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16 Nov

Aberdeen Inspired Leads Bid to Retain City’s Purple Flag Reaccreditation

Aberdeen has launched its bid to retain Purple Flag status for the city’s evening and night-time economy for the seventh year in a row. Aberdeen became the first city in Scotland to be awarded the accreditation in 2014 and has successfully maintained the standard, which looks at the wellbeing, movement, […]
29 Oct

Paisley First BID Renews for Five Years after Successful Ballot

Paisley First, the Business Improvement District for Paisley town centre, has successfully renewed for a second five-year term. In line with Scottish Government legislation, the BID renewal process was completed on 24th October following a confidential postal ballot. 199 Yes votes were received with only 79 votes against the 2020-2025 […]
21 Oct

Invite to Tender: Projects for Nairn Connects BID

Nairn Business Improvement District (Nairn BID) invites applications from suitably experienced individuals and companies to lead two important projects to improve Nairn high street and surrounding areas. Visit ad at the Nairn Connects webpage here. Background Nairn BID has over 280 business members.  With a vision to ‘Define Nairn’s Future’ […]
16 Oct

Aberdeen International Comedy Festival Draws to a Close

Over 10,000 people flocked into the city centre over the past 12 days to enjoy everything the Aberdeen International Comedy Festival had to offer. In the biggest festival yet, more than 50 comedians performed to capacity crowds in the Granite City with a record 11 sold-out shows and a 42% […]
14 Oct

‘Wheels of Nairn’ Vehicle Show to Return after Success

A new vehicle show has been such a scorching success that the organisers of the debut event are gearing up to do it all again. Over 200 vehicles and thousands of spectators enjoyed the sunshine as the first ever Wheels of Nairn event took place. Nairn BID who organised the […]
09 Oct

Linlithgow Businesses Vote to Create Pioneering ‘Whole Town’ Improvement District

One Linlithgow’s Steering Group and Scotland’s Improvement Districts welcome the result to create a whole-town improvement district for Linlithgow. Businesses in Linlithgow have voted to create ‘One Linlithgow’, a pioneering whole-town improvement district. This will replace the two existing business improvement districts in the town, with promoters stating that the […]
03 Oct

Scotland’s Towns Conference 2019 Open for Bookings

At this year’s Scotland’s Towns Conference, Scotland’s Towns Partnership and Scotland’s Improvement Districts will bring together 150+ senior level stakeholders from across public, private and third sectors, working to support our towns and city districts. This is a once-a-year chance to get together with national and international place stakeholders; share […]
23 Sep

Edinburgh West End Shortlisted for the National BID Awards

Edinburgh West End, one of the Improvement Districts covering the Scottish capital, has been shortlisted for the Place Marketing category in the National BID Awards. Organised by British BIDs, the awards have three categories, Place Marketing, Place Management and Special Recognition. According to the award submission, Edinburgh West End’s ‘West […]
23 Sep

2019 SURF Awards Shortlist Announced

Having assessed more than 63 applications across five categories, SURF’s panel of 20 judges, drawn from national bodies and community groups, have agreed upon 15 shortlisted projects for 2019. By category, they are: Housing and Regeneration: Glenurquhart Care Project (Drumnadrochit) Fraser Avenue, Inverkeithing (Fife) Shawbridge Street, Pollokshaws (Glasgow) Supporting Youth Employability: Community Renewal […]
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