Ilkley BID | A Brighter Future for Ilkley

Ilkley BID Business Survey: Have Your Say

Are you a BID levy payer? We’re halfway through our current term and want to hear from you. Help us shape our support for your business over the next three years.

Take the Survey

Ilkley BID Business Survey: Have Your Say

Are you a BID levy payer? We’re halfway through our current term and want to hear from you. Help us shape our support for your business over the next three years.

Take the Survey

By working closely with our partners, Ilkley BID exists to support our local economy, improve facilities for the business community, boost visitor numbers and raise the overall profile and appeal of Ilkley as a great place to live, work and do business.

Marketing the Town

Projects & News

Clean & Attractive

Projects & News

Business Support

Projects & News

Latest News



Read our latest e-newsletter

Ilkley employer backs major ‘shop local’ campaign ahead of Christmas to boost local businesses

Oct 6, 2026

Photograph: The Ideal Extraction Team by Heidi Marfitt Photographer The ‘Choose local. Make the switch’ campaign aligns to new research showing an evolving UK reward landscape with choice, ease and support for local leading the way Ilkley employer Ideal Extraction is...

Ilkley BID partners with Virtual College to provide free online training for local businesses

Aug 18, 2026

More than 50 online training courses now available free of charge to all Ilkley BID levy-paying businesses Ilkley Business Improvement District (BID) has partnered with leading online training provider Virtual College to give more than 300 levy-paying businesses...

Revitalising the Town: Health & Wellbeing Month – May 2026

May 1, 2026

Following the success of last year’s initiative, Ilkley BID is proud to announce the return of Health & Wellbeing Month throughout May 2026. This campaign reinforces the BID’s ongoing commitment to supporting local businesses and positioning Ilkley as a premier...

2026 Ilkley Business Awards

Mar 9, 2026

The Ilkley business community gathered at the Craiglands Hotel on Friday, 6th March, for a spectacular black-tie ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Ilkley Business Awards. As headline sponsors, Ilkley BID and Your Ilkley Radio were proud to support this...