Business Improvement Districts

Major overhaul proposed for ‘fundamentally flawed’ Licensing Act

04-Apr-2017 By Liam Coleman

The chair of the House of Lords inquiry into the Licensing Act 2003 has described the legislation as “fundamentally flawed”, and a number of proposals have been made to fix it in a report published today (4 April).

Government to offer business improvement district promoters £50,000 loans

15-Oct-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

Businesses and community groups looking to establish new Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) will be offered loans of up to £50,000, community pubs and high streets minister Brandon Lewis has announced.

High street review calls for levy and 2015 business rates revaluation

04-Sep-2013 By Gurjit Degun

A new report into the future of high streets has called for a one-off levy for businesses, and for the Government to reintroduce the 2015 business rates revaluation.

Government launches funds to set up Business Improvement Districts

10-Jul-2013 By John Harrington

The Government is to launch a £500,000 fund to provide loans for setting up local Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), and will also look to allow them to operate over a wider region.

High hopes for central London BID

10-Jun-2010 By John Harrington

One of the country's wealthiest Business Improvement Districts (BID) is being launched in Victoria, London.

ADZs slammed by Lords committee

25-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore

A House of Lords committee has slammed the regulations covering alcohol disorder zones (ADZs), branding the unpopular measures as "bureaucratic" and...

BIDs: a ray of hope?

30-Aug-2007

Some sectors of the trade are trumpeting Business Improvement Districts as the positive solution to reducing disorder. But how do they work? Nigel Huddleston reports

BIDs scheme raises concerns over service charges

07-Oct-2004

Business improvement districts (BIDs) could pose just another financial burden on businesses, Alex Salussolia, chairman of the Association of...

BID for cash

01-Sep-2004

Michelle Perrett explains how the Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) scheme will work.Unfounded fears of all pubs opening 24 hours under the new...