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This page aims to share knowledge regarding BIDs and how they work and the outcomes of projects, events and workshops. This is the area that pulls all the learning together. If you have anything that you would like to share with us for inclusion on the site please submit it by emailing us. If you would like to join the London BIDs mailing list, please email us. | |
Vacancy at Camden Town BID Do you think you have got what it takes to engage the business community of Camden Town to become one of the first second-wave BIDs in the UK? You´ll need to be great interpersonal skills to be able to enthuse the businesses. You can click here to download the whole job advert. For further information please contact george@camdentownbid.com London BIDs: from pilots to reality The conference held on 24th February was a great success. It aimed to look beyond the legislation towards the reality of BIDs on the ground in London during 2004/2005. The conference was chaired by Greg Clark, LDA, and included various speakers from pilot BIDs around London as well as Jacquie Reilly, Project Director of the UK BIDs project and the launch of the Circle Initiative´s legal templates.
The summary report, as well as a separate summary of the questions and answer sessions, and the presentation can be downloaded from the BIDs publications section.
International BIDs Week 7th - 9th July 2003 As part of the London BIDs programme sponsored by the London Development Agency, Central London Partnership ran ‘International BIDs Week’ which featured speakers from Among the activities during the week were: · A Local Authorities Workshop – held at the London Development Agency · A Business Engagement Workshop – held at Grosvenor · An International BIDs Conference – held at the The workshops and conference generated a great deal of interest and enthusiasm from those who attended, and the knowledge gained and lessons learned have been brought together in an interactive report which can be downloaded from the publications section. BID Prospectus The pilot BIDs are gearing up to go for their votes over the next six months. They are producing prospectuses and executive summaries of their business plans. Click below to download the prospectus or executive summary for the BID that you are interested in:
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The London BIDs newsletters contain information about the | Legal Templates A series of legal templates for BIDs has been produced by Denton Wilde Sapte for The Circle Initiative in collaboration with the London BIDs programme. Following the completion of the BIDs Regulations, all of the legal templates are now available. Each can be tailored to meet individual BIDs requirements though care should be taken with regard to footnotes. Legal advice should be sought on any unknown areas.
The series consists of the following templates and guidance notes:
The employment templates include new disciplinary, dismissal and greivance procedures and the revised harrassment policy and cover the following:
The templates and accompanying guidance notes can be downloaded from the Circle Publications section as PDF files. If you should require them as Word documents for editing, please email contact@londonbids.info.
The templates are in PDF format which requires Acrobat Reader to be able to open them. Acrobat Reader can be download freely and easily from the Adobe Acrobat website.
The full complement of twelve factsheets can be downloaded from the publications page and include the following titles: 1) Time 2) Cost 3) People 4) Projects 5) Boundary 6) Information Overload 7) Existing Partnerships 8) Information Sharing 9) Local authority co-ordination 10) Strategic vs operational 11) Legal templates 12) Funding cocktails
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Press Releases (all can be found in the archive) Cleaner and safer environments on the way as Business Improvement Districts get green light London BIDs welcomes next phase of Business Improvement District legislation London BIDs goes global with International BIDs Conference London BIDs launched in the capital: A new regional approach to Business Improvement Districts House of Lords debates BIDs legislation: Lack of formal role for property owners could threaten new urban management approach Tony McNulty MP, Minister for Countdown to Business Improvement Districts | |
