Marketing projects

A NEW BRISTOL BASED GIFT CARD IS LAUNCHING We are delighted to announce the launch of the Love Bristol Gift Card, launching in June aimed at encouraging local spend in […]

The Magnificent Meerkat Trail in Bristol Shopping Quarter from Saturday 9 April until Saturday 23 April Following a two-year break, the Broadmead BID team were pleased to be working in […]

In order to help customers to find their favourite stores, we updated the Bristol Shopping Quarter map in March 2022. It can be downloaded HERE.

Every month, the BID sends a Bristol Shopping Quarter newsletter to over 14,700 subscribers.  The objective is to share news, offers and events, including introduction to new stores; special events; […]

The Broadmead BID’s partnership with the loyalty app LoyalFree, which began in January 2020, continues in 2021/22. LoyalFree is a multi-award winning place promotion app, operating in over 40 towns and cities […]

The Broadmead BID team have worked with LoyalFree to create a Halloween ghost trail, running from 18 to 31 October. All retailers were given the opportunity to take part, with […]

On 5 October we sent a Bristol Shopping Quarter newsletter to 14,882 subscribers. The objective was to share news, offers and events, including the Halloween trail, an introduction to new […]

On 7 September we sent a Bristol Shopping Quarter newsletter to 14,912 subscribers. The objective was to share news, offers and events, including an introduction to new stores Art Club […]

On 28 July we sent a Bristol Shopping Quarter newsletter to 14,219 subscribers. The objective was to share news, offers and events, including Shop Window, a gig-theatre performance taking place […]

On 8 July we sent a Bristol Shopping Quarter newsletter to 14,174 subscribers. The objective was to share news, offers and events, including Shop Window, a gig-theatre performance taking place […]

Continuing the #LoveBristol initiative, which began in April 2021, Broadmead BID has once again teamed up with Bristol City Centre BID, Plaster PR and Upfest to give the ‘hearts in […]

On 16 June we sent a Bristol Shopping Quarter newsletter to 14,290 subscribers. The objective was to share news, offers and events, including an introduction to bubble tea shop Tea […]

In May 2021, we ran a competition to win a £50 gift card from TK Maxx. The objective was to increase the open rate of the BSQ May newsletter and […]

On Monday 17 May we sent a newsletter to over 14,261 subscribers. The objective was to share news, offers and events, including the reopening of indoor hospitality, cinemas, soft play, […]

From April 2021, Broadmead BID is teaming up with Bristol City Centre BID, Plaster PR and Upfest for #LoveBristol, part of the #BristolTogether city-wide marketing campaign to promote businesses as […]

In March 2021, we worked with Visit Bristol to run a competition, giving away eight prizes from their online shop. The objective was to raise awareness of the shop but […]

On Thursday 4 March we sent a newsletter to over 13,100 subscribers. The objective was to let shoppers know about the essential retailers open during the national lockdown, as well […]

£4.50 for up to four hours Originally designed to encourage shoppers to visit Bristol Shopping Quarter in the run-up to Christmas, when COVID-19 meant they may not have felt comfortable […]

The Broadmead BID’s partnership with the loyalty app LoyalFree, which began in January 2020, continues in 2020/21. LoyalFree is a multi-award winning place promotion app, operating in over 20 towns […]

Carmine and his team at Taste of Napoli kindly offered to donate three Italian grocery goodie bags from their online shop as competition prizes, the objective being to maximise the […]

On Tuesday 2 February we sent a newsletter to over 13,500 subscribers. The objective was to let shoppers know about the essential retailers open during the national lockdown, as well […]

During December 2020, Broadmead BID teamed up with Bristol City Centre BID, Visit Bristol, Plaster PR and other partners for Bristol Advent’ures, an exciting arts project that lit up a […]

Despite the challenges this year has brought, Broadmead BID retailers came up trumps once again when we asked for prizes for our fourth annual 12 Days of Christmas competition, donating […]

In October 2020, we teamed up with Visit Bristol’s Tourist Information Centre for a competition, giving away four vouchers (1 x £100, 1 x £50 and 2 x £25) to […]

In September we teamed up with Dr.Martens to give away a pair of their iconic boots or shoes in a competition that was launched in our eNewsletter and promoted widely […]

Our July competition gave entrants the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend at Slater Menswear on Union Street. It was a great way raise awareness that non-essential retailers […]

Our June competition gave entrants the chance to win one of five Amazing Mystery Boxes from The Television and Movie Store. It was a great way to promote a new […]

Covid-19 marketing The past few months have given us a challenge – normally our role is to drive footfall into Bristol Shopping Quarter and we delight in seeing positive results […]

As part of our work to market Broadmead, The Galleries, The Arcade and Cabot Circus as Bristol Shopping Quarter, we send out a monthly consumer newsletter to 12,300+ subscribers. It […]

Our Mother’s Day competition was launched in March’s Bristol Shopping Quarter newsletter, which went out to 12,334 people. The objective was to raise awareness of the broad range of businesses […]

Each Easter, Broadmead BID teams up with the New Room and The Methodist Church’s Ark Bus Project to co-produce a free family trail around Bristol Shopping Quarter. It’s always a […]

In order to help customers find their favourite stores, we updated the Bristol Shopping Quarter map in February 2020. It can be downloaded from the Bristol Shopping Quarter website HERE.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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). […]

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, […]

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 […]