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245 _aKingston first to vote for a BID
260 _c2004
490 _aRegeneration and Renewal
_v19 November 2004, 5(1)
520 _aBusinesses in Kingston upon Thames became the first in the UK to vote to raise their own taxes to spend on the public realm. Shops and services in the southwest London borough voted to establish the UK's first Business Improvement District (BID). A BID is a defined geographical area in which all business ratepayers contribute a levy into a communal pot that is then used to improve the public realm.
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650 _aBUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
650 _aLOCAL BUSINESSES
650 _aLOCAL ECONOMY
690 _aREGENERATION
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