Cambridge BID - November 2018 Newsletter

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Term Two Newsletter #1

November 2018

It has been a very busy and exciting first few months of our second term at Cambridge BID and this is demonstrated by the number of projects covered in this newsletter.

Board Representation and Governance We have strengthened the board to represent our larger area including the CB1 station development, our closer working relationship with Visit Cambridge, our aims to go for Purple Flag and our continued support of the Independent sector, the following people have joined the board. Emma Thornton CEO of Visit Cambridge, Luis Navarro Owner of Nanna Mexico, Roger Allen, General Manager at Lion Yard Shopping Centre and Simon Wallis Development Director at Brookgate. At our November board meeting we intend to approve the following appointments David Ormrod, General Manager of The Regal and Nick Finlayson-Brown, Partner at Mills and Reeve.

Business Voice We are actively engaged in project groups that include the current Spaces and Movement work from Cambridge City Council, the upcoming Market Square consultation and the ongoing Park Street Car Park refurbishment. We are working with the Combined Authority to ensure the service, hospitality, retail, cultural and retail sectors are recognised alongside the STEM subjects as part of the local industrial strategy, we are working with the Greater Cambridge Partnership to ensure business views are heard as they start to deliver the City Deal and we have begun a dialogue with the various local authority groups to develop a proposal for the recently announced Future High Street Fund.

Partnership with Visit Cambridge and Beyond During our consultation period for our second term in 2017, one of the key wishes of BID businesses was to see greater collaboration between Cambridge BID and Visit Cambridge and Beyond. We are working on this across several projects. Our City Ambassador service was switched to being delivered by Visit Cambridge and Beyond from April 1st. This is delivering a more unified visitor welcome on the street and at key fixed locations in the city. This is also driving increased footfall to the Visitor Information Centre on Peas Hill where visitors can get detailed information on how to get the most out of their visit here. We also have a joint project to review what information is currently offered to visitors, to make this more appropriate and available digitally and this will result in new 'Love Cambridge' materials being developed during 2019.


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