A valuable resource for all BID businesses. We've gathered together information from industry research, footfall data, key facts and figures, and put it all in one place. Check out Information Hub to find: Footfall Figures Retail Research NCTA Visitor Survey Visit England Research Tourism Statistics ...
This event, with the Coastal BID as it's primary funer, is a fringe event of the Arts by the Sea Festival. Now in it’s third year it really does bring something special to Boscombe, driving footfall and benefitting businesses. A series of spectacular events highlighting local...
Fuel - The Roof The Waterfront, Pier Approach Thursday 25th September, 9pm A 360 degree outdoor panoramic performance under the nights sky set within the suspended reality of a brutal and unforgiving game, this breathless mix of intimate 3D sound and the hair-trigger movement of free running...
Our weekly reach on Facebook topped 105,000 in the first week of this campaign. Originally designed to help hotels attract repeat visits, almost any business can use the leaflets and posters to gain extra promotion via Facebook. A digital asset pack is available to download...
They are now collecting data for the 'How's Business?' Survey for the month of August 2014. Upon submitting data, you will have the option to click on a link to view the full 'How's Business?' report for July 2014. Click here to complete the online survey <South West...
We are investing £50,000 this autumn which will help drive new enquiries to the tourism website. To take advantage of this free marketing accomodation providers can send us autumn offers to appear on bournemouth.co.uk/autumn The ‘All in Bournemouth’ campaign highlights the range of events and activities...
This year's AGM will be held on Wednesday 15th October at Menzies East Cliff Court Hotel. Drinks from 6pm Meeting 6.30pm – 7.30pm. The meeting is open to all BID businesses and will give you a chance to get a full update on the 2013-2014 activities and...
Due to circumstances beyond our control, there has been a change of venue for the Coastal BID AGM. It will now be held at the adjacent Menzies sister Hotel: Menzies Carlton Hotel East Overcliff Bournemouth BH1 3DN Drinks from 6pm Meeting 6.30pm – 7.30pm Nominations for Board members A list of the...
Congratulations to the Coastal BID Best Bar None winners, The Grove Tavern for Best Neighbourhood Venue, with Chaplins as the runner up. O2 Academy for Best Entertainment Venue, and Sir Percy Florence Shelley, accredited at merit level....
What is the BID doing? The selfie Facebook competition "Capture the Moment" starts next week, with two £300 prizes funded by the BID. Our national marketing “All in Bournemouth” runs from 22 September with three different one week poster ad campaigns on the London Underground, and digital...
Click here to download 'capture your selfie!' "From an amazing sunset to a delicious meal, a great day out or just having fun together! Share your memories of Bournemouth this autumn. We’re offering two chances to WIN £300 worth of holiday vouchers* this autumn to use in...
Click here to download This asset pack provides you with some basic tools to add to your existing communications in order to help promote the Bournemouth Gardens of Light 2014. If you require any more specific assets please get in touch using the contact details below. "Visit...
It provides information to help with starting and growing businesses, finances, employment and skills information, contact details for local suppliers, support schemes and services, news from around the region, as well as a list of the training, seminars, and networking events available locally. This local...
BOURNEMOUTH’S tourism trade is set to benefit from a major autumn marketing push. Visitors from the M25 area will be targeted in a promotional effort being led by a local company. The Bournemouth Coastal Business Improvement District (BID) has awarded Tandi Creative Media a contract...
In conjunction with other BIDs in the south of England, we have been looking for reputable brokers to propose to you – and are pleased to recommend BCR and SwitchedonSavings. Both have a local presence, with BCR offering a much wider range of services than...
We have been experiencing some technical issues with our email server, which we believe have now been ironed out. We have therefore included some duplicate news stories in this, our latest newsletter. Please follow these links to read what you may have missed. August 2014 Newsletter No.19 July...
If you are a Boscombe or Pokesdown business owner, no doubt you'll know that this Sunday is Mardi Gras! Fun for everyone kicks off at 11am with face painting, dog show market stalls, music and street theatre, and a fancy dress competition. In locations all around...
The Coastal BID in conjunction with the NCTA, has been working on a major new research project aimed at helping retailers in Boscombe, Southbourne and Westbourne. The first 700 interviews per location were carried out during April. A a follow-up series of a further 300 interviews...
Too hot and sunny to be thinking of Christmas? Definitely not! It's the perfect time to capitalise on the huge number of summer visitors to Bournemouth, and plant in their minds that Bournemouth is also a fantastic place to come for a pre-Christmas visit. Posters in...
All you need to know is here, but you did miss out on the chance to win £500 marketing spend*! A meeting was held this afternoon (Tuesday 22nd July, kindly hosted by The Elstead Hotel) to equip Coastal BID accommodation providers with all the information to...
Everything in your business either generates money or costs money or both. The numbers are at the very heart of managing your business growth. There are only three ways to increase your profit; sell more, lower costs and/or increase prices, all are directly related to...
Working with industry leaders Springboard, the BID has now begun collecting footfall data in the coastal villages. As soon as the data has been verified we will be in a position to share the findings with all the BID businesses. Footfall figures are collected on...
The Coastal BID's maps proved such a big success last year that we've doubled the print run this year! With updated maps, guided walks and photographs of the coastal suburbs of Westbourne, West Cliff, East Cliff, Boscombe and Southbourne. They are being distributed by 'Places to...
Tuesday 22nd July - 2pm Elstead Hotel, 12- 14 Knyveton Road, Bournemouth BH1 3QP A meeting to equip Coastal BID hotel owners with all the information to plan your autumn marketing, in line with the BID's national marketing for Autumn 2014. Come along to hear what we're planning...
Organised as a celebration of business in Southbourne, the event was a chance for business owners to experience the newly extended City Sightseeing Bus Route, and to find out more about the work of the Coastal Business Improvement District (BID) and Southbourne on Sea Business...
Anna Chamberlain, our new Business Support Executive, joined us in the spring. She has been busy getting out and about, meeting BID business owners, helping them to take advantage of the many different activities the BID is engaged in. As well as unbooked drop-ins, Anna is...
The National Coastal Tourism Academy are offering FREE on line training. This is a fantastic opportunity for you and your staff to be recognised as official Tourism Ambassadors for Bournemouth! bournemouthambassador.co.uk The module is for all tourism staff to ensure Bournemouth visitors receive the warmest possible welcome. It...
There is a new summer carnival event for Boscombe this year.The Coastal BID has provided funding to purchase road signs which can be used for furture local events. Working alongside Boscombe Carnival veteran Cindy Jermon is local neighbourhood warden Amanda Catlin, who said: “The Christmas Carnival...
The Coastal BID and Southbourne: Forum for SOSBA members and BID Businesses 18 June at Sunrise in Southbourne Background The Coastal BID was voted through in April 2012 by the majority of businesses (73%) who returned their ballot papers (43% turnout, compared to 39% in local elections). The...
The Coastal BID: Annual General Meeting Thursday 15th October Drinks from 6pm Meeting 6.30pm – 7.30pm Venue TBC The meeting is open to all BID businesses and will give you a chance to get a full update on the 2014-2015 activities and our strategy and action plan for the coming...
The Coastal BID: Annual General Meeting Wednesday 15th October Menzies East Cliff Court Hotel Drinks from 6pm Meeting 6.30pm – 7.30pm Save the date, more details to follow....
A celebration of business in Southbourne An invitation is extended to all Coastal BID businesses in Southbourne, and SoSBA members. WHAT: Come and join us for a social evening with a difference WHERE: Meet and greet at The Grove Tavern Southbourne, then a magical bus tour of the...
The opening round of the 2014 P1 SuperStock and P1 AquaX Championships in Bournemouth brought the coastal waters of the famous resort town to life ‘Feel the power’. ‘Fast, furious and fun.’ ‘Festival of power rides into town’. These were some of the headlines that...
Want to know more about the work of the Coastal BID? A date for your diaries. Forum for SOSBA members and BID Businesses 18 June - 6pm to 7pm Sunrise in Southbourne The Business Plan sets out the 4 key areas of activity, as determined during the consultations which took...
The Coastal BID , through its support for Shake & Stir, has obtained discounted advertising rates for BID Businesses in this year’s programme. This vintage music, fashion cars, food & drink event takes place 20-22 June 2014. Heather and her team, will be producing 5,000 copies of...
The Coastal BID's spring campaign has been a great success. The key objectives for the campaign were to help accommodation providers during the spring months of February to May and support two brand new events, Wheels Festival and P1 Powerboats. We attended two very successful holiday...
Dorset's B2B sustainability group, Green Knowledge Network, would like you to join them at an important event in their 2014 calendar. Sean Parsons, Navitus Bay Communications Manager, will speak to the Green Knowledge Network on: Monday 23rd June 2014 5.30pm (meet & mingle) for a 6pm start -...
Coastal BID businesses can take advantage of more than 150 free events as part of Bournemouth University’s Festival of Learning. The week-long festival, running from June 9-15, will include free training and professional development opportunities. Those opportunities range from finding out if your website makes a good...
More than half a million people attended the first Bournemouth Wheels Festival over the bank holiday weekend, spending around £9million in the town centre. The Coastal BID sponsored Pier Jump was a favourite with spectators, and attracted national press attention. The Wheels Festival has been hailed a...
P1 Powerboat Racing come to Bournemouth this weekend 31st May and 1st June. [scroll down for program of events] The Coastal BID has brought this event to Bournemouth for the very first time! A fleet of P1 Panther powerboats and more than thirty personal watercraft racers will...
You should by now have received, in the post, the May 2014 printed 'Business News' letter from the Coastal BID. Please drop us an email if you have not received your copy as it is very important that we have the most up to date...
Key West this Friday night 30th May at 6.45pm Now that Wheels has been successfully launched (and well done to the Tourism team and everyone else involved in that), the Coastal BID’s thoughts move on to the “Grand Prix of the Sea” this coming weekend. With...
As part of the exciting 2014 partnership between the Coastal BID and Bournemouth City Sightseeing, we have secured an exclusive offer for BID businesses. With support from The Coastal BID the route has been extended for 2014 to include Boscombe, Southbourne, Tuckton and Hengistbury Head. All...
Bitesize Bournemouth – all you need to know about Bournemouth in 90 minutes. Do you have employees who are new to Bournemouth, or new to working with visitors? The NCTA is offering FREE short induction sessions for all those who work in tourism, which aim to...
Retail Employee of the Year Katie Allsopp, Scape Interiors of Westbourne. Hotel Miramar wins four-star AA rating. (Scroll down) Gift retailers and suppliers were in full bloom at The Greats awards event on May 8th, held at The Savoy Hotel in London; which saw the UK’s best...
A great chance to get involved in the Wheels Festival, and to build team morale for your business! All local cycle enthusiasts are invited to sign-up for FREE, to this year’s Wheels Relay Challenge and battle it out to be crowned champions on Monday 26th May. As...
Bournemouth Borough Council has organised a public meeting to hear its residents' views on the proposed Navitus Bay windfarm on Saturday 10 May at 2pm at the BIC. This meeting is open only to Bournemouth residents, for details please see www.bournemouth.gov.uk/windfarm Conor Burns, the MP for Bournemouth...
Have you seen, we now have two totally different Facebook pages? Facebook/CoastalBID is exclusively for business-to-business news. We hope you are now a "Liker" of the Coastal BID Facebook page as this is a great way to stay up to date with BID activities and opportunites. It is...
The Coastal BID is inviting tenders from marketing agencies interested in working with us on our Autumn 2014 and Spring 2015 marketing campaigns, targeted at bringing staying visitors to Bournemouth. Using the Colour Your Life theme companies will be presenting their ideas to representatives from...
Coastal BID announces major new retail research project The Coastal BID has announced it will be undertaking, starting on Monday 28 April, and in conjunction with the National Coastal Tourism Academy (NCTA), a major new research project aimed at helping retailers in Boscombe, Southbourne and Westbourne,....
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