Your York BID 
Working together for a stronger York
Your York BID
Working together for a stronger York
Delivering services which make York a great place to work, live, visit, study and do business.
York Business Improvement District (BID) is working on behalf of local businesses to deliver key investments and economic growth for York city centre.
Featured Projects
Enjoy 10 bespoke nutcracker statues and a visit to Santa's post box
York’s Future Developments
Explore York’s future vision with proposed development projects for the coming years. Get involved and have your say for the local community.
Latest News & Insights
The award-winning Ghosts in the Gardens had another successful autumn!
York BID enjoyed another successful autumn of Ghosts in the Gardens; a popular trail that sees eerie figures residing in York’s beautiful city centre gardens. This year’s trail featured even…
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York Restaurant Week breaks record!
York Restaurant Week has had its most successful event to date in terms of the boost in trade for hospitality businesses, quelling concerns around potential reduced consumer spending. The initiative…
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York Gift Card Information Pack
Show your support for local businesses and help keep money locked into the York economy with the York Gift Card! What is it? The York Gift Card is a multi-retailer…
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Live for St Leonard’s breaks records while entertaining the masses
We’re over the moon to announce that Live For St Leonard’s has broken all previous records, raising a whopping £5,177.97 for St Leonard’s Hospice! 9 nights of live music brought…
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York BID Drives Partnership Approach to Public Safety During Ebor Race Weekend
York BID has listened to businesses’ safety concerns over the upcoming Ebor race weekend. The BID chairs a bi-monthly Safe Partnership Meeting with front line organisations across the city, and…
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Big Bonus Coming for York Businesses from Big Tent
Leading politicians and policymakers from across the political spectrum will flock to York for the Big Tent Ideas Summit and Festival this month, to be held in the grounds of…
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Taxi Marshal programme to assist late night safety in York
The York Business Improvement District (BID) is once again running a taxi marshalling service on Friday and Saturday nights in the city centre, 11pm to 3am. The Taxi Marshalls will…
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The York Gift Card is boosting business
The York Gift Card has reached a milestone £200,000 of gift cards sold, with city restaurants, cafés and eateries amongst the most popular places for people to spend their cards.…
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Coney Street regeneration scheme is York’s answer to Levelling Up snub: Andrew Lowson
The Levelling Up agenda that promised so much, and infamously changed voting patterns in the Red Wall, appears to be slowly fading away. In the last month, Treasury has reigned…
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City Centre Insights March 2023
Our monthly report offers a range of insights on the performance of York city centre. Click HERE to read the report for March 2023.
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York Ice Trail
3 Feb 2024
Winter Light Display
16 Nov 2023
York Nutcracker Trail
Stay, Shop and Socialise,
in the heart of the city with the York Gift Card
Take the stress out of gifting and buy the York gift card for a wide choice of spending across shops, food and drink, hotels, leisure, entertainment and much more.
