Links

Below is a selection of useful websites to give you a deeper insight into BIDs in the UK and abroad.

General BID Websites in the UK

The official UK BIDs website
www.ukbids.org

A site designed by the British Retail Consortium to give an overview of BIDs for retailers in the UK
www.retailbids.org.uk

Rateable Value lists for your property
www.voa.gov.uk

 

BID Websites outside of the UK

And if you want to see how BIDs are having a positive impact in the USA and other countries, take a look at these:

This website looks at BIDs from around the world
http://web.mit.edu/11.204/www/webportfolio
/BID/BID_Intl_BID_Project.html

The site shows the BID in Philadelphia, USA
www.centercityphila.org

And this site shows the BID in Downtown DC, USA
www.downtowndc.org

 

Regulations / Legislations

Below are a couple of links relating to the regulations and legislations of BIDs in the UK, set out by the Government.

Local Government Act 2003 - 2003 Chapter 26 - PART 4
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 2443
The Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004