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Spring CleanPoole BID’s inaugural Spring Clean took place in early May. A team of cleaners encouraged businesses to clean up shop fronts and assisted wherever possible. Cherry pickers were seen all over town clearing gutters, cleaning high level windows and undertaking some essential high level works, too. A great buzz of activity started to occur in town, culminating in…

Dressing the Town3.3km of nautical bunting was erected through the BID area just in time for the Maritime Festival and Boat Show giving the town a colourful lift for the busy summer months ahead. In addition over 100 lampposts will shortly be festooned with live floral displays.

Saving you money…We are delighted to announce the launch of our cost saving service. Meercat Associates have been commissioned to contact BID businesses and work with each of you (at no cost to you!) to help make savings in areas such as utilities, telecoms, merchant services and more. Everyone will be contacted in the coming weeks, but if you can’t wait… please don’t hesitate to give us a call or email and we can request they contact you sooner.

NEWSLETTER JUNE 2017

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Jazz by the SeaOur first sponsored event is Jazz by the Sea which is coming to Poole from Sunday, 11th June to Saturday, 18th June. This is a collaboration with Bournemouth, where it has been running since 2015, and we hope to be a part of its growing success. Check out the up-coming performances at www.jazzbytheseafestival.co.uk

WIFI is almost liveFusion have been busy installing WIFI points throughout town, which will allow your customers to connect anywhere in the central area, encouraging dwell time. The last testing is currently being undertaken so watch this space, we should be live in the next few weeks…

Christmas is coming!It seems a little early, but the plans are big, so we need plenty of time to arrange. A BID sub-group has fleshed out plans for the event and is now liaising with event coordinators to bring this to fruition. We hope the event will span a number of days, culminating in a big event on Sunday, 3rd December – so hold that date!

BID ManagerCarlie Palmer has now moved on to other ventures. She brought great enthusiasm and energy to the BID and we wish her well for the future. The role of BID Manager has been an evolving one, and the BID management team are actively working to recruit a replacement – so expect more news to follow shortly.

BID PremisesAfter protracted negotiations we have agreed terms and are now in solicitors’ hands to secure office premises for the BID which will be centrally-located in the High Street. Once it is up and running you will have somewhere to call in to discuss BID activities. In the meantime, we are always contactable via telephone on 01202 308000 or email at info@poolebid.com

Save the Date - Annual ConferenceOur first annual conference is planned for Thursday, 7 September. We welcome all levy payers to feed back their thoughts on the first year and offer agenda items for discussion. The BID board of directors are all volunteers who also run businesses in the Town. We are keen to find more volunteers to join project sub-groups to build our BID community and embrace new ideas – so we look forward to seeing you at the conference!

BID LevyJust a quick reminder that this year’s levy bills are now out and to make your payment ASAP if you haven’t already. Many thanks.