AFTER an exceptionally challenging year for local businesses, Ilkley BID has engaged the help of Christmas elves to bring some much-needed cheer to the town and encourage residents to shop local this year. As part of the ‘Discover Ilkley at Christmas’ campaign local...
Increased infection rates of Covid-19 have been identified in parts of Greater Manchester, East Lancashire, and West Yorkshire including Bradford district. The government and Bradford Council are acting together to control the spread of the virus. This guidance...
At the start of the Lockdown in March 2020, we launched the "Ilkley To You" campaign which was aimed at supporting the local businesses who were able to continue trading during the coronavirus pandemic with the message ‘If you can’t come to Ilkley, let Ilkley come to...
Following the announcement that Pubs, Restaurants, Bars and Hair Salons can open on the 4th July, the government are looking for businesses to provide a one-minute self-filmed video to use on government social media channels to show how you are planning to safely...
llkley BID arranged and funded professional photography for many BID businesses using a local photographer. The service offered two fully edited shots, with the option to purchase further shots at a special discount of £15 each or pay for an additional hour with the...
Available to Voluntary BID MembersIlkley BID have partnered with the award-winning place promotion app LoyalFree to provide free advertising for local businesses. This service is free for all Ilkley BID levy payers and is simple to set up. The app is up and running in...
Ilkley BID has signed up for the Place Dashboard software which will enable us to monitor footfall in the town. The software is able to roll back the data by 12 months which will be useful in seeing pre-covid levels and measure progress in returning to the same level...
The Bradford District BIDS Group have teamed up with the Virtual College in Ilkley to offer Levy-paying members exclusive access to a wide range of free and subsidised online training for owners and staff. As business owners are now thinking about how to effectively...
These documents indicate the proposed flow for pedestrians around town. Tape and stencilling will be used to mark the floor together with signage. Waste bins will be moved where necessary to make more space and there will be something to aid crossing the road at the...
Ilkley BID is backing Croydon BID, who are leading the #RaiseTheBar campaign, asking for Central Government to expand the rateable value threshold for all retail, hospitality and leisure businesses from £51,000 to any business with a rateable value up to and including...
With the onset of Coronavirus in the UK, we are in a constantly changing situation with unknown outcomes. Running a small business is rarely easy but for the majority, we are entering new and worrying territory. The amount of information is difficult to handle so we...
This February sees the return of the Real Food Ilkley Market and BID members are now able to book one of 3 pitches each month for the next 3 months, with funding from the BID. Previous businesses who have taken up the offer have included The Little Tea House, Prickly...
The Ilkley BID Christmas guide was produced to help promote the Ilkley Retailers and offered budget, luxury and quirky gift ideas from shops and businesses in the Ilkley area. 7,500 copies of the colourful twelve page guide were printed and we distributed 6,000 via...
On 8th January, Ilkley BID and Ilkley Business Forum held a joint event with professional speaker Nick Bramley delivering an interactive and informative session covering his ‘top tips’ on making the most of any networking opportunity. The evening was well attended,...
We were delighted to hear that our partnership with Meercat Associates has resulted in one Ilkley firm looking at savings of £9000 on their annual business costs (and this isn’t for a particularly large business!) Meercat Associates is specialist business cost...
As part of the Ilkley Christmas campaign, the BID set up a Christmas Elf Trail in Ilkley Town Centre to help businesses get more footfall over the Christmas 2019 period. The BID arranged for 50 cheeky elves to be arranged in shop windows and trail Sheets were created...
On Monday 11th and 18th November, we are hosting Shipley College who are coming to deliver two days of Customer Service Training. This incorporates City & Guilds level 2 in Customer Service and also World Host training, the highly regarded training which was...