1. John Harvey
City Centre Manager
BID (Business Improvement
District)
Cathedral Yard/Close Briefing –
1 November 2010

2.  BID Area
 BID Term
 Hereditaments
 Voting
 BUSINESS LED
BIDs – The Technical Stuff

3.  Strengthening local leadership
 Engagement with ALL local businesses
 Effective business voice
 Increased consumer confidence
 Increased business confidence
 Visible and measurable outcomes – ‘seeing is
believing’
What can a BID provide?

4.  Better marketing & promotion
 More animation and events to Cathedral Green
 Make more capital out of the Cathedral Green area
as a tourist attraction
 Improve staff recruitment – and retention
 Additional action to tackle crime & deal with
perceptions of crime
 Measures to support inward investment
 Brighter, cleaner, safer streets
 More effective business voice
 Improvements to Park & Ride
What A BID could deliver for Cathedral
Yard, Cathedral Close & Exeter

5.  Assists capital value growth
 Increases occupier interest
 Assists businesses in lower footfall areas
 Good PR
How do property owners/developers benefit?

6.  What will it cost me?
 I already pay rates – why should I pay more?
 If I vote against the BID can I opt out of paying
the levy?
 Is there evidence that BIDs work?
 Who runs the BID?
 How can I influence the BID?
 Does this let the public sector off the hook?
Often asked questions…

7.  Project Ideas…
…needed to feed in to the business plan
 Use your imagination
 Keep the ideas coming
 What’s the perspective of…
…our visitors
…our workers and colleagues
It’s all about YOU…

8.  Timetable
 Database
 On-going dialogue/consultation
 The Business Plan – ‘Manifesto’
 Implementation
Next Steps…

9. John Harvey Contacts:
e-mail – john.harvey@exeter.gov.uk
Mobile – 07885 760 496
Office – 01392 665 664
Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/exeterccm
Slideshare – http://www.slideshare.net/exeterccm

10. John Harvey Contacts:
e-mail – john.harvey@exeter.gov.uk
Mobile – 07885 760 496
Office – 01392 665 664
Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/exeterccm
Slideshare – http://www.slideshare.net/exeterccm