Trade collaboration delivers clean gain
Early, Catherine
Trade collaboration delivers clean gain - 2005 - Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) (1619) 13 May 2005, 14-15(2) .
Provides a status report on the swift uptake of the Business Improvement District (BID) concept in the UK, with businesses voting in favour of 10 such schemes so far. BIDs have been a possibility since the Local Government Act 2003 introduced powers to create them. Reviews how BIDs work and are funded and outlines their benefits for businesses. The BID concept recognises that the public realm is a trading ground and the trading ground is the public realm. Presents a spectrum of industry comments on BIDs, which mostly see them as a valuable tool for upgrading town and centre settings. Table covers BID votes to date.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2003
Trade collaboration delivers clean gain - 2005 - Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) (1619) 13 May 2005, 14-15(2) .
Provides a status report on the swift uptake of the Business Improvement District (BID) concept in the UK, with businesses voting in favour of 10 such schemes so far. BIDs have been a possibility since the Local Government Act 2003 introduced powers to create them. Reviews how BIDs work and are funded and outlines their benefits for businesses. The BID concept recognises that the public realm is a trading ground and the trading ground is the public realm. Presents a spectrum of industry comments on BIDs, which mostly see them as a valuable tool for upgrading town and centre settings. Table covers BID votes to date.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2003