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

THE chairman of Bradford’s new Business Improvement District says it’s “raring to go” following the appointment of its board of directors. Ian Ward, general manager of The Broadway shopping centre, was elected chairman at the BID’s inaugural meeting yesterday after the 21 volunteer directors were voted on to the operating board. Mr Ward, who led

BRADFORD’S new Business Improvement District has revealed that it will be based in offices in the city’s “top of the town” area. The BID will be occupying a first-floor office in a historic building in North Parade which has recently been refurbished and converted into a centre for co-working. Assembly Bradford is located in the

A BUSINESS Improvement District (BID) is to be launched in Bradford after city centre businesses gave it a massive YES! vote in a month-long postal ballot. More than 630 businesses were asked to vote on setting up the BID, which plans to raise £2.5 million to spend on projects to boost the city centre over

THE campaign to set up a Business Improvement District (BID) in Bradford city centre has brought together some of the district’s top firms in support. More than 630 businesses and other organisations – from independent shops to chain stores, from professional services firms to hotels, bars and restaurants, from museums to education providers – have

THE LAST chance for city centre businesses to vote in the Bradford BID ballot is fast approaching. Postal voting to determine whether the Business Improvement District will go ahead has been taking place since September 13 but the ballot closes at 5pm this Thursday. Ian Ward, chairman of the BID development board and general manager

THE FIRST business improvement district – or BID – in the world was set up in a small suburb of Toronto, in Canada, in 1970. The concept proved so popular that just a few years later it moved to the United States where it has continued to grow. Astonishingly, there are now 67 BIDs in

TWO OF Bradford’s oldest and most prestigious hotels have joined forces to urge businesses to “Vote Yes!” for a city centre business improvement district. With a raft of new hotels opening in the city over the last few years, filling rooms has become an increasingly competitive business but the managers of the Great Victoria Hotel,