Stratforward BID

Business Improvement Districts can be great when they do what they say on the tin. There are many great examples.  One of the most successful is Shrewsbury which had a poorly run BID, not unlike ours but local businesses voted it out and replaced in with one of the most dynamic in the country.  We could do this! Unfortunately our local BID is used by the Local Councils as a foil to protect themselves from acting on behalf of businesses.  We are currently employing a specialist consultant to investigate the lack of support from the BID which is a  limited  company, extracting a mandatory levy from all the businesses in our town but has a poor record of delivery and has been plagued by constantly changing management.  To find out more about the underlying problem have a look at the structure of the Cabinet which does not represent the town.