
CASE STUDIES

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SLOUGH BID

Slough BID has successfully delivered projects for businesses through its first term, with key highlights including:
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A 62.5% increase in footfall.
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BID wardens spent over 160,000 hours dealing with over 3000 incidents.
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Established Love Slough social platforms to promote the area.
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Hosted networking evets bringing together more than 150 business.
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Introduced 180 floral hanging baskets and 50 flower towers.
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Introduced DISC crime reporting system with 150 members.
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Sourced £75,000 of grant funding to supplement the BID levy income.
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SOUTHEND
CITY BID
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Over the past decade Southend City BID has delivered a range of projects for businesses, including the following in the last five year term:
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Establishment of Southend Cocktail Week to promote the evening economy.
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Family trails including a Halloween monster trail and a Christmas tree trail along with a year round events calendar.
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Headline sponsor for Luminocity, which attracted 200,000 visitors.
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180 businesses on DISC, an online crime reporting system.
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2000 anti-social behaviour interventions from the Street Ranger team per year.
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Over £350,000 of income generated in addition to the BID levy.

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BRENTWOOD
CONNECTED
Brentwood Connected is a newly established BID, covering Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone. Brentwood Connected are delivering the following for businesses in the area:
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Creating a calendar of events to increase footfall, including art trails, specialist markets and fun days.
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Creating paid marketing campaigns to promote the area.
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Launching a loyalty card system to encourage shopping local.
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A three month trial create a team of Town Rangers .
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Creating floral displays, banners and bunting to make the area attractive.
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Enhancing litter picking and street cleansing.