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The BIDs Gathering 2015 slideshow
- 2. Denzil Skinner Chair • AboutEssential Edinburgh • Key priorities and measures • First term of the BID • Second term of the BID @EssentialEdin Essential Edinburgh
- 3. About Essential Edinburgh •Voted in by businesses 2008 – turnout 46%, 54% vote in favour • Represent 600 businesses – 51% Retail, 31% office, 18% hospitality • Delivered on amended 5 year plan • Renewal Ballot successful in 2013 • £5m investment by private businesses • £1m for city centre re-launch secured
- 4. First Term: 2008– 2013 Area Promotion – Clean & Attractive – Safe & Secure – Accessibility – Facilitation • Events & promotion increased footfall • 10% increase in Keep Scotland Beautiful score • 30% reduction in retail crime, 80% solvency rate - “Check Out” initiative • Trade Waste initiaitve identified over £250,000 savings with “Zero-2-Landfill” for over 200 businesses • Rose Street action plan delivered
- 5. Second Term 2013-2018 Areasfor delivery and measurement •Area Promotion: retail turnover and footfall 2% above UK average •Clean & Attractive: CIMS, Keep Scotland Beautiful score increase by 10% •Safe & Secure: Crime Statistics & Edinburgh Visitor Survey perception scores •Accessibility: Edinburgh Visitor Survey perception scores •Facilitation: Cost neutral through group buying initiatives
- 6. Area Promotion • Footfallup 7.3% compared to UK average of -1.7%. • Footfall driving events – Edinburgh Fashion Week – Spa in the City – Film in the City – Edinburgh Restaurant Festival – Light Night – St Andrew Square Garden events • Advertising and Marketing – “This is Edinburgh” city centre marketing campaign Review - Year 6 July 2013 to June 2014
- 7. Clean & Attractive •Essential Clean Team – 86%* of visitors to Edinburgh believed the BID area was cleaner than the rest of the city • Flowers & hanging baskets – Beautiful Scotland – Silver Gilt Award • St Andrew Square Garden • Christmas Lights *Edinburgh Visitor Survey Review - Year 6 July 2013 to June 2014
- 8. Safe & Secure •92%* of visitors to Edinburgh stated that they felt safer in the BID area than elsewhere in the city, up 8% on last year. • Check Out – Check In – CCTV – Transport Marshalls – Pub Watch – Theft and housebreaking to a business premises down by 59% – Theft down by 17% – Shoplifting down by 16% – Robbery down by 31% *Edinburgh Visitor Survey Review - Year 6 July 2013 to June 2014
- 9. Facilitation • Waste ManagementProject – Changeworks Recycling new contractor – Tailored solutions for each business • Utilities – Business savings in excess of £200,000 – All businesses saved more than cost of levy • George Street Project • Castle Street Review - Year 6 July 2013 to June 2014
- 10. Trade Waste Project– 1st Term • Preferred BID supplier in place by 2011, providing Zero-2-Landfill • Waste separation set up prior to Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 • Savings to business identified in excess of £250,000 by reduction of landfill use
- 11. Trade Waste Project– 2nd Term • Edinburgh Council trade waste changes – No waste to be stored on street for more than 1 hour – Initial trial in Rose Street 2014 – Following trial, BID first area for roll out - April 2015 • Changeworks Recycling – New waste contractor for BID – Tailored solutions for Rose Street business during trade waste trial highly successful – Over quarter of BID already signed up and will be compliant with new legislation – number growing daily – Changeworks Recycling are a Social Enterprise – local job creation through this initiative
- 12. Summary • Successfully deliveredfirst business plan • Resounding renewal ballot success – 78% voted YES, up from 54% in 2008 – almost 35% increase • Term 2 of the BID started strongly – On target to achieve key measures • Major role for BID in helping businesses to become compliant with trade waste regulations
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- 15. Alastair Mitchell Falkirk Delivers 3rd March2015 Safer towns night & day
- 16. Getting the basicsright At both BID ballots, our businesses asked us to deliver more of the basics to enhance the town centre: •Clean (Taking a Pride in Falkirk) •Safe (It’s Friendlier in Falkirk) •Friendly (Let’s Shout about it!)
- 17. The Falkirk perspective •Pre-BID, a poor perception of the night time economy in Falkirk • Concentration of efforts on daytime economy • Huge investment in licensed premises, artisan cafes and a move towards ‘retail +’ • Opportunity to encourage growth in investment, footfall and spend
- 18. The Falkirk perspective •Change perceptions • Help establish a much more customer friendly, vibrant and safe environment • Adopt best practise • Getting the basics right • Work with partners across a variety of disciplines • Opportunity to maximise the impact to the town centre of the Kelpies and the Falkirk Wheel
- 19. It’s all aboutgood partnerships and collaboration! • Falkirk Delivers + • Falkirk Council • Scottish Business Resilience Centre • BIDs Scotland • Police Scotland and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service • ATCM • Business Community • Local volunteers – Red Cross, Street Pastors, Signpost Recovery etc. etc.
- 20. A selection ofrelevant Falkirk Delivers projects:
- 21. All things ‘Safe’ Oras we call it: ‘It’s Friendlier in Falkirk’
- 22. Action: It’s friendlierin Falkirk
- 23. Award Winning SaferStreets programme •Featuring Safe Base / Safe Zone – providing support to vulnerable night-time revellers during the festive period •Part of the Operation Christmas joint venture •Highly successful partnership between the BID, and 8 other partners. Action: It’s friendlier in Falkirk
- 24. Action: Safer Streetsprojects
- 25. Action: Best BarNone 15 Falkirk area licensed premises accredited with Best Bar None status this year 7 Gold winners. Behind the Wall won Scottish Independent Pub of the year
- 27. Action: Street Ambassadors •Liaison with businesses • Reporting and resolving problems • Assisting businesses with shoplifters • Basic First Aid • Local product knowledge
- 28. Another first forFalkirk…
- 29. Action: Events andFestivals
- 30. In 2014, FalkirkDelivers won a UK national ATCM award ‘Developing the evening & night-time economy’
- 31. Action: Partnering localtourism attractions
- 32. Action: Local TourismPartnership And now – The Helix and the Kelpies!
- 33. Falkirk was aFinalist!
- 35. We’re contributing towardsthe Safer Communities outcomes! • By spending to save, Falkirk Delivers and its Safer Streets voluntary partners annually saves approx. £30K in costs and time during the festive period for the NHS and Police • We’re working with partners to minimise crime and anti-social behaviour in the town centre • We’re reducing negative perceptions as well as the fear of crime • We’re helping to make Falkirk a safer place
- 36. How long isthis guy going to drone on for… I’ve told him before, 6 slides max! 21, 22, for feck sake Alastair, 23, 24… Must stay awake…
- 38. www.enterprisingbathgate.com Improving the BusinessEnvironment and Supporting Business March 2015 1 Enterprising Bathgate
- 39. www.enterprisingbathgate.com 2 Enterprising Bathgate A BitAbout Strong leadership from business community March 2008 - Scotland’s first Business Improvement District with West Lothian Council in Bathgate town centre Excellent working partnership Approx. 400 properties
- 40. www.enterprisingbathgate.com ● Public RealmDesign Guide ● Bathgate In Bloom Project ● Town Centre Regeneration Fund ● Town Centre Capital Programme ● The Partnership Centre ● Adaptation of former Council properties ● Adaptation of older properties 3 Making the BID Area A Bit About More Attractive
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- 42. www.enterprisingbathgate.com 5 Town Centre RegenerationFund & Capital Programme
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- 45. www.enterprisingbathgate.com 8 Adaptation of olderproperties Big Bang Hairdressing Salon Nineteen Twelve Cafe Bar
- 46. www.enterprisingbathgate.com 9 Premises Improvement Scheme ●Initially a pilot Shop Front Scheme during development of BID ● Listened to feedback to make scheme more effective ● Scope widened ● Banding introduced to reflect size of properties ● New scheme now run every year ● Improves individual properties ● Improves the attractiveness of the town centre
- 47. www.enterprisingbathgate.com 10 Premises Scheme Facts &Figures Approved 65 grants totalling more than £41,000 498 grants approved since company was formed More than £280,000 paid out in grants Documented expenditure exceeds £2 million (2014-15 scheme)
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- 49. www.enterprisingbathgate.com 12 Choose Bathgate Campaign ●Promoting Bathgate town centre as a place to set up, re-locate or expand a business ● Marketing the businesses and services available in Bathgate town centre
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- 51. www.enterprisingbathgate.com 14 Choose Bathgate -Online Guide ● Auto-resizes for PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones ● Businesses offered a full page, which is branded for them maintaining quality, identity and up-to-date information ● Listings by Category, A-Z and Map Location ● Links to and feeds from social media pages ● Contact form ● Interactive with Google Maps and Streetview ● Search facility
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- 54. www.enterprisingbathgate.com Improving the BusinessEnvironment and Supporting Business www.choosebathgate.com
- 59. With Thanks tothe BIDs Scotland Gathering Sponsor