The current and proposed Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Bristol.
Business Improvement Districts are partnerships set up to improve particular commercial areas.
Businesses in the area pay a percentage of their rateable value on top of their business rates to fund projects which benefit local businesses.
You have to pay a small levy on top of your business rates in our Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in:
- Broadmead
- City Centre
- Clifton Village
- Redcliffe and Temple
A Business Improvement District can charge this levy for up to five years.
The current status of BIDs in Bristol
Broadmead
The Broadmead Business Improvement District started on 1 November 2023 and will run for five years.
Properties:
- within the Galleries and the Arcade pay an extra 1.5% of their rateable value
- outside the Galleries and the Arcade pay 3% of their rateable value
You have to pay whether or not the property is occupied.
The BID levy is based on a chargeable day basis and is paid in full in advance by the occupier on 1 November of each year.
For more information:
- visit the Broadmead BID website
- email viv@broadmeadbid.co.uk
- call 0784 222 9603
City Centre
The Bristol City Centre Business Improvement District started on 1 November 2022 and will run for five years.
Most properties pay an extra 1.5% of their rateable value. You have to pay whether or not the property is occupied.
The BID levy is based on a chargeable day basis and is paid in full in advance by the occupier on 1 November of each year.
For more information:
- visit the Bristol City Centre BID website
- email vicky@bristolcitycentrebid.co.uk
- call 0784 980 3795
Clifton Village
The Clifton Village Business Improvement District started on 1 November 2022 and will run for five years.
Most properties pay an extra 1.5% of their rateable value. You have to pay whether or not the property is occupied.
The BID levy is based on a chargeable day basis and is paid in full in advance by the occupier on 1 November of each year.
For more information:
- visit the Clifton Village BID website
- email bidmanager@bidcliftonvillage.co.uk
- call 07974 689965
Redcliffe and Temple
Following a successful vote in favour, the Redcliffe and Temple BID will run from 1 June 2021 to 31 October 2025.
Most properties pay an extra 1.5% of their rateable value. You have to pay whether or not the property is occupied.
The BID levy is based on a chargeable day basis and is paid in full in advance by the occupier on 1 June 2021 for the initial five month period of the BID, and then on 1 November of each year thereafter.
For more information on Redcliffe and Temple BID:
- visit the Redcliffe and Temple BID website
- email steve@redcliffeandtemplebid.co.uk
- call 0784 222 9521
Bristol Business Improvement District
The ballot for the proposed Bristol Business Improvement District 2025-2030 will take place on Thursday 3 July 2025.
Ballot Papers will be sent to those eligible to vote by Thursday 5 June 2025.
They must be completed and returned no later than 5pm on July 3, the day of the ballot.
For full details see the pdf Notice of Ballot(72 KB) .
For more information on the Bristol BID proposal:
- visit the Bristol City Centre BID website
- email steve@redcliffeandtemplebid.co.uk
- call 07842 229521
If you have any enquiries about the BID ballot email: electoral.services@bristol.gov.uk