

Highland Council – Businesses have voted for the Visit Inverness Loch Ness Tourism Business Improvement District (BID) to continue for a second term and a further five years from 1 April 2019 – 31 March 2024. Ballot papers for the Visit Inverness Loch Ness Tourism BID election were issued on […]

05 Mar

Scotland’s Improvement Districts: Online Training Seminars Spring 2019

Scotland’s Improvement Districts is offering a series of three free live webinars for Improvement District management and associated staff on key aspects of local media, political and online communications strategies. The training will be delivered by Message Matters, a leading Scottish strategic communications and political relations firm. A description of […]

04 Mar

£50m Town Centre Fund Launched, Local Authority Allocations Announced

Scottish Government – A £50 million fund to help boost town centres has been launched. The Town Centre Fund, which has been set up in partnership with COSLA, is supporting councils to ensure their high streets are more diverse, sustainable and successful in the face of changing and evolving retail […]

26 Feb

Phil Prentice: How to Make £50 Million for Scotland’s Town Centres Go a Long Way

Phil Prentice, Chief Officer at Scotland’s Towns Partnership and National Programme Director for Scotland’s Improvement Districts, says that the spending of the new £50 million Scottish Government town centre fund can learn lessons from the last fund of its kind, in 2009. Article originally published on Common Space. — It’s almost […]

21 Feb

Scotland’s Towns Partnership Representatives Respond to Westminster Towns Policy Report

Scotland’s Towns Partnership’s Chair, Professor Leigh Sparks, and Chief Officer, Phil Prentice, have responded to a report from the housing, communities and local government committee at Westminster on towns policy in England. They suggest that while Scotland is still ahead of the curve on support for town centres and urban […]

14 Feb

Inverness City Centre Business Awards 2019 Nominations Now Open

Inverness BID are delighted to announce the launch of the Third Inverness City Centre Business Awards celebrating the best businesses in the City Centre as voted by members of the public. From now until Friday 22nd February the public are invited to nominate their favourite businesses for an award. This can […]

12 Feb

Inverness Courier Report on Scotland’s Improvement Districts Northern Gathering

Representatives from Improvement Districts in the north of Scotland met at Eden Court, Inverness last week to exchange news and experiences. The gathering was also a chance to consult with Phil Prentice and Bill Harvey of Scotland’s Improvement Districts, the national support body for Improvement Districts across the country. Read […]

12 Feb

Job Opportunity: Principal Economic Dev. Officer (Investment), Falkirk Council

An exciting position has been created with Falkirk Council’s Growth and Investment Unit to lead on the development and delivery of the Council’s ‘Investment Zone’ initiative to secure a Growth Deal for the Falkirk area. See full job ad on myjobscotland. Application deadline 22/02/2019 Working with Scottish and UK Governments, […]

07 Feb

BIDS Resources Available: Tips, Guides, Best Practice and More!

Scotland’s Improvement Districts has produced a wide range of resources and opportunities to increase awareness of Business Improvement Districts and support those already working across Scotland. We also host useful resources by third party organisations. You can search and view our materials and resources on our resources page via the […]