The Business Improvement District (BID) for Leicester is a business-led, not for profit organisation working to transform Leicester city centre, making it a better place to live, work, visit, study and do business.
Miles walked by Street Ambassadors in walking patrols.
People have attended a BID Leicester event
Hours of additional street washing, gum-busting and graffiti removals.
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The Leicester City BID area
This is the proposed map of the BID area as of January 2017. This isn't the finalised area and the steering group would welcome your feedback.
BID funding
A BID is funded by those businesses within the BID area. Each eligible business contributes a percentage of its rateable value – around 1%. This fund is then ring-fenced – unlike business rates which are redistributed by central government – and an independent BID...
Aims of BID Leicester
No city can thrive without a successful centre. The aim of the BID is to help businesses in the BID area address some of the challenges they currently face. From our initial research the following key themes emerged: Improving the overall visitor and resident...