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Renewal Business Plan for
Brighton City Centre
Business Improvement District (BID)
2016 - 2021
Inside
The Vision 01 The Proposals 08
Chair’s Welcome 02 Key Statistics 15
Executive Summary 03 Management 16
The Challenge 04 Renewal Budget 17
The Investment 06
Understanding
The Ballot 06 The Proposals 18
The Vision
To deliver a thriving, safe, clean
and vibrant city centre that
residents and visitors want to
come back to time and again.
01
Chair’s Welcome
“A ‘YES’ vote It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly five years since the Brighton City Centre
Business Improvement District (BID) was renewed. This term has been a huge
means a joint success and all of us involved are very proud of its achievements.
investment in the
In July 2016 all of the current services provided by the BID will cease to exist…
city for the next unless businesses vote to see the excellent work continue.
five years; an
Over the past 12 months, we have been hard at work to gauge opinion within the
investment which 500 strong membership on what projects you would like to see after July 2016. We
will continue to have now collated the information we have received from distributing over 1000
consultation documents, along with the feedback from over 3000 1:1 visits and
deliver the great telephone calls. This proposal outlined here shows how your continued investment
range of services in Brighton City Centre will deliver the projects that you have asked to see.
(and more) that This March, your vote to renew the BID will mean a vote to maintain Brighton
you have come city centre as the regional shopping destination. It will also enable you to vote
for increased fairness within the business community, thus ending the somewhat
to expect from iniquitous nature of the current levy system. We are proposing a flat rate of 1.25%
the BID” of your rateable value – that means that all the businesses in the BID will now
pay an equal proportion of their Business Rates. In fact, 51% of the current BID
levy payers (most of which are small, independent traders) will see their annual
contribution drop.
But most importantly, a ‘YES’ vote means a joint investment in the city for the next
five years; an investment which will continue to deliver the great range of services
(and more) that you have come to expect from the BID.
A ‘No’ vote will simply mean an end to all the current services; no on-street
security function, no hanging baskets, banners or bunting throughout the summer
months and no Christmas lights come December 2016 and the years to follow. We
want Brighton city centre to continue to be a fantastic place to work, live and visit.
So I strongly urge you to carefully consider the Business Plan and vote in favour.
Thank you for your support.
Claudia Fisher
Chair, Brilliant Brighton
02
Executive Summary
There are over 200 BIDs across the UK, businesses to decide collectively if they “Over the past five
cumulatively investing £146,769,600* wish to continue the BID. This will be
in projects decided upon by the done via a democratic vote in March.
years, the BID has
business community itself. We are asking you to vote ‘YES’ to provided over £1.8m
ensure a bright future by renewing the
In July 2006, the first Business BID for a further five year term from 1
of services to the
Improvement District in Brighton city July 2016 to 30th June 2021. city centre that are
centre was established. Over the last
above and beyond
decade, local businesses have invested The aims are simple:
nearly £3m worth of additional services the service levels
to improve the trading environment and To enhance the safety of Brighton currently provided
attract more shoppers and visitors to city centre with a uniformed on-
the area. street Ambassador service. by Brighton & Hove
City Council and
In the last three To deliver an annual display of
Sussex Police.”
Christmas lights throughout the
years alone, annual city centre BID area.
visitor numbers
To dress the city in the summer
have risen by months to extend the ‘festival
3 million to hit an feel’ to September.
estimated 11 million To continue to help businesses
visitors per year.** make significant savings on their
overheads by using the buying
Over the past five years, the BID has power of over 500 members to
provided over £1.8m of services to the reduce costs.
city centre that are above and beyond
the service levels currently provided To promote Brighton city
by Brighton & Hove City Council and centre as a brilliant place to
Sussex Police. The BID annually delivers shop and visit.
the city centre Christmas lighting
displays, on-street security for 364 days To give businesses in the BID
a year along with projects to dress area a voice to lobby the local
the city centre in the summer months, authority, police and central
marketing, social media and numerous government, where appropriate,
discounts on business services. and play a full part in deciding
how the city centre is managed.
The BID Board of Directors would like This could include supporting
to build on the successes of the past projects on wayfinding (to
five years to make sure that Brighton maximise footfall to the BID area
continues to thrive, attract more from visitors to the numerous
customers and maintain its position as significant city wide developments
the regional shopping centre. which will come on-line over
the next five years) along with
In June 2016 Brighton’s current BID pushing for and supporting Park *Nationwide BID Survey 2015: British BIDs
expires and all services will cease to and Ride or other projects to **Visit Brighton: Economic Impact Assessment
exist unless it is renewed. It is up to increase visitors to the city. 03
The Challenge
The businesses in the city centre have an opportunity through a BID to increase their market share. Although Brighton gets 13
million shoppers and 11 million tourists annually, it is important that we continue to encourage those people to visit and spend
in the BID area. The BID seeks to secure the independent sector as well as the major retail offer in the area, solidifying the
complete offer for visitors to the city centre.
Brighton retailers face immediate challenges:
We compete with major shopping Brighton is increasingly seen Prior to the BID being
centres such as Chichester, Blue as difficult to access with established, some businesses
Water and Southampton. New expensive parking. in the city centre had been
developments elsewhere threaten generous in contributing towards
Brighton’s retail sector: for Business closures in the city improvements but not all did.
example Croydon’s new £1bn centre have been relatively static Unless businesses collectively
shopping destination development over recent years, however, address the problems ahead, the
by Westfield and Hammerson, due Brighton still needs to act now to city’s retail and leisure sector will
for completion in 2020, will provide attract more new customers. suffer from under-investment.
regional shoppers with four major
department stores under one roof The past few years have seen Brighton currently sits within the
all within an hour’s travel from a significant investment in top Retail rankings at number 22
(and potentially taking significant Christmas lights through the (up from 28 in 2010). We need
trade from) Brighton’s retailers. current BID. Without a BID to continue to drive forward from
Also, Eastbourne is about to renewal, the streets would be this enviable position and build
enjoy a multi-million pound town dark in the city centre during on it to secure our future as a top
centre redevelopment and is in the the all important Christmas shopping destination in the UK.
process of establishing its own BID. trading period.
While we face these challenges, we must make the most of our opportunities to:
Increase sales by attracting more Provide high-quality Christmas Work with the council and
shoppers into the area through lighting to attract customers the police to improve existing
targeted marketing. during the high-spend period. statutory services such as
street cleaning and provide
Provide BID-wide floral displays Enhance the shopping and visitor better support for the wider
during the summer months, experience by improving security street community.
along with banners and bunting and reducing criminal activity and
to give the city centre a festival anti-social behaviour, both day
feel which lasts much longer than and night.
the festival month of May.
The BID ensures that Brighton businesses will benefit from substantial additional
funding of over £1.9m (including voluntary contributions) over the next five years to
deliver these benefits.
04
05
The Investment
“By supporting the An annual levy for a period of 5 years, equivalent to 1.25% of non-domestic
rateable value, will be charged on all qualifying hereditaments* listed in the Non-
BID, we are jointly Domestic Rating list (supplied to the BID company from the City Council) that are in
investing in our the proposed BID area (see map on page 16 and ‘Understanding the Proposals’ on
page 18). Registered charities and those businesses that have a rateable value of
local area so that £5,000 or less will benefit from a discount of 95% on the above rate.
everyone can enjoy
The BID levy will be supplemented by a voluntary contribution from Churchill
a safe, clean and Square Shopping Centre. The BID will also seek other voluntary contributions,
vibrant city for sponsorship support from other businesses, revenue raising projects and will
explore opportunities for EU funding.
years to come.”
Every penny of the levy collected will be used to deliver the projects in this Business
Matt Bristow Plan. This is in contrast to Uniform Business Rates (UBR) where Brighton & Hove
Home Sense businesses have no say on how the money is actually spent.
*A rateable unit of property
The Ballot
All qualifying non-domestic rate paying businesses within the proposed BID area
will be eligible to vote on this proposal including those eligible for a discount.
Brighton BID Ltd is the proposer. Ballot papers will be posted no later than the 3rd
March, with the final ballot date being 5pm on 31st March 2016. Given a majority
vote both by number and rateable value of those voting, the BID will commence on
the 1st July 2016, for a five year period.
A majority ‘NO’ vote will STOP all existing BID activities from 30th June 2016,
which will mean:
A lost opportunity to invest The loss of access to over 10,000
over £1.9m in the BID area potential customers via the Brilliant
over the next five years. Brighton online media channels.
NO more on-street BID NO shopping basket of deals
Ambassador Security Patrols. to support your business such
as NCP discounts or money off
NO additional night-time procurement.
security service from 6pm until
midnight, seven days a week. NO more FREE access to many
of the services from the Business
NO more BID Christmas lights. Crime Reduction Partnership.
NO more banners, bunting or NO realistic prospect of a BID
hanging baskets in the city being re-established in the
during the summer months. foreseeable future.
06
07
The Proposals:
City Centre
Ambassadors
Over the last five years, the BID has provided a professional
uniformed security presence during the day.
The project has:
Provided support between 10am Provided a dedicated phone line Since the BID came
and 6pm Monday to Saturday for quick response.
and 11am to 5pm on Sundays.
in to being in 2011,
Delivered a deal with the BID members have
Returned over £100,000 of Public Fundraising Regulatory
stolen goods to BID businesses Association (PFRA) to better
consistently rated
since 2011. manage on-street charity the Ambassador
fundraisers in the BID area.
Been central in providing
services as good or
intelligence which has directly Provided free access to the city’s excellent, with 94%
lead to over 570 arrests. award winning Business Crime
Reduction Partnership’s (BCRP)
responding to the
Assisted in moving on antisocial online database of criminals 2015 survey saying
behaviour (begging, drunk and working in the area.
disorderly, nuisance buskers and
the Ambassadors
rough sleepers). are a success.
08The Brilliant Brighton Ambassadors are on the street for seven
days a week, 364 days a year. Their role is not just about security,
although they have worked hard to deliver a service that BID
members can trust.
On top of that, they are also a helpful and friendly presence for
the public and visitors alike. From giving directions to tourists,
students and shoppers, to providing anti-crime advice to BID
members, the Ambassadors have been just a phone call away with
help and support over the past five years.
Business Plan Proposal: A renewed security service with the addition
of night-time support for the late night economy.
The security aspect to the BID will be split into two sections:
A ‘daytime’ security presence with two teams of two officers patrolling the BID area from 10am – 6pm
Monday to Saturday, and from 11am – 5pm on Sunday, 364 days a year.
A ‘night-time’ element consisting of a Mobile Support Unit from the end of the daytime shift until
midnight, 7 days a week with two members of staff.
This additional service will be able to:
a. Provide support for anti-social behaviour in the BID area well in to the evening
b. Give daytime businesses added support if they are called to their businesses in the evening due to burglar
alarms etc
c. Add to the feeling of safety within the BID area which will have a knock-on positive effect for individuals
visiting during the day
Working with the Business Crime Reduction Partnership, details of illegal activities will be logged and held on a
sophisticated incident database. These will be used to inform tactical decisions by Sussex Police and formulate
evidence for Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBOs) which have replaced Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs), along
with the targeting of offenders.
It is intended that this service will compliment any existing licensing conditions regarding the use of mobile support
units or the provision of security staff.
£53,175.00
£37,745.17
Total Stock £30,877.56
Recovery £11,503.42
5,163 5,309
3,693
Total Sightings 408
248 232
205
Total Arrests 77
2012 2013 2014 2015
09The Proposals:
City Centre Festive
Lighting Displays
Over the last five years, the BID has provided festive lighting displays
from mid-November through to early January.
The project has:
Provided the largest annual Delivered an annual switch-on Without the BID, the
festive lighting display on the display which has become an
South coast to cement Brighton important event in the annual
city’s annual festive
city centre as a ‘must-see’ city calendar attracting over 500 lighting displays
Christmas attraction in its people each year.
own right.
would not exist.
Changed all bulbs to LED and In the 2015 annual
Created a beautiful display to added in digital timers for the
welcome and entice visitors and entire scheme, thus delivering
BID survey, 96% of
shoppers to the BID area during a greener Christmas for the BID respondents felt
the most important trading period and reducing costs.
of the year.
that the lights are a
Delivered annual sponsorship of successful aspect of
Worked with BID members to the Christmas lights switch-on
deliver appropriate displays for event of over £10,000.
the BIDs work.
their own areas.
Business Plan Proposal: To deliver a brand
new annual display of festive lights within the
BID area as outlined above.
N.B The BID cannot guarantee uninterrupted illumination of the lights but any outages will be
addressed in the shortest practicable time.
10The Proposals:
Dressing The
City During The
Summer Months
Over the last five years, the BID has provided a project to make the city
centre more appealing to visitors from May through to September.
The project has:
Annually installed and maintained Pioneered a project involving In the 2015 annual
1800m of bunting throughout the the city’s 70 schools by inviting
BID area. children to design banners to
survey, 91% of
welcome Brighton’s 11m BID members who
Installed over 1000 hanging annual visitors.
baskets on BID premises.
responded felt
Delivered annual sponsorship that the project
Displayed banners from May buy-in from Juice 107.2 and
through to September along others of over £28,000.
was successful.
Western Road, North Street,
Market St and Bond St.
This project helps to create a festival feel throughout the city centre which lasts
much longer than the Brighton Festival season of May.
By creating a visually appealing backdrop, visitors are welcomed to amble through
BID streets adorned with brightly coloured bunting and flowers, thus helping to
increase footfall and giving visitors a sense that Brighton is a colourful, fun and
vibrant place to be.
Business Plan Proposal: To continue to deliver
an annual display of banners, bunting and hanging
baskets throughout the BID area.
11The Proposals:
Free Access to the Services
of the Business Crime Reduction
Partnership (BCRP)
Every BID levy payer will be offered free membership of the BCRP*. This will entitle you to access a range of services that help
to combat retail crime and anti-social behaviour including a password protected intranet holding Sussex Police intelligence and
photos of named prolific offenders operating in the city centre.
What does the BCRP do?
Administers the radio security Provides free training for Provides access to Sussex Police
network with over 600 radio business in loss prevention. photos and intelligence on known
handsets across the city. offenders on a secure intranet.**
Operates an exclusion scheme
Collates incident reports from banning persistent offenders Manages the night-time Economy.
members on the activity of from 473 premises in the city and
known offenders, in consultation offers evidence for conviction in
with Sussex Police. the courts.
The value of this project will be capped at £52,000 and is cost neutral to the BID.
Business Plan Proposal: This BID Business Plan proposes to continue
to deliver this project as outlined above.
*Rental of a radio handset will not be funded by the BID. **Access to intelligence is subject to signing a data integrity agreement.
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The Proposals:
Additional BID Benefits
Since 2011, the BID has put in place a number of projects to help support the BID levy payers. There is now a ‘shopping
basket’ of deals and offers to help save BID businesses in excess of £1000 per month. It has been a central theme of the BID -
to try to mitigate the levy as much as possible.
Additional benefits include*:
Cheaper car parking with NCP – Access to BCR Associates giving A deal brokered with the
at £5 per day, the reduced rate BID members a free business Public Fundraising Regulatory
saves BID members over £20. health check. This has saved Association (PFRA) to better
That means that a member has some BID levy payers in excess of manage on-street charity
to park only a handful of times £1000 on their utility bills alone. fundraisers in the BID area.
a year to entirely recoup their
BID levy. With over 2000 NCP A number of marketing offers to Bi-annual city centre health
tickets in circulation, the BID has save £££s negotiated by the BID, check surveys to help BID
helped thousands of levy payers which include: 40% off at Juice members understand how the
and their staff to access the city FM, 20% off at Visit Brighton, area is performing.
centre more easily and cheaply. 30% off at Best of Brighton &
Hove, 40% off card handling, Quarterly newsletters, hand
Free insurance audits from the 25% off with Maxx Media, £100 delivered to BID businesses,
BID insurance company. off bus ticket media packages informing members of all the
and 22% off waste provider latest BID news.
The Brilliant Brighton website, services with Brighton Paper
which is a free resource with a Round amongst others. Frequent e-alerts, updating BID
growing following of over 7000 businesses on local consultations,
Twitter followers and 4000 Additional street cleansing demonstrations, special offers,
monthly unique visitors. in the BID area from City Clean. free training and more.
Business Plan Proposal: This BID Business Plan proposes to continue
to deliver the above where possible and continue to build on the breadth
of deals on offer.
*Please note, these benefits are liable to change or be removed at short notice 13Over
Some Key 1,000
hanging baskets
Statistics and window
boxes installed
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43,264 570
arrests carried out
hours of City by Sussex Police
Centre Ambassador thanks directly to
street time BID intelligence
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to5.1% display installed on
(National average 12%) the south coastAccess to over Negotiated over
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customers via
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worth of savings per
online channels month for BID members
An additional
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through voluntary
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sponsorship installed annually
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sightings of known
worth of property
returned to BID offenders operating in
businesses the BID areaManagement
The BID will continue to employ
a dedicated manager, along with
additional staff on a part-time basis to
carry out book-keeping and accounts,
pay the bills, manage the payroll,
administer the company and liaise with
the council and police.
The streets included in the BID area and categories of business:
Bond Street Planning Use Class A1
Shops (includes sale of goods, travel agency, sale of
Gardner Street sandwiches, hairdressers, funeral directors, hire shops
Kensington Gardens for personal goods, dry cleaners and internet cafés)
Planning Use Class A2
Church Street (Number 4) Financial and professional services where services are
Bond Street Cottages (Number 1) principally to visiting members of the public (includes
banks, building societies, solicitors, accountants,
North Road (Numbers 23-25, 26-27, 28, 79-80, 81 and 82) estate agents and betting shops)
Princes Place Planning Use Class A
Restaurants and Cafés (for sale of food for
North Street consumption on the premises)
Air Street (Number 1) Planning Use Class A4
Drinking Establishments (pubs, wine bars etc)
North Street Quadrant
Planning Use Class A5
Meeting House Lane Hot Food Takeaways (for sale of hot food for
consumption off the premises)
Market Street
Sui Generis Use
Brighton Place Hereditaments in a class of their own e.g. Casinos
East Street
Western Road (From the Clock Tower to the junction with Montpelier)
Preston Street
16The BID Budget for Renewal
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Total Percentage
£ £ £ £ £ £
Revenue
Levy Income* £343,364.00 £343,364.00 £343,364.00 £343,364.00 £343,364.00 £1,716,820.00
Sponsorship** £25,000.00 £26,250.00 £27,500.00 £28,750.00 £30,000.00 £137,500.00
Brought Forward £40,000.00 £44,054.00 £47,098.00 £49,132.00 £50,156.00 £50,170.00
Total Expenditure £408,364.00 £413,668.00 £417,962.00 £421,246.00 £423,520.00 £1,904,490.00
Lights £95,000.00 £96,000.00 £97,000.00 £98,000.00 £99,000.00 £485,000.00 25.47%
Security £160,000.00 £160,000.00 £160,000.00 £160,000.00 £160,000.00 £800,000.00 42.01%
Dressing the Town £25,000.00 £26,000.00 £27,000.00 £28,000.00 £29,000.00 £135,000.00 7.09%
Core Staffing costs*** £50,000.00 £50,000.00 £50,000.00 £50,000.00 £50,000.00 £250,000.00 13.13%
Office Accomodation £16,000.00 £16,000.00 £16,000.00 £16,000.00 £16,000.00 £80,000.00 4.20%
Communications £2,000.00 £2,000.00 £2,000.00 £2,000.00 £2,000.00 £10,000.00 0.53%
Insurance £2,200.00 £2,250.00 £2,300.00 £2,350.00 £2,400.00 £11,500.00 0.60%
Web £2,000.00 £2,000.00 £2,000.00 £2,000.00 £2,000.00 £10,000.00 0.53%
Professional Fees/Account- £1,500.00 £1,500.00 £1,500.00 £1,500.00 £1,500.00 £7,500.00 0.39%
ancy
Levy Collection £10,400.00 £10,600.00 £10,800.00 £11,000.00 £11,200.00 £54,000.00 2.84%
Bank Charges £210.00 £220.00 £230.00 £240.00 £250.00 £1,150.00 0.06%
Total £364,310.00 £366,570.00 £368,830.00 £371,090.00 £373,350.00 £1,844,150.00 96.83%
Balance/Contingency**** £44,054.00 £47,098.00 £49,132.00 £50,156.00 £50,170.00 £60,340.00 3.17%
*this figure includes 5% reduction for bad debt
**this figure is based on achieving a 100% success rate during the previous BID term
*** this is the cost of F/T Manager plus support
**** this is the reserve for contingency and bad debt. If such reserves prove to be unnecessary the funds will be allocated back in to individual projects
• The BID Board has the authority to alter the apportionment of the figures by 20% and also to determine the allocation of any additional voluntary contributions
that the BID may raise.
• To supplement any additional staff costs, the total budgets for the projects within the BID Proposal will be subject to a 10% management fee.
Office costs include: “Business Improvement
Administrative support / facilities
Districts are the sustainable
Office accommodation
model for City Centre
Book keeping / payroll Management throughout
Line Management and HR the UK. With a BID, the local
Photocopying and printing costs business community, us, gets
Postage and stationery to take ownership of how our
IT provision and maintenance trading environment is run.”
Telephones
Travel and subsistence James Willoughby
Hair Mechanics, North Street
Administration of the BID Company
17Understanding the Proposals
What you need to know:
The BID forwarded to those ratepayers eligible The BID levy will be reduced by 95%
to vote no later than the 3rd March where the ratepayer is a registered
A BID is a flexible funding mechanism 2016 and must be returned by 5pm on charity or the hereditament has a
to improve and manage a clearly 31st March 2016. rateable value of less than £5,000.
defined commercial area. It is based on
the principle of an additional levy on all The BID Levy The BID levy will also not be affected by
defined ratepayers following a majority the Government’s Small Business Rate
vote. Once the vote is successful, the The BID levy will be equivalent to Relief Scheme which came into effect on
levy becomes mandatory on all defined 1.25% of the non-domestic rateable 1st April 2005. The BID levy is payable on
ratepayers and is a statutory debt. value charged on all qualifying the whole rating assessment irrespective
hereditaments. The BID levy for any if part or all of it is empty. In the case of
The BID ballot new occupiers, hereditament splits properties that have been vacated by a
or mergers in the BID area, will be tenant and remain empty, the BID levy
The person(s), registered company, or calculated based on the Local Non- will be collected at 100% from either the
organisation that is responsible for Domestic Rating List (as at date owner or leaseholder (if an occupational
the payment of non-domestic rates of brought into list). Any ‘Taken out of lease exists). There will be no VAT applied
a rating hereditament within the BID
Rating’ cases will be deleted from to the BID levy.
area at the date of the Notice of Ballot,
the effective date as advised by the
or their appointed proxy, is entitled to
Valuation Office Agency to the City Collecting the Levy
vote in a secret ballot. The rules for
Council’s Non-Domestic Rates section.
administering a BID ballot can be found
In addition, there will be no reduction, The BID levy will be collected by Brighton
in the Business Improvement Districts
exemption, relief (save for registered & Hove City Council annually on 1st July.
(England) Regulations 2004.
charities and those with a rateable The Council will reimburse Brighton BID
value of less than £5,000). Company with the BID levy in its entirety
Each person or organisation entitled to
on a regular basis as the levy is collected
vote in the BID ballot shall have one
The BID levy will apply to all persons throughout the year. The average BID levy
vote in respect of one or more of each
or organisations liable to pay non- collection rate over the last four years was
hereditament in the geographical area
domestic rates in relation to any over 99%.
of the BID on which non-domestic rates
are payable. property located wholly or partly within
the ‘BID Area’, the whole or any part of Commencement
Each individual hereditament has only which property falls into the following and Duration
one vote regardless of its size. planning use categories, A1, A2, A3, A4,
The ballot will have to meet two tests: A5 and sui generis uses (see map on A postal ballot of business ratepayers
page 16 for definitions). in the BID area based on a list of non-
1. A simple majority (above 50%) of domestic ratepayers will take place
those voting must vote in favour; Exemptions and Reductions between 3rd March and 31st March
2016. The result of the ballot will be
2. Those voting in favour must represent The following types of businesses announced as soon as practicably
a majority of the aggregate rateable within the BID area will be exempt possible on or after the 1st April 2016.
value of the hereditaments voting. from paying the BID levy: commercial If the BID proposal is approved it will
car parking spaces that are rated operate for 5 years, from July 2016 until
The ballot will be administered by the separately; licensed on-street traders, June 2021. At or before the end of this
independent Electoral Reform Services kiosks and promotions; telephone period, the Board may seek renewal of
(ERS) and the ballot papers will be masts, and telephone boxes. the BID mandate.
18Alteration of BID Key Performance
Arrangements Indicators (KPIs)
there are six ‘Key Performance
All budget headings and project costs The BID will monitor and report Indicators’, which will be monitored
can be altered within the constraints of on the outputs and outcomes of to verify that we are heading in the
the revenue received through the levy, BID funded activities through the right direction and spending your
and the BID Board will be empowered to measurement of key performance money on the things you value most.
move funds between budget headings indicators. To help us to regularly Results will be communicated to BID
providing that the BIDs aims are adhered evaluate whether we are meeting levy payers in regular newsletters
to. The BID area and the BID levy the BIDs four vision objectives of and regular e-updates.
percentage cannot be altered without thriving, safe, clean and vibrant,
an Alteration Ballot.
Rating our Performance
Frequency of
Indicator Measure Source
Collation
Retail Vacancy % of total in BID area Survey Biannual
Crime Amount of stock recovered by BID Ambassadors Report Monthly
Crime Total number of arrests made with Sussex Police Report Monthly
Crime Total sightings of known offenders in BID area Report Monthly
BID Levy Payer Satisfaction % reporting satisfaction with individual projects Survey Annual
Visitor Numbers Collation of reports from various partners in the city Report Quarterly
Governance for freeloading, where everyone Exit Strategy
benefits but only some pay. During the
The BID will continue to be an history of the current BID the average Should the BID Renewal Ballot in
independent, not-for-profit company collection rate was 99%. Write-off March 2016 fail to gain a majority
limited by guarantee and administered action has only been authorised by of support from businesses, the BID
by an elected Board. The BID board is the BID Board after extensive and Board will wind up the activities of
made up of Brighton BID levy payers or thorough recovery action has been Brighton BID Ltd when the current
their representatives and others who exhausted. Nevertheless, Brighton BID term ends on 30th June 2016.
volunteer their time freely. To find BID will make a provision for non- Under such circumstances, from July
out how to become a director collection of the levy and a prudent 1st 2016 all projects and initiatives
please contact the BID Manager reserve will be established in each funded by the BID levy will cease.
on info@brightonbid.com or financial year. In the event of non-
call 01273 735442. payment of the BID levy by any
business, after appropriate reminders,
Recovery Action summons will be issued and court
action may be taken, for which extra
One of the greatest benefits of the costs will become payable by the levy
BID is that it removes the opportunity payer concerned.
19VOTE ‘YES’ for The Renewal Plan 2016 - 2021
Published by: Brighton BID Ltd, First Floor, 8-11 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton BN1 1EE
Contact details: Gavin Stewart (01273) 735442 info@brightonbid.com
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