Brighton Businesses Vote in Favour of £2.3m Investment Plan
• 82.5% of city centre businesses vote to reinvigorate the high street post pandemic
• New Projects planned to clean streets, provide events and promote the city centre
• Commitment to continue to provide city’s Christmas Lights displays, planting and summer decorations for next five years
As the country moves towards opening up, Brighton’s city centre businesses have supported a business plan to deliver a thriving, safe, clean and vibrant city centre that residents will want to come back to time and time again.
The plan, which asks the business community to pay an additional levy to support the high street, was devised through a painstaking consultation process during 2020 and will start delivery on the 1st of July for five years.
The brand-new plan will:
• Deliver enhanced street cleansing and jet washing in the BID area.
• Provide the city’s annual Christmas lighting display.
• Create a safer shopping experience with the City Centre Ambassadors.
• Create a year-round calendar of events to attract customers.
• Provide an enhanced marketing service for the BID area’s 517 shops, restaurants, bars, salons and cafes.
The BID will also continue to provide a range of services for the business community to help reduce costs.
Gavin Stewart, BID CEO said, “We would like to send out a huge thank you to the businesses for their vote of confidence in this plan. As we move out of lockdowns and back to the reopening of the city, there’s a real feeling of optimism and we are all looking forward to welcoming residents and visitors back to experience everything that is brilliant about Brighton.”
To view the business plan, click here.