Latest News, Events and Blogs…
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Latest News
GOV.UK Update, Risk Information & Opening Resources: 11th June
GOV.UK Update, Risk Information & Opening Resources: 11th JuneHi everyone, We are excited to be nearing the date when many businesses will gradually open and we know there is a huge amount of work going on behind the scenes to prepare. Firstly, my apologies for...
PPE & Public Realm Resources, plus Survey: 6th May
PPE & Public Realm Resources plus SurveyWe hope you are all safe and well. We know that businesses are beginning to prepare for ‘life after lockdown’ in some form. We are also actively working on a town centre recovery plan with our partners, which includes...
Free Online Courses
We know that working from home is not an option for the majority of us at the moment. To help support you and your staff, we have found and would like to share with you some of the very best FREE online training courses. These are just a few of the options available...
All Set for a Cracking Christmas!
Leamington shoppers are in for a cracking Christmas with town centre businesses donating over £3,500 of prizes in a new giveaway to encourage people to buy local over the festivities. Anyone making a purchase from a participating outlet will be given a Christmas...
Introducing Meaningful Change Leamington
A ground-breaking initiative in Warwickshire to enable local communities to make a bigger impact on helping the homeless in their towns has been launched in Leamington. Local charities and agencies working with the homeless and those at risk of being homeless in both...
The Sun Came Out …
Thousands of visitors turned out for the Leamington Food Festival which served up a weekend of foodie fun in the Pump Room Gardens. Two days of sunny weather, more than 130 food producers and traders, live music, demonstrations and a kids’ cookery school meant huge...
Latest Blogs from the BID team
Lets Raise The Bar
Raise The BarThis post relates to the campaign to extend the £25,000 grant scheme. It is directed to our members who are in the retail, leisure and hospitality sector and whose business has a rateable value between £51,001 and £150,000, as listed by the VOA on the...
BID Business Survey Results
BID Business Survey ResultsThe impact of Covid-19 on Leamington’s retail and leisure sector, with a particular focus on independent businesses – key findings from a business survey conducted between 04 April and 08 April 2020. Summary and key issues Similar to...
Focused Business Support
Focused Business SupportBID Leamington is focusing all of its resources on supporting the town centre with the impact of Coronavirus in light of recent announcements about business closures. As well as highlighting latest government guidance, including measures to...
BID Meetings: Connect, Learn & Inspire
Last night we held one of our regular BID Business Meetings (16th October 2019), which was kindly hosted by Stevie, Lotfi and the team at the newly renovated and opened Grove Kitchen in Regent Grove who also supplied some delicious nibbles and drinks! We are not...
Upcoming Covent Garden Meetings
Warwick District Council (WDC) are hosting two meetings relating to the Covent Garden Car Park development, which local businesses are invited to next week. As you may know, it is proposed this car park will close in around 10 weeks for approx 18 months. We have been...
Covent Garden Update
Much is still to be done before a robust strategy is put in place to cover the temporary loss of one of Leamington town centre’s busiest car parks. This is the view of BID Leamington, in response to an update from Warwick District Council on its strategy to create...