The Localism Act 2011 introduced new powers for people to develop neighbourhood plans, with reduced interference from central government. Neighbourhood plans are applicable to specific community areas, with local forums deciding on the scope of the issues and the policies to be covered. This gives...
The Sovereign Shopping Centre is currently holding an Inspire awards and Boscombe photography competition. The Inspire awards are designed to recognises people in the Boscombe community that go the extra mile to help other people. To nominate an individual simply email [email protected] . Please see below...
A survey of 1,000 UK residents has been carried out by BDRC Continental, to understand their holiday intentions, behaviours and attitudes for 2015. The report is out now and provides insight on general domestic and out-bound tourism trends. This year the report also looked into wellness...
Bournemouth Town Watch, working with the Council and Town Centre BID, commissioned planning company Feria Urbanism to deliver a “Bournemouth By Night” project focusing on gaining a clearer understanding of the night time offer and how it can be better marketed and promoted. Your Coastal BID...
Coastal BID helps to launch Bournemouth Jazz Festival The Coastal BID helped to secure the success of the inaugural Bournemouth Jazz Festival which took place from 19th – 21st June. The festival boasted over 40 different acts performing at 30 different locations across town, including the...
The government is currently undertaking a review of BIDs as part of a wide ranging package of support for high streets. The consultation covers four specific proposals for strengthening the role of BIDs. Increasing transparency to strengthen accountability and quality Mandating certain information within Service Level Agreements between...
Have you prepared for the impact on your business? Major long term improvement works are planned on the A338, beginning on 6th September 2015 and lasting 9 months until 31 May 2016. A contra-flow of traffic will be permanently in place throughout this 9 month period, with...
Alun Williams is retiring this month after 4 years with Coastal BID. The Coastal BID Board wishes to say a formal “good bye” with a wine and canapés event and would love you to join us in thanking Alun for all he has achieved. Wednesday 17...
Accommodation providers - Promote your Hotel on Jazz FM The Coastal BID have secured a package with Jazz FM to promote Bournemouth Jazz Festival, 19 to 21 June. There will be on air advertisements in the week leading up to the festival, as well as presenter...
“Westbourne is Foodie Heaven!” Westbourne Urban Village hosts a dedicated food and drink week starting Monday 8th of June showcasing the unique and diverse selection of food and drink available in this much loved destination for foodies. ‘Foodie Heaven’ is funded by the Westbourne Coastal BID businesses...
Food 15 Campaign: Opportunity for BID Businesses The fifth Bournemouth Food and Drink Festival will take place in locations and venues throughout Bournemouth from 19 to 28 June 2015. The Coastal BID has teamed up with the Festival team and Bournemouth Town Centre BID to create...
Now in their 6th year the Venus Awards continue to recognise and reward local working women. Hailed by channel 4 as the 'Working Women's Oscars' the 2015 Dorset Venus Awards are well underway. Nominations and applications for the awards are open now. This year there are...
Bournemouth Chamber is running a town wide Wheels window competition Have fun, motivate your staff and join in! We want to see Bournemouth windows all dressed with wheels designs. Window displays must be in place from the 22nd May in readiness for the awards presentation on...
With the Wheels in Southbourne event fast approaching, make sure you've made the most of all the opportunities available To see this information as a PDF and to download a printable form, please click here Come back to Southbourne leaflet The Coastal BID is producing a ‘Come back...
The exciting plans for the Wheels event in Southbourne have been finalised The Southbourne Wheels event takes place on Southbourne Grove between 4pm and 10pm on Saturday 30th May. There will be live entertainment on the stage, street entertainers, The Savage Skills mountain bike display team...
Wheels Exclusive for Coastal BID businesses! As the Festival Partner for the 2015 Wheels Festival, the Coastal BID is able to offer six lucky BID businesses the chance to win a passenger ride in a SuperCar on the demonstration straight on Bournemouth’s East Cliff. You will...
“Bournemouth is simply buzzing this Spring” our campaign is now in full swing! What we are doing to promote the campaign: 1) Large format adverts in the travel sections of major national newspapers, below 2) Weekly £100 voucher consumer competition launched on 15 April for 13 weeks 3) Digital...
Invitation to the 70th Anniversary VE Day Beacon Ceremony – 8th May 9pm In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of VE Day a chain of beacons will be lit around the UK. An invitation to attend this public ceremony has been extended to all Coastal BID...
As part of the ongoing partnership between the Coastal BID and Bournemouth City Sightseeing Bus, we have again secured an exclusive offer for BID businesses. For the 2015 season the Coastal BID have produced 10,000 double sided DL leaflets (below) promoting the areas of Boscombe and...
The Bournemouth Town Centre BID has appointed a new manager Caron Khan joins the Town Centre BID with expertise spanning several areas, from marketing and media relations to event management. Caron has been running her own Dorset based creative consultancy for the last 7 years and...
Free one-hour resort knowledge seminars for customer-facing staff, back due to popular demand! 28, 29 and 30 April 2015 The NCTA is staging three free Bitesize Bournemouth seminars aimed at all cutomer facing staff, not just in hotels but resturants, cafes and shops too. Seminars only take...
The Coastal BID has just announced the appointment of Stefan Krause as its new Manager. With the retirement of the current BID Manager, Alun Williams, later this year, Stefan will be joining the BID on 5 May to ensure that there is a comprehensive handover period....
Roll out of the Spring Campaign is well underway, but it’s not too late to sign up and take advantage of the fantastic packages on offer. The campaign budget of £64,000 will focus on attracting new staying guests, marketing to couples of 35 to 55+ within...
Fully Funded Seminar: Understanding Google Analytics Tuesday 21 April, 2pm – 4pm Highcliff Marriott Hotel Don’t miss this opportunity to discover the enormous value of Google Analytics as a vital marketing tool for your business. The seminar will be suitable for complete beginners, and free to you as...
On 3rd & 4th April Boscombe celebrates the 150th anniversary of ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Your business can take part in the prize treasure hunt to attract new customers. Shoppers will be encouraged to collect stickers from participating businesses displaying a ‘White Rabbit’ in the window. Everyone will...
Saturday 30 May – Wheels Southbourne fringe event, as part of the 2015 Bournemouth Wheels Festival A consultation meeting was held on Wed 18 March at the Cliff House Hotel. The meeting was extremely productive with a great turn out of traders from Southbourne. The planning group...
Plans are taking shape for the rest of 2015 as the Westbourne Traders Association take full advantage of the resources available from the Coastal BID to promote Westbourne Village as a unique shopping and services destination. Every month in 2015 a destination campaign or PR activity...
Spring 2015 Hotels’ asset pack Click here Digital Asset Pack to download all the basic tools you'll need to use Bournemouth's Big Adventure campaign in your own marketing. posters Advertising images graphics web & social graphics Campaign runs 7th April-30th June For full details go to: bournemouth.co.uk/spring If you require any further information or help with...
Don’t miss out on a valuable opportunity to promote your business online this spring As part of the Coastal BID Spring Campaign a weekly online competition with 14x £100 prizes will run from 7 April to 30 June. Any business keen to attract visitors staying in Bournemouth...
The Coastal BID once again saw great success at the Annual Tourism Awards, held Friday 27 February With 50% of all shortlisted entrants being BID businesses and organisations with whom the BID has worked, the Coastal BID are proud to congratulate all 11 category winners, in...
te to breakfast launch for Bournemouth Wheels Festival 2015 - Thursday 12 March 2015 At Rock Reef Activity Centre, Bournemouth Pier, 8.45am arrival for a 9am start, refreshments provided. RSVP to [email protected] or call 01202 451750 by 6th March. You can view the official Wheels 2015 leaflet here for a guide to...
The Spring Campaign launch workshop was held on Tuesday 17 Feb. The event was well attended by a wide representation of Coastal BID accommodation providers. Kevin Cowlard from Tandi Creative Media delivered an engaging and informative presentation of the 'Big Adventure' concept and how hotels...
As part of the Spring Campaign the BID has secured coverage in four well known and widely read national glossy magazines, listed below. Coverage includes editorial, competitions and press trips, creating fantastic exposure for Bournemouth as a spring destination. Details are being finalised this week in...
Refreshments from 2pm for a prompt start. Come along to find out how £65,000 is being invested this Spring to promote staying visits to Bournemouth, and how you can get involved to maximise the benefit to your business. This year’s spring campaign is based around ‘Soft Adventure’,...
Dates have been set and plans are in full swing to make Bournemouth Food Festival 2015 bigger and better than ever. Last years’ festival brought some impressive footfall to the town. • Average footfall in the weeks leading up to the Food Festival was 46,292 • Average...
We know you have all hit the New Year running, we too are already making plans and setting budgets for Christmas 2015 and into 2016. We would therefore greatly appreciate two minutes of your time to complete this very short (seven question) survey, with feedback on...
We know you have all hit the New Year running, we too are already making plans and setting budgets for Christmas 2015 and into 2016. We would therefore greatly appreciate two minutes of your time to complete this very short (seven question) survey, with feedback...
This year’s spring campaign is based around ‘Soft Adventure’, one of the key interests for off-season staying visitors identified in the latest Visit England research on Bournemouth. Working with the NCTA and Bournemouth Tourism we’re developing a range of packages based around gardens, walking and...
Southbourne can look forward to a major new event this year, thanks to funding from the Coastal BID. Working in partnership with SoSBA and the events team at Bournemouth Tourism, the BID has provided the funding to enable a WHEELS festival event to be staged in...
At its meeting this week the Coastal BID Board approved a funding application for £20,000 which will see the BID becoming a major funding partner working alongside Dorset Police and Bournemouth Council. Feedback from business on the work of the CSPOs persuaded the Board that...
Paul Clarke was elected as Chairman of the BID at the Board meeting in January. Paul, who is also General Manager at the Hallmark Hotel, succeeds Des Simmons. Des stood down following a very active 2½ years as Chairman of the Coastal BID preceded by 2...
Keep your eyes on the post in the next few days for the January 2015 printed 'Business News' letter from the BID. Please drop us an email if you do not received your copy as it is very important that we have your most up...
Funded by the Coastal BID, Westbourne Traders Association is launching a spectacular Valentines competition with the opportunity to win an amazing VIP Westbourne Experience, worth £1,000, to be enjoyed on Valentines weekend. Prizes have been kindly sponsored by businesses in Westbourne creating a great valentines...
Some of you may have seen an advert published recently for the Coastal BID Manager’s post. This is part of the Board’s long term succession planning, linked to finding a new Chairman. Click here for BLOG dated 5 December 2014. The Board has been aware for 18...
Footfall figures from the cameras installed by the BID earlier this year in Westbourne and Southbourne have indicated just what a difference the Christmas Campaigns have made to the numbers of shoppers visiting at this key time of year for retailers. The cameras measure the number...
Tandi creative media were chosen, following a tender process, to deliver the Coastal BID’s autumn campaign aimed at promoting accommodation providers from mid September to mid November 2014. This was a mix of posters on the London Underground, digital marketing and a ‘selfie’ competition. 100...
The Coastal BID has welcomed 6 newly elected Directors to its Board. The Directors were elected at the autumn AGM and include; Andreas Booth, Franchisee for Spec Savers in Boscombe, Steve Taylor, Director of Fab Frocks in Westbourne, Paul Clarke, Manager of the Hallmark Hotel...
Zoe Stanton joined us this week, specifically to help maximise the benefits from activities and events. The BID has been promoting Bournemouth as the most eventful English resort. Zoe comes to us from her previous job at The Globe Theatre in London. She will be...
The BID has announced the results of its inaugural ‘Best dressed Christmas Window’ Competition which took place across the three Coastal Villages of Southbourne, Boscombe and Westbourne. BID Manager, Alun Williams commented, “The number of shops participating and making sure that their shop windows look their...
The Coastal BID office will be closed on 25, 26 and 31 December, and 1 January 2015. For non urgent enquiries please email [email protected] For urgent assistance call 05Alun Williams on 07974 565019 ...
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