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Before and after - the first flowerbed area completed in June 2021.As part of the BID's promise under Pillar 3, Maintaining Ilkley as Attractive Place, Ilkley BID have awarded £5k funding to "Improving Ilkley" a Charitable Trust set up to help pay for the flowerbeds...
Visit Bradford, The Broadway Bradford, Bradford Business Improvement District (BID), Ilkley Business Improvement District (BID) and Bradford Council are currently working on the new Sparkling Bradford Winter campaign. Following the success of the summer campaign, they...
Lamp post banner flags were installed througout The Grove and Brook Street to welcome visitors back to Ilkley after the lockdown in 2021. Ilkley BID have arranged for the flags to be displayed in between the times of the Ilkley Carnival, Ilkley Literature Festival...
Discover Ilkley is regenerating into a digital platform to promote business, events, tourism and loyalty within the town. The new website will launch at the end of October with a focus on discovering hidden gems and favourites for both Ilkley locals and visitors...
The Hidden Ilkley project took place at the beginning of 2021 with the purpose of highlighting the non-retail business that are based in Ilkley, and to showcase how they play a part in the vibrant and interesting commercial activity of the town. Five businesses took...
The BID partnered with the Ilkley Gazette newspaper to showcase 4 businesses in each week's newspaper publication. This was a chance for businesses to shout about themselves and share updates with readers of any changes they may have made through the lockdowns or...
Tesco Ilkley is proud to be part of the local community and colleagues in store are always looking for ways to help improve the town and the local area. Tesco Community Grants allow customers to vote with blue tokens for local community groups and charities to receive...
Dillons is a Personal Training studio based in Ilkley, run by brothers, Richard and Jon Dillon. "We offer 1:1, 2:1 and Small Group Personal Training, so if you want to train on your own, with a friend or in a group, we have got you covered! Established in 2010 we are...
Established for over 12 years Specsavers Opticians and hearing centre in Ilkley offers everything you would expect from a local eye health and hear care centre. We now have the latest technology for eye examinations including the OCT 3d retinal scanner, contact lens...
The Little Tea House is open 6 days a week and is located between the central Ilkley car park and The Grove, Ilkley, The Little Teahouse is a well established independent tearoom. serving breakfasts, lunches, homemade cakes and scones as well as afternoon teas in a...
Located in a delightful Victorian cottage in the Ilkley Manor House Courtyard, Yorkshire Flower Essences offer a range of hand made Flower and Vibrational Essences. Flower Essences have been made in Ilkley for over 50 years, originally by Dr Arthur Bailey in 1967....
The Government is calling on every small business in the UK to take steps towards cutting their carbon emissions as part of the UK’s journey to net zero by 2050, in the run up to UN Climate Summit COP26 in Glasgow this November. The Government has launched the...
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Ilkley BID have arranged for design and creation of 30 lamp post banners which will be installed throughout the Grove and Brook Street. To share the cost of installation, the banners will be displayed in between the scheduled times of Ilkley Carnival, Ilkley...
The Ilkley Food and Drink Festival has been announced for 2021 and will be taking place at East Holmes Field in Ilkley. The event has been rearranged from last year's cancelled slot to June 12-13th 2021. To ensure that Ilkley businesses are represented, BID manager;...
Applications are now open for the SME Brexit Support Fund which could give you up to £2,000 to help with training or professional advice. You can use the grant for training on: how to complete customs declarations. how to manage customs processes and use customs...
ILKLEY BID have partnered with LoyalFree to create an interactive Easter egg hunt around Ilkley town centre which is taking place from Monday, March 29th until April 18th. More than 20 Ilkley businesses are taking part in the Easter Trail which invites families to...
You will all be busy preparing for your business to reopen, so we have put together a guide of some Marketing tips to attract customers back to your doors. Signage Get your Signage and shop front looking inviting. Contact the BID for social distancing signs and...
With stage 1 of the roadmap already in place with the return of children to schools on the 8th March, we now prepare for the remaining stages that will see our high street reopen. The reopening of the economy is guided by the continuing fast pace of Covid-19...
Tucked away in a busy side street Ilkley Motor Company is a trusted, friendly, family run business that specialises in buying, selling and sourcing cars. For car enthusiasts the Ilkley Motor Company showroom on Little Lane Ilkley, is filled with an eclectic mix of...
From behind a heavy wooden door in Wells Road Ilkley, Knoll Yarns trades its wares across the globe. Supplying fashion houses Chanel, Burberry, Ralph Lauren and Prada, Ilkley based Knoll Yarns is a global business trading in 36 countries. The company’s yarn...
Overlooking the Grove in Ilkley, just a few doors down from Betty’s Tea rooms, Ison Harrison Solicitors has been serving the local community for over 10 years. This branch of the Yorkshire based legal practice specialises in Wills and Probate, Residential and Family...
From a business formed round the kitchen table, to one that now supplies over 600 nurses across the UK When Janet Smith set up 247 Nursing at her kitchen table in 2000, she never imagined that it would grow to its current size and employ 17 members of staff. The...
Strolling around the streets of Ilkley you might have admired renovation and refurbishment projects of some of the town’s buildings. Perhaps a stunning extension or new building projects has caught your eye? It’s very likely that these new builds, conversions and...