Latest News from BID Leamington
The BID team is here to keep you posted with all things that are relevant to businesses trading in Leamington’s Town Centre. If you have a news article that you’d like to see featured in our News section, please contact us.
GOV.UK Kickstart Scheme Details: 9th September
GOV.UK Kickstart Scheme Details: 9th SeptemberKickstart Scheme - Are You Interested? A number of businesses have been in touch to find out how we may be able to support the ‘Kickstart’ scheme recently announced by the government. Details can be found here. The aim...
BID Update – Support, Resources & Projects: 4th September
BID Update - Support, Resources & Projects: 4th September Hi everyone, We hope you are well. Please read on to find out about a NEW Grant funding opportunity! for small retail and leisure businesses. Please note this is different to the LEP Growth Hub one we...
Update – HR & Hospitality, Highways, Recovery: 2nd July
Update - HR & Hospitality Webinar, Highways, Forward Planning: 2nd JulyAfternoon everyone, We hope you are well and navigating the ups and downs over the last week OK. We understand there are mixed feelings, with the next group of businesses excited to begin...
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...
The “Summer of Fun” has begun in Royal Leamington Spa…
Temperatures are forecast to rise at this year’s ‘Summer of Fun’ in Leamington with a celebration of Brazilian music and dance spicing up the festival line-up. The Brazilian Festival was a new event for the town and featured live music, performances and workshops...
A Fitting End to the Summer of Fun!
The sun shone through for the Leamington Food and Drink Festival as a fitting finale to the town’s scorching ‘Summer of Fun’. Blue skies on the closing day of the weekend showcase of food and drink, now in its 11th year, saw the Royal Pump Room Gardens bursting with...
Stitches Celebrate 20 Years Trading
A clothing repairs and alterations business has sewn up 20 years of independent trading in Leamington. Stitches is celebrating two decades in the town centre – and is the first to be recognised in a new initiative by BID Leamington to mark retail milestones....