Edinburgh businesses urged to back west end BID
January 22 2015
Voting will continue through to 5 March and targets the retail, service and hospitality sectors. It is designed to help the area recover from the disruption caused by tram works and recession, particularly the area around Shandwick Place, by targetting road works, traffic management, parking, refuse, cleanliness and general maintenance in order to create a more favourable impression for travellers arriving at Haymarket Station.
In practice this will see a renewed focus on improved signage, better marketing and cleaner streets, extending the existing BID area of Essential Edinburgh.
Michael Apter, chair of the west end BID Steering Group said “The idea behind this BID is to return the West End to its former glory and create a busy, vibrant and successful West End in 2015 and beyond.”
Photograph by Susie Lowe.
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#2 Posted by Bella Gamba on 26 Jan 2015 at 11:48 AM
These businesses have already suffered from the tram construction works. The Council should be funding any work needed to re-invigorate the area as compensation for the disruption. However, since the Council can't even collect the Christmas trees littering the streets long after Twelfth Night there is no chance of them being capable of regeneration.
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It only ever looks shabby when the council don't clean the streets properly, and I thought we already paid for that. Who needs more signs?