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Loyal Free Quizmas 2022

Ilkley BID partnered with the LoyalFree App to bring festive fun to the town centre during December 2022. The Quizmas Lyric Trail was designed to encourage families to explore local businesses while enjoying some holiday cheer. An interactive trail promoted as a fun...

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 Crier The 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...