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Join the Bristol Shopping Quarter Forum on 19th September 2019 for updates on Broadmead BID, footfall performance, promotions, crime reduction, Christmas plans, Cabot Circus updates, and a Q&A session.
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Bristol Shopping Quarter Forum 19th September 2019
Financial overview BID Year 1 • Income£K • Bid Levy 281 • Other contributions 20 • Total 301 • Expenditure (Full year forecast) • Cleansing 80 • Marketing 104 (incl. Xmas lights, footfall cameras, events, digital) • Crime Reduction 10 (incl. outsourced ranger) • Management Fee 60 (incl. office and staff costs) • Shopmobility 10 • Contingency 8 • BCC Collection Fee 10 • Total 282 C/F £19K to be spent 2019/20
#BearsGoToTown • Co-produced by Broadmead BID and Wild Place Project • 22 July to 31 August • free summer trail featuring 24 metre-high 2D bears hosted by shops and attractions across Broadmead, The Galleries, The Arcade, and Cabot Circus • Objective to encourage families to visit Bristol Shopping Quarter during the summer school holidays while also raising awareness of the new Bear Wood exhibit at Wild Place Project • 10,000 maps printed, available from each venue and also distributed to local hotels, Bristol Old Vic theatre (during performances of We're Going on a Bear Hunt) and the Tourist Information Centre • The map was also available to download from Bristol Shopping Quarter website • Participants completing the trail were able to enter a competition to win tickets to Wild Place Project
#BearsGoToTown Promotion • Eight week campaign on The Breeze • Digital campaigns with Visit Bristol and Bristol Live • Extensive social media coverage with participants were encouraged to use the hashtag #BearsGoToTown • Trail picked up by several local websites and blogs and recommended as something good to do over the holiday period • Competitions linked to the trail delivered almost 1,500 new subscribers for our regular consumer newsletter
Bristol Waste Company Jason Eldridge
NEWBusiness Crime Reduction Partnership • Linking up with City Centre BID to drive improved partnerships and actions with Police and other local partners • Working towards BCRP national standards with SWBCC support • Membership of BCRI transfers to the new BCRP includes security radio-net and DISC access • Additional hospitality / NTE DISC platform • Advisory panel appointed: first meeting 18th September • Exclusion Notice scheme for entire area to be launched October • Broadmead BID Retail Support Ranger introduced via SWL: Jack Rex
Mystery Shop and Service Excellence Awards • 102 stores participating • Mystery Shop visits throughout September • Awards night Monday 4th November - 6pm The New Room (John Wesley’s Chapel) • 10 store categories
Christmas 2019 • Christmas Lights switch-on Friday 8th November • Christmas Market opens Friday 8th November • Local Christmas Market opens Friday 29th November • Please let us know store trading hours for Christmas sophie@broadmeadbid.co.uk
Cabot Circus Update • Student Night Tuesday 1st October • Christmas Grotto proposal in main centre being planned • Quakers Friars working on a new public realm and space layout • Summer beach bar successful, number of food options under review for 2020
AOB, Q & A and Feedback • Questions • Feedback • Meeting frequency: 2 per year