Putting
A safer
your town on the map
place to be ÂŁ2.7MILLION of local investment
5 yearplan for the future
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28,000 evening visitors to fireworks displays with some businesses reporting increase in trade of up to 30%
Over
200
3,500
children reunited with their parents thanks to the ChildSafe scheme
attendees to the Purple Flag Festival in last two years
Combined social media audience on Facebook and Twitter of almost
15,000
Increased visitor spend along with a raised profile and improved public image
the standards
Over
Over 6million visitors to Southend per year, spending a significant proportion of time within the BID zone
A stronger
raising
1,500
downloads of the OnSouthend app to date the only free destination app available for the town, brought to you by the BID
OnSouthend.com has over 15,000 subscribers who have generated over
voice for commerce SEO has enabled over 380 levy paying businesses to reach an additional
160,000 visitors
New street furniture
45 email bulletins
new visitor map and OnSouthend.com web training sessions, all resulting from levy payer business forums
and 10 quarterly newsletters distributed to all levy payers, keeping them up to date on the latest news and events
ÂŁ35,000
SouthendBID.com
98,000 views of over 360 offers and events
acquired through sponsorship and promotion of Friends of the BID scheme, in addition to levy collected
accessible to all businesses, featuring news on BID activity, industry news, training events, promotional opportunities and travel information
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN SOUTHEND WWW.SOUTHENDBID.COM thesouthendbid
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ÂŁ11k
additional night time policing funded by the BID over the last 3 years
SIGNS
15 min
3,000 visitors per evening
parking bays on Queens Road and City Beach
variable message signs for car park availability
to fireworks displays, 18,000 over 7 weeks
3
full time street rangers
making 720 business visits per year and assisting 4,500 people
Twinkly
Floral IMPROVED
lighting provided on Pier Hill, Victoria Circus and London Road
Christmas
planters and hanging baskets throughout the High Street and seafront
20 new
benches installed, street banners and bunting
light upgrade and extra lighting for side streets
and deep cleaned, BINS repainted lamp columns painted
unit vinyls vinyls vacant installed on Queens Road
Bespoke 40ft
christmas tree and a festive events programme attracting 6,000 visitors
as Italian Festival, singAnnual such a-long Grease and the Film events Festival which attracted over 600 visitors