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Valentine’s Day competition – February 2020

Our Valentine’s Day competition was launched in February’s Bristol Shopping Quarter newsletter, which went out to 12,253 people. The objective was to raise awareness of the broad range of businesses […]

New Year, New You competition – January 2020

Our New Year, New You competition was launched in January’s Bristol Shopping Quarter newsletter, which went out to over 12,000 people. The objective was to raise awareness of the broad […]

Visit Bristol 2020 Visitor Guide – January 2020

The Broadmead BID has paid for a full-page advert for Bristol Shopping Quarter in this year’s visitor guide; it is in a prominent position on page 12, opposite the ‘shopping […]

LoyalFree app – January 2020

The Broadmead BID entered a partnership with the loyalty app LoyalFree, a multi-award winning place promotion app, operating in over 15 towns and cities. The aim of the app is to provide […]

Discounted trade waste prices for BID businesses

The BID has partnered with Bristol Waste so all businesses located within the Broadmead BID area can take advantage of discounted and very competitive prices. Bristol Waste is proud not […]

New Broadmead Bristol BID website – January 2020

The BID team worked closely with The Group of Seven to design and develop a new Broadmead Bristol BID website featuring lots of information and news for retailers. The new […]

12 Days of Christmas competition – December 2019

Broadmead BID retailers came up trumps once again when we asked for prizes for our third annual 12 Days of Christmas competition, donating a total of 27 gifts and treats […]

Gateway Feature

The BID pays for a local specialist cleaning company to give the Gateway Feature structure (next to Primark) a regular thorough clean. This is part of the BID team’s work […]

Christmas advertising with Visit Bristol – December 2019

As part of our Christmas marketing campaign, which includes sponsorship of the weather bulletins on Heart FM’s Breakfast show and a five week advertising campaign on Ujima, we placed an […]

Ujima advertising campaign – November/December 2019

As part of our Christmas promotion campaign, we have commissions a five-week on air advert on Ujima. Our 30-45 second advert will be played on average seven times a day, […]

Pantomime/Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel competition – November 2019

Broadmead BID joined forces with The Bristol Hippodrome and Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel to put together a fabulous New Year treat for one lucky person and their family. This panto […]

Heart FM weather sponsorship – November/December 2019

For seven weeks from 6 November 2019, Broadmead BID is sponsoring the weather bulletins on Heart FM’s breakfast show. Our message, which includes the Bristol Shopping Quarter website address and […]

Service Excellence Awards – November 2019

Following a mystery shopping campaign carried out during September 2019 by independent organisation Storecheckers, the Broadmead BID team were delighted to host the fourth annual Broadmead BID Service Excellence Awards […]

Halloween competition – October 2019

Our Halloween competition ran from 1 to 11 October, promoted in our eNewsletter and across the @bristolshopping social media channels with paid-for posts on both Facebook and Instagram. We received […]

BID accreditation – September 2019

We are delighted to share that Bristol Broadmead BID has been awarded the British BIDs Accreditation, which is the industry recognised standard externally assessed by independent auditors. The British BIDs […]

Bears Go To Town trail – July/August 2019

The Broadmead BID team joined forces with the marketing department at Wild Place Project to co-produce a free summer trail around Bristol Shopping Quarter, with 24 metre-high bears hosted by […]

Bears Go To Town competition – July 2019

This competition, launched in a special newsletter on Friday 19 July, had the primary objective of drawing attention to our Bears Go To Town trail, a co-production with Wild Place […]

Great British Summer competition – July 2019

Our Great British Summer competition ran in early July, the prize package including a sun lounger from Wilko, a hat from Beyond Retro, sunglasses (and an eye test) from Specsavers, […]

Bright ads to highlight the BID’s digital reach – July 2019

New vinyls, promoting the success of the BID’s digital reach, which has grown by 22% since the start of BID 4 on 1 November 2018, and encouraging more people to […]

BID funded hanging baskets – June 2019

Forty-five hanging baskets were installed on shopfronts around the BID area during the first week of June 2019. They were maintained, courtesy of the BID, until the beginning of October […]

Hot air balloon flight competition – June 2019

Our competition to win a hot air balloon flight for four began on 4 June and closed at midday on 14 June. It was promoted via our eNewsletter, social media (with […]

Broadmead’s iconic balls repainted – May 2019

The concrete balls located on Broadmead West (near Marks and Spencer and The Arcade) need sprucing up annually. In May, they were repainted, going with a rainbow theme as a […]

Calendar Girls/Bristol Harbour Hotel competition – May 2019

We teamed up with the Bristol Hippodrome and Bristol Harbour Hotel & Spa for a competition offering a pair of tickets to see Calendar Girls – The Musical at The Bristol Hippodrome […]

‘BSQ – every kind of people’ – May 2019

What makes Bristol Shopping Quarter such a vibrant place? We think it’s you – the people who shop, work and socialise here. To promote the human side of Bristol Shopping […]

Gateway Feature cleaned – April 2019

The BID has paid for a local specialist cleaning company to give the Gateway Feature structure (next to Primark) a thorough clean. This is part of the BID team’s work […]

Easter competition – April 2019

Thanks to the generosity of Fun Warehouse, HMV, Joy, Lush, Sobey’s Vintage Clothing, Specsavers, Tesco Metro, TK Maxx and Whittard of Chelsea we were able to put together a fantastic […]

Calmer Llama Easter Trail – April 2019

We teamed up with the Methodist Church’s Ark Bus Project to produce the Calmer Llama trail for the Easter holidays. It was promoted via an advertorial on the Bristol 24/7 […]

Spring Style competition – March 2019

We teamed up with The Image Consulting Co. for our Spring Style competition, which offered the winner a £500 shopping spree with one of their expert personal stylists. It ran […]

Caring in Bristol workshop – February 2019

The BID organised a one-hour workshop with the Caring in Bristol charity and the Bristol City Council streetwise team regarding homelessness. The workshop took place in Metro Bank and attendees learnt about […]

Valentine’s Day competition – February 2019

Thanks to the generosity of Cafe Amore, Consol, Dr. Martens, Fun Warehouse, Judas Sinned Represents, Marks & Spencer, No.1 Currency, Rush Hair, Skechers, Specsavers, Slater Menswear, and Tesco Metro we […]

Bristol Shopping Quarter maps – February 2019

In order to help customers to find their favourite stores, we updated the Bristol Shopping Quarter map in February 2019. It can be downloaded from the Bristol Shopping Quarter website […]

Pantomime/Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin competition

We teamed up with the Bristol Hippodrome and the Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin for a competition offering two family tickets to see Cinderella at The Bristol Hippodrome on […]

Bristol Post Christmas competitions – December 2018

During December 2018, we ran two competitions via the Bristol Post’s social media accounts, the winner of each receiving £500 vouchers (£125 each for M&S, TK Maxx, Debenhams, and Boots). […]

12 Days of Christmas competition – December 2018

Thanks to the generosity of Lush, M&S, London Camera Exchange, Ultrasound Babyface, Whittard of Chelsea, Cotswold Outdoor, Cafe Amore, Specsavers, The Bristol Kitchen, Mabz, Ann Summers, Wilko, The New Room, […]

Christmas advertising campaign – November/December 2018

In addition to advertising earlier in the summer to encourage more group visits at Christmas, our Christmas marketing campaign for 2018 included radio advertising with Heart FM – we sponsored […]