bathgate town centre scotland’s first business improvement district
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Bathgate Town Centre
Scotland’s First
Business Improvement District
Key Lessons• Partnership between Public & Private Sectors• BID must be Business Led• Detailed Project Plan• Establish level of Local Authority support at early stage• Get the 1 to 1 consultations right• Identify ‘Champions’ within business community• Careful consideration of defined BID area• Consider Demonstration Project
Enterprising Bathgate
- The Business Plan
• Perception & Image
• Safe & Secure
• Clean & Attractive
• Accessibility
• Facilitation & Management
Perception & Image
• Bathgate Music Festival
• Christmas Lights
• Christmas Events Programme
• Bathgate Guide to Shops & Services
• Establish Bathgate Brand
Safe & Secure
• Retail Radio Link Set Up
• Improvements to CCTV Provision
• Monitoring of CCTV
• Information sharing via Scottish BusinessCrime Centre
• Support for ‘Best Bar None’ Scheme for pubs
Clean & Attractive
• Shopfront Improvement Scheme
• Vennels & Lanes Enhancement Strategy
• Bathgate in Bloom
• Spring Clean Up Campaign
Shopfront Improvement Scheme
No. of Grants
Awarded
Total Value ofGrants Paid
Average Grant
Total Expenditu
reInvoiced
Average Expenditu
re
84 £42,368
£504 £226,915
£2,701
Accessibility
• Signage Strategy
• Car Parking Strategy
• Town Map
• Town Walks
Facilitation & Management
• Management of BID
• Newsletters
• Facilitation between Businesses and Local Authority/Scottish Government
• Promoting Bathgate at a national level and sharing
best practice with other potential BIDs
Public Realm Guide
• Setting a Vision & Strategy for Bathgate
• Providing a Design Framework for Planning Officers
& Developers
• Help deliver a more vibrant & sustainable Town
Centre
Investing in Bathgate Town Centrewww.bathgatebid.com