BRADFORD Business Improvement District (BID) has teamed up with West Yorkshire Police to launch a new initiative to combat the scourge of street-drinking in parts of the city centre. The scheme will use legal powers in a new and innovative way, combined with advanced forensic technology, to prevent the supply of “super-strength” alcohol to street

Brand new for 2019, Bradford BID are partnering with established food festival experts PJJ Events to launch the first Bradford Food & Drink Festival. Taking place Friday 9th to Sunday 11th August, 10am to 10pm (Sunday 10am to 6pm) The festival will take place in the picturesque City Park and surrounding streets and is expected

The University of Bradford is keen to showcase our fantastic city, its businesses and attractions at our key annual University Events. These are our Open Days (for prospective students) and Graduation ceremonies (for our graduates and their families) and we would like to extend an opportunity for organisations in the BID to get involved. On

A PLEA to “keep it clean” is being made to all those who use Bradford city centre following the launch of a five-year rolling street cleaning programme. Bradford’s Business Improvement District (BID) team is investing thousands of pounds in hot-washing key streets and removing years of accumulated grime and ground-in chewing gum. But BID leaders

A FIVE-YEAR rolling programme of street cleaning and chewing gum removal is to be launched in Bradford city centre this week. The announcement by Bradford’s new Business Improvement District (BID) follows a successful test pilot on part of the Hustlergate area. “The amount of chewing gum littering city centre streets is appalling and a constant

BRADFORD is to stage its own food and drink festival to bring in thousands of new visitors and put the city centre firmly on the “foodie” map. The Bradford BID Food & Drink Festival is being launched by the city’s new Business Improvement District and will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 9

THE FRONT of one of the city centre’s landmark buildings has been given a spring clean thanks to Bradford BID. Fly-posting which plastered the windows of the Grade II-listed former TJ Hughes store, on the corner of Godwin Street and Sunbridge Road, has been removed in one of the first clean-up projects undertaken by the

BRADFORD’S new BID is helping to bring a splash of festival colour to one of the city’s oldest streets. The BID is supporting a Mini-Mardi Gras in Ivegate to help attract visitors to the street, which is starting to undergo a revival. The event, which takes place on Saturday, March 2, is a New Orleans

Parts of Bradford city centre have taken on a new glow in the evenings thanks to a deal between Bradford BID and Bradford Council. The so-called “ceiling of light” between Broadway and Market Street, erected as part of the Christmas lights, is to be left in place and switched on after dusk throughout the winter

BRADFORD’S new Business Improvement District has appointed its first manager. Jonny Noble, who has been the city centre manager in Bradford since 2013, said he was “proud and thrilled” to be taking on the role in his home city. “I am passionate about Bradford and its people,” said Mr Noble. “It’s a fantastic city with