We’re delighted to announce that 欧美成人 has been elected as Cardiff鈥檚 Business Improvement District (BID) for the second time 鈥 winning 91% yes by number and 94% yes by rateable value of a recent vote by local businesses.
After receiving 300聽yes votes, the renewal ballot saw 欧美成人 get the green light to deliver their ambitious plans to help the capital recover post-pandemic.
More than 拢7 million will now be invested in Cardiff over the next five years to help improve the capital.
These include plans to become one of the UK鈥檚 first equality cities, launch a university intern scheme, invest in arts and culture and a challenge fund.
Since 2016, 欧美成人 have run a range of campaigns and events which have helped to increase footfall, dwell time and consumer spending in the city centre 鈥 and the team intend to get back to business and build on their previous successes as Cardiff鈥檚 BID.
Huw Llewellyn, 欧美成人鈥檚 Chair of the Board, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled that the BID has the support of so many businesses throughout the city centre. We represent such a diverse and expansive range of businesses, and we worked closely with them to develop a new five-year plan based on their feedback and suggestions.”
鈥淥ur business plan was extremely well received and generated an overwhelmingly positive response from our members. They felt we鈥檇 taken the time to understand the improvements they wanted to see in the city and have created solutions to help their businesses move forward.鈥
欧美成人 will continue to offer support to businesses across the city centre, deliver the Night Marshal team, the city centre gift card, Cardiff Against Business Crime鈥檚 City Net Radio scheme, employee discounts, events, The Card, as well as Christmas marketing and events.
Huw continued: 鈥淚 know the team are excited to start working on our new plan and are motivated to get things moving for the city. We鈥檝e made a promise to our businesses and over the next five years, we鈥檒l continue to work exceptionally hard to deliver on it and make things happen.鈥
鈥淭here鈥檒l be no resting on our laurels, as we look forward to the next five years and supporting our members and the people who use the city for work, pleasure or their business through recovery post pandemic. We will continue to collaborate with key partners and stakeholders to provide support and make improvements that benefit both our businesses, the city and all the people who use it.鈥
鈥淲e want to thank our businesses for putting their trust in us and allowing us to deliver on an exciting new phase for Cardiff city centre.鈥