Can we get more involved in the BID?
We welcome input from all businesses in the area so please get in touch via our contact us page.
I am a retailer in the city centre, how will the BID help me?
The BID will help improve your customers’ shopping experience by providing a cleaner, safer and more pleasant place in which to shop - which can only lead to an increase in footfall and therefore improved business performance.
Other benefits include:
- Increase in footfall
- Increase in consumer spend and sales
- Reduces costs (crime reduction, joint initiatives)
- Flexible to address the issues of individual sectors
- Gives businesses a local voice
- Creates more appealing environment for employees
- Fair to smaller businesses
- Fair system, those that invest, benefit - no freeloading
- Can decide and vote for action before making the investment
- Can control process and monitor results
How does a BID benefit the BID community?
The BID benefits everyone in the community by:
- Producing economic well being and economic growth in your city centre
- Giving competitive regional advantage
- Producing social well being/improves quality of life
- Developing partnerships between private and public sector
- Creating a positive sense of place and enhanced feeling of safety
- Providing animation and events to compliment the shopping experience
I am a commercial landlord, how can the BID help me?
Benefits to you as a landlord include:
- Assisting capital value growth
- Increasing rental values of property and area
- Increasing an area’s desirability and attracts occupiers
- Increasing trade which affects turnover based rents (some retail)
- Helping properties away from main footfall areas
- Good PR for company locally and regionally
- Forges positive links with council
With over 500 businesses in the BID area, how confident are you that you’ll be able to keep members up to date?
We use a range of methods to keep in touch including newsletters, phone calls, meetings and face to face contact via our Operations Team.
However, if at any time you have any questions or would like to be visited by a member of the BID Team please do not hesitate to contact us.
Do you have a question for the BID Team? Email us at citycentre.pr@liverpool.gov.uk
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