BRISTOL CITY CENTRE BID RECOVERY PLAN - JUNE 2020
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BRISTOL CITY CENTRE BID
RECOVERY PLAN
JUNE 2020
INTRODUCTION
This document summarises the Bristol City Centre BID’s response to the global
pandemic and its impact on the businesses in the area.
The BID has focused its efforts to support its levy payers during these
unprecedented times, providing support and guidance.
PHASE ONE: OUR ACTIVITY
March - June
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PHASE TWO: REOPENING
June - July
PAGE 4
PHASE THREE: RECOVERY
July - February 2021
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GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE
Subject to change to reflect government guidelines.
PAGE 6
March - June
PHASE ONE: OUR ACTIVITY
Well informed
We added our COVID-19 hub to bristolcitycentrebid.co.uk to
provide up-to-date information. This includes latest news, useful
links, and a learning portal with access to free online courses. We
hosted 17 webinars to over 300 individuals, all recordings are still
available to watch on-demand on the hub.
View our COVID-19 hub
Clean
We initially focussed our efforts on disinfecting high-contact
locations to reduce and eliminate the risk of COVID-19
transmission. We’ve spent considerable time deep-cleaning the
city centre, supporting businesses in preparation for reopening,
this includes the removal of tagging.
Watch the team tackle King Street
Safe & secure
The Safeguarding Marshals have been patrolling the City Centre
BID’s streets from 10pm to 4am three nights a week, reporting on
suspicious activity to the police, and sharing photos to providing
reassurance to property owners.
Watch the Safeguarding Marshals in action
Prepared
Five days a week, we have toured the Bristol City Centre BID area
by bike, ensuring that our activity was focussed on making sure
that the city was prepared for businesses to reopen and the public
to return.
Watch the BID by bike video
Care
Through TAP for Bristol, we have supported homelessness initiatives
in Bristol during the lockdown, donating £5,000 to supporting
homeless people out of COVID-19 isolation and £5,000 on
homelessness prevention.
Read more about the first round of giving
Bristol City Centre BID Recovery Plan Page 3
June - July
PHASE TWO: REOPENING
Building confidence
Giving people the confidence to return to the city centre will be
key to its successful reopening. To do this, with others, we are
jointly funding a marketing campaign to support the economic
recovery by promoting the safety of both the area and its
businesses. Details of the campaign will follow in the coming
weeks.
Supporting
The BID are working to ensure that the views of businesses are
always considered as the council puts in place responses to this
crisis. We are currently supporting a phased pedestrianisation plan
of the Old City and separately, King Street, to enable businesses
to work more effectively whilst accommodating social distancing
requirements. We are also backing a number of nationwide
campaigns to support businesses including #RaiseTheBar.
Responding swiftly
Bristol City Centre BID continues to work with others to resolve
problems such as waste, lighting and graffiti. Our key partners in
this are Bristol City Council and Bristol Waste, with whom we meet
each week to discuss and resolve issues in the centre, and Veolia,
who provide our cost effective waste contract for levy paying
businesses.
Making it safer
Our Streetwise Officer, Natalie Hendy, is out everyday tackling
drug use, begging and other forms of anti-social behaviour. On
16th June, a dedicated Police Officer, Gareth Ayers, starts work
with us to reduce the crimes affecting our levy payers. We are
also introducing a cost-effective new radio system with reporting
software that links us with businesses, the police and the council.
Cleansing & safeguarding
Our cleansing and safeguarding activity continues as it is essential
that everyone feels confident, safe and welcome as they return.
We will continue maintaining a high-level of cleanliness throughout
the city centre.
Bristol City Centre BID Recovery Plan Page 4
July - February 2021
PHASE THREE: RECOVERY
Festive lighting
Bristol City Centre BID will deliver festive lighting for the fourth year
to improve the city’s welcome and feel over the Christmas period.
Displays will be placed across Park Street, Queen’s Road, King
Street, Corn Street, Welsh Back and College Green.
Bristol Light Festival
Planning is underway for Bristol Light Festival 2021. Building
on the phenomenal success of 2020, where the event attracted
100,000 additional visitors to the city centre, it will be an event that
will galvanise businesses and visitors, boosting the economy at this
predominantly quiet time of year.
Photo taken February 2020
Our commitment to you
Bristol City Centre BID is here for you, providing continued support during these unprecedented times.
We continue to be both proactive and responsive to the pandemic whilst supporting recovery in line with
our key objectives:
Improve safety Promote success
Reduce crime & anti-social Marketing the BID area as a
behaviour. safe and pleasant place to
work, live and play.
Improve the Act in the best interest of
welcome and feel our levy payers
A cleaner, greener city with Being a single point of contact,
improved access, planting and representing levy payer views,
events. encouraging networking and delivering
waste and recycling schemes.
Please contact us for the following services:
Deep-cleaning Business Marketing Reducing
and/or graffiti crime support costs with our
removal reduction collaborative
advice waste contract
Email our Business Liaison Manager at Paula@bristolcitycentrebid.co.uk
Bristol City Centre BID Recovery Plan Page 5
GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE
USEFUL LINKS & RESOURCES
We’ve collated the following useful guidance to support you and your business in reopening and
operating safely.
RETAIL SAFE PLACES & COVID-19
TAKEAWAY FOOD & CONSTRUCTION &
BEVERAGES OUTDOOR WORK
OFFICE GUIDANCE URBAN CENTRES
EXAMPLE RISK
TRAVEL ASSESSMENTS
COVID-19 SECURE
POSTER
Bristol City Centre BID Recovery Plan Page 6
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