Bids

April - 2010

21 April 2010, Stirling Management Centre

BIDS Information Seminar - Part 1

A practical, informative briefing for those considering or about to embark on a Business Improvement District

Please find the programme here.

Find David Pye's presentation here.

March - 2010

24 March 2010, Stirling Management Centre

An Introduction to Business Improvement Districts: A Seminar for Statutory Authorities in Scotland

Please find the programme and attendance list here.

Presentations:

Sam Crawford - Enterprising Bathgate: Additionality and Partnership

Gordon Brown & Daniel McKendry - BIDs’ fit with Town Centre Strategies & the Hierarchy of Towns

Laila Gibson & Stefan Johansson - Lake Sävelången: A Swedish Rural BID?

February - 2010

17 February 2010, Stirling Management Centre

Operational BIDs Team Meeting: Climate Change Challenge

Chaired by Ross Martin. Guest speakers from Essential Edinburgh and Scottish Business in the Community.

Find the programme and notes of meeting here.

Renaissance Towns Workshop

For more information on this workshop and the resulting paper please visit the Renaissance Towns Workshop Learning Point .

November – 2009

25 November 2009, Perth Concert Hall

Vital & Vibrant Town Centres Conference 2009
Town Centres: The Fight Back

Click here for a conference programme.

Click here to view the presentations from the conference.

Business Improvement Districts Scotland (BIDS) is delighted to be hosting the Vital and Vibrant Town Centres Conference 2009 entitled “Town Centres: The Fight Back”. The day will focus on the importance of investing in the future, partnership working between the private and public sectors, best practice, innovation and promoting a positive message about our town centres.

I believe that we have put together a programme that will appeal to on the ground practitioners, the business community, BID managers, town centre managers, local authorities, elected members and MSPs.

The conference will focus on real issues; offer thought-provoking perspectives; and hopefully stimulate debate about how the fight back for Scotland’s town centres and high streets can begin in earnest.

The primary focus will be on how Scotland’s town centres can take maximum and early advantage of the predicted economic upturn, whilst also providing practitioners with some information on the developing role and impact that Business Improvement Districts is having on the regeneration and asset management of town centres.

Chaired by Ross Martin, Director of the Centre for Scottish Public Policy, guest speakers include:

• Chuck Dalldorf, Regional Public Affairs Manager for the League of California Cities and former Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Sacramento.

• Multi-award winning architect, Gareth Hoskins

• Alex Neil MSP, Minister for Housing & Communities

• Leading communications consultant, Lesley Thomson, Director of Liddell Thomson

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Project Director, Business Improvement Districts Scotland

Study Visit to Barrhead & Neilston

For more information please access available case studies of Barrhead  and Neilston .

Securing Private Sector Investment in Town Centre Regeneration

Please visit the Securing Private Sector Investment in Town Centre Regeneration Learning Point for more details.

October – 2009

12 – 13 October 2009, Centre for Regional Science (CERUM) at Umea University

Conference on the International Experiences of Business Improvement Districts

The conference was attended by delegates from across Sweden interested in learning about Business Improvement Districts with presentations made by;

John Ballantine Policy Supervisor Ontario Canada - 40 Years Later - The Evolution of BIA Legislation in Canada - please click here to see the presentation

Jacquie Reilly Director National BIDs Advisory Service - The Development and Impact of BIDs in the UK - please click here to see the presentation

Stefan Kreutz Research Associate Institute of Urban Design Hamburg - The Transfer of the BID Model to Residential Neighbourhoods - please click here to see the presentation

Ian Cook Research Associate University of Manchester - BIDs in England - Views From The Outside - please click here to see the presentation

Ian Davison Porter Project Director BIDs Scotland - The Scottish Experience - please click here to see the presentation

Stefan Krause Manager Inverness City BID - The Local Experience - please click here to see the presentation

Piecing Together the Towns Jigsaw: Developing and Implementing Whole Town Strategies

Please find the Whole Town Strategies Briefing Paper  and access additional resources at the Learning Point .