Bedminster Town Team & BID - June/July 2015 Newsletter

Annual Report The Bedminster Town Team and BID has just published its Year 2 Annual Report - please clickhere to access 12 colourful pages of the past 12 months and plans for the future. BS3T Guide One project you will read about is our new guide to Bedminster - please find the latest draft here. If you are interested in buying one of the advertisement spaces, please emailberyl@weareplaster.com for further details. About the BID and Town Team The BID is the funding arm for Town Team activities, generated via a small levy on all eligible businesses in the area (equivalent to 1.5% of rateable value) and paid into a central 'kitty' to be spent on projects that benefit Bedminster businesses. Our stated priorities are to: Create vibrant streets that excite and delight Market and promote Bedminster Reduce crime and improve the shopping environment Advocate and lobby for Bedminster business interests Drive down costs. Further Information Business to business news: www.bedminstertownteam.org Customer facing website and social media: www.bedminster.org.uk - how we promote and market the area to customers www.facebook.com/bedminsterbristol.bs3 www.twitter.com/BedminsterTT Get Involved Please get in touch if you have any ideas about what we should do. Or, if you wish to attend a board meeting or one of our specialist sub-groups in Marketing, Arts & Culture or Built Environment (ie transport, planning and street improvement), please see our calendar here and drop us a line. Contacts George Grace - george@towncentred.com; Simon Dicken (Wilko) - man242@wilko.co.uk; Ben Barker (GBCP) - benbarker@blueyonder.co.uk