Backing the BID

Bedford College supports local businesses by backing a second term of BedfordBID.

BedfordBID helps to promote the town centre and encourages people to “buy local”.  The scheme spends some £600,000 a year on promoting Bedford and ensuring that visitors to the town centre have a good experience - including help from the town centre Bluecap guides.

Bedford College is based in the town centre and each day hundreds of college staff and students cross the Town Bridge to spend in local shops and restaurants.

College Chief Executive Ian Pryce is also Chairman of the BedfordBID Board and he said: 

"Given the very tough economic climate facing local business, this is a good result for Bedford and a good result for Bedford businesses.  We have a great team at BID and the extra money the BID vote brings in will allow us to make our town centre even cleaner, safer and friendlier.  We will continue to work hard to attract new business to Bedford and work with all our partners, private and public, to ensure we have a distinctive town centre our vibrant community deserves."

For full details on what BedfordBID has to offer please click here