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Pillar 4
Be Our Guest
Under our commitment to Marketing the Town and Supporting Businesses, the "BE OUR GUEST" campaign is inviting members of the public to review an Ilkley business. Each month, a winner will be picked at random and given £50 to spend in an Ilkley business in return for...
2023 LoyalFree Halloween Trail
The Halloween Spooktacular Triva Trail runs from 13th - 31st October to encourage families to the town centre during the October half term period. Visitors are invited to follow the trail around Ilkley town centre for a chance to win a £25 Ilkley Gift Card. Featuring...
2023 Summer Safari Interactive Trail
Ilkley BID have arranged for the Summer Safari trail in collaboration with the LoyalFree app. Running from August 11th to August 28th, this remarkable initiative aims to entice visitors to explore the vibrant town centre. Visitors will embark on an interactive journey...
Discover Ilkley Newsletter
To support BID businesses and promote the town, our Discover Ilkley e-newsletter is sent out to subscribers twice monthly, informing them of the latest offers, events, and news in Ilkley. Ilkley BID businessesTo feature in the newsletter get in touch:...
Ilkley Business Networking Event – Thursday 28th September 12pm – 2pm
The Ilkley Business Forum & Ilkley BID are hosting a free drop-in business networking lunch on Thursday 28th September - 12:00pm to 2:00pm. Come along, meet some fellow Ilkley business owners / managers and enjoy complimentary food and drink provided by our...
Supporting BID Businesses with Beyond Procurement Services
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Ilkley’s National Town Crier Competition a huge success
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2023 Augmented Reality Easter Egg Hunt in Ilkley
Ilkley BID has partnered with the LoyalFree App to launch an exciting Easter Egg Hunt running from March 31st to April 16th. The free family-friendly trail is set to revolutionize the traditional Easter Egg Hunt with the use of augmented reality technology. It’s a...
Ilkley’s first National Town Crier Competition – Ilkley BID Event
The Ilkley Business Improvement District has organised and funded Ilkley's first National Town Crier Competition. Hosted by Ilkley’s own town crier, Isabel Ashman the event will take place on Saturday 13th May and welcomes town criers from all across the country to...
Ilkley Business Awards 2023
The Ilkley BID and The Ilkley Business Forum proudly joined forces as headline sponsors for the highly anticipated 2023 Ilkley Business Awards on Friday, March 3rd. It was an extraordinary evening filled with celebration, honoring the remarkable achievements of the...
Mother’s Day Campaign – Ilkley Gift Card
Ilkley BID have partnered with Town & City Gift Cards to run a Mother’s Day campaign to help support local retailers, encouraging people to gift an Ilkley Gift card this Mother's Day., The ‘Mums love local’ campaign urges support for local businesses and...
Dales Radio Advertising
To help attract more visitors to Ilkley from further afield, Ilkley BID have arranged for adverts on the Dales Radio station to showcase Ilkley as a great place to visit. The radio station is located in the Yorkshire Dales with a reach of up to 60k listeners...
Printer toner cartridges recycling service for Ilkley businesses.
As part of our promise to help businesses to improve their green credentials on our Action Plan, Ilkley BID is supporting Olicana Stationers to recycle ink and toner cartridges. It’s estimated that over 45 million used or empty printer cartridges are thrown away...
2023 Wellness Event Planned for 30th September
As promised in our 2023 Action Plan under Pillar 1 - Marketing the Town, we have promised to "develop at least two promotional campaigns to benefit businesses across the town." Due to the success of last year's Health and Wellness Event that took place at the King's...
Ilkley shows its support for local businesses
Ilkley loves its independent businesses! In a recent national competition to find the UK’s favourite local business, Ilkley beat most other towns and cities across the UK in the number of nominations submitted. In total, there were 298 nominations for 24 businesses in...
Public WiFi
Public Wi-Fi is now in place in 11 locations around the town centre as well as the Ilkley Lido, the Ben Rhydding shops area and the Ben Rhydding playing fields. The platform allows us to display marketing messages as people access the service, taking visitors straight...
A bumper Christmas for Ilkley Gift Card Sales
Ilkley BID is delighted to report that December 2022 was a bumper month for Ilkley Gift Card sales, with a total of 233 purchased and a value of over £9,500. The Ilkley Gift Card, part of the Town & City Gift Card initiative across the UK and Ireland, was launched...
Town Crier Competition
Pictured: Isabel Ashman, Ilkley Town CrierThe first Ilkley Town Crier Competition will take place on Saturday 13th May 2023. Funded by Ilkley BID as part of Pillar 1 to create a promotional campaign that will benefit local businesses across the town, the competition...
PR for Ilkley BID Businesses
Last year, Ilkley BID produced press pieces for some of our local businesses to help them promote a specific event they were running. The BID wrote the articles and following their business approval distributed them to our local press contacts as well as Ilkley Chat...
Online Christmas Advent Calendar
This Christmas, Ilkley BID will be running an online advent calendar to highlight the vast range of gifts which could be sourced locally and to encourage people to shop, eat and drink in Ilkley this Christmas. The calendar will be featured on the...
Dinner and a Show – supporting the Ilkley Hospitality Venues
The Kings Hall Theatre and The Ilkley Playhouse have a packed schedule of theatre productions, touring musicians, tribute bands, pantos, comedy shows and more across the year, and in October the town welcomed an influx of visitors to its world famous Ilkley Literature...
Halloween Activities for October Half-Term in Ilkley
Ilkley BID has introduced two Augmented Reality trails to enjoy this spooky season in Ilkley town centre. The first ‘Halloween Hunt’ trail is a joint initiative between the LoyalFree app and Ilkley BID and runs from 17th October until 31st October and invites...
Canva Training Workshop for BID Businesses
As part of our Digital Support campaign, we will be running a Canva workshop in the BID meeting room on Wednesday 2nd November at 5.30pm. Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool, a great resource for marketing and can be used to create social media posts,...
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