Stratford Businesses Vote Yes Securing The Bid Another Five-Year Term
Stratford town centre businesses have voted yes to the Stratford Original BID continuing for a third term, with businesses overwhelmingly voting in favour of the bid continuing for another five years. This also include the BID expanding its boundaries to include new businesses into the district. Results released today show…
Newham’s Small Business Saturday Celebrations
This year’s theme, Small Business – Big Community, highlights the vital role of community support. Taking place on Saturday, 7 December, the campaign aims to create a lasting impact by promoting local spending, which drives economic growth and community resilience. This was showcased earlier this year when the Market Village…
Our First Mile Offer
All Stratford Original Members can access subsidised waste and recycling through our partnership with First Mile. If you are interested in joining our recycling scheme and enjoying this benefit of being a bid member you can contact us today. First Mile Collections First Mile are unique in that we can…
Stratford Data Insights – A Look at Daily Visitors
We work with Huq to provide you with insights into footfall and spend across Stratford. Our Q3 report shows that average daily visitors has been declining through the year, remaining higher than this time in 2022. This graph shows that it is following the trend across the country but remains higher than…
Vote Yes to Our Renewal Ballot
Voting will be done by post only. Members should have received their notice of ballot and a copy of our proposal document, ‘Stratford Is Now’, which presents our plans for the future of Stratford. Stratford is Now is the manifesto setting out a clear vision for Stratford for the period…
Our Stratford Is Now Launch Event
Thank you to everyone who joined our Renewal Ballot launch event last month. We unveiled our new brand, Rooted In Stratford, designed by design studio Anatomy and shared our plans for Stratford, centring your business priorities, to make Stratford a cleaner, safer place to do business, while continuing to celebrate our…
New Legislation – Simpler Recycling
What are the rules? There is a list of materials that must be separated from general waste. This includes glass, metal, plastics, cartons, paper, cardboard and food. What do you need to do? Businesses must have separate food waste recycling and mixed recycling services in place by 31st March 2025. How To Get Compliant After 31st March 2025, it…
Celebrating 20 Years of BID
October 2024 marks 20 years since the anniversary of the first business improvement district pilot, with £1bn invested in local services and events to improve towns and cities for communities and business. 20 BIDS were formed with the original pilot in 2003 and then brought into law with the UK…
Stratford Is Now, Our Renewal Ballot
Stratford Original BID has been operating since April 2015 following successful ballots. As you may know, UK BIDs Legislation sets a 5-year term for each BID and this is why in Autumn 2024, we will have a renewal ballot to secure a third term. The voting period will be 5th…
Rooted in Stratford
We are really excited to unveil our new brand ‘Rooted in Stratford’. The new visual identity puts Stratford town centre and its landmarks and shapes at the heart of its image. Working with design agency Anatomy, our new look utilises a collection of shapes all taken from the local architecture:…