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Today we are launching a city-wide marketing campaign to support local businesses as they safely reopen. This is a partnership initiative from Bristol City Centre BID, Visit Bristol and Broadmead […]

All the current and up to date guidance from the UK Government for employees, employers and businesses is available HERE  

The alarm clock didn’t need to chime loudly at 5am on Monday 15 June 2020; I’d already been awake for some time with a myriad of thoughts rushing through my […]

Mrs Peaches Golding OBE, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for Bristol, wrote to Broadmead BID Manager Steve Bluff to thank all retailers within Bristol Shopping Quarter for their selflessness during lockdown and […]

Are you looking for ways to address new challenges presented by COVID-19? The Digital Innovation Fund: UWE Bristol’s £1m Covid-19 Recovery Fund provides free support and grants for West of […]

The Business West website Trading Through Coronavirus aims to help businesses navigate their way through the current crisis by enabling them to submit questions via a web form, as well […]

NCP is currently offering £5 for 24 hours parking at selected car parks, including Broadmead, St James Barton, Nelson Street and Rupert Street. This limited offer is designed to help […]

We sent out a BID newsletter on 26 May containing information about: Working safely through Coronavirus, including the latest Government guidelines BID Zoom meetings – Tips and advice on how […]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has now set out government plans for the managed lifting of COVID-19 restrictions over the coming days, weeks and months, which can be read HERE. This […]

During this time, you may feel low, worried, anxious, or be concerned about your health or that of someone close to you. Everyone reacts differently to events and changes and […]

The British Retail Consortium have published a set of recommendations non-food businesses may wish to consider to facilitate implementation of social distancing when they can re-open. These are non exhaustive […]

‘We are all human – it’s natural to sometimes feel the weight of life. It’s also natural to want to talk to someone’. Bristol Chaplaincy provides a range of one-to-one […]

A 100% government-backed loan scheme has been launched for small and medium-sized businesses. The new fast-track finance scheme allows businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000 and access the funds […]

To help businesses during the Coronavirus outbreak, Bristol TV are offering free TV advertising spots on their TV channel to local businesses and charities. They are offering four weeks free […]

Lush’s new feature on Instagram, Shout Out Saturday, is a way to say thank you to Bristol’s community heroes,.. and the first one they’ve chosen is our very own Jack […]

These are unprecedented times for the economy at a local, regional, and national level. Industry leaders, political figures and Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are calling on the Government to support […]

Some simple preventative tips from the Fraud Advisory Panel to help with Covid-19 fraud risks, including online shopping and courier fraud, as well as anticipated and emerging issues.Please read the […]

Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees has posted a Covid-19 update on the Clean Air Zone plans. Please read it HERE. Business West survey results – February 2020 Business West have carried […]

Please click HERE for advice, guidance and recommendations from Avon & Somerset Police to our business community, and in particular those working in food retail sector and / or those […]