About Us

Colne Business Improvement District (BID) is a business-led and business-funded body. Businesses in a pre-defined area pay an annual levy (a percentage of their rateable value) to generate funds to invest in the town centre. We use the funds to develop projects that meet one or more of our four key objectives: Promote, Pride, Protect and Partnership. We are determined to ensure that Colne thrives now and in the future as a place where people will come for their shopping and services, as well as their entertainment and leisure. We believe our BID is providing the means for businesses of all sizes to act collectively, to pool their resources, and develop projects and services that are benefiting the town. The BID is a great opportunity to release the town’s potential and really make things happen so more people 'Come to Colne'.

We are here for a second term from 2023 - 2028. A big thank you to the businesses who voted YES for another five years!

Latest BID News

Click on the links below for the latest BID News and Projects

business events, Initiatives & Projects, People

Colne BID joins Pendleside Hospice Corporate Challenge

Posted By Lewis Frobisher

We are thrilled to announce that this year, Colne BID is taking part in the Pendleside Hospice Corporate Challenge!

We have thought about entering for the past couple of years but have always thought ‘gosh its a big task’ when we

People, Press Releases

Pendle Stoves: Family Fire Business warming up Colne’s High Street

Posted By Lewis Frobisher

Pendle Stoves has been operating as a family business for over 30 years. A true definition of local business with ties to the community, Pendle Stoves certainly has its soul fixed in Colne. 

The shop itself has been open 8 years

Events, People, Press Releases

BID Members Join Forces to Combat Mental Health Struggles

Posted By Lewis Frobisher

Local barber and Colne BID member Stuart Craig of S.Craig Barbering has been cutting the hair of the Colne community for over 13 years. Now he intends to help in another way. Using his standing in Colne, he has set up the WE EVOLVE

Events, Press Releases

WinterBloom 24: Colne Set To Light Up For Another Year

Posted By Lewis Frobisher

The WinterBloom project started as a small-scale celebration of light work with local community groups and schools in Colne, Lancashire, to create artwork displayed across the town centre shop windows. The venture was originally funded by a COVID recovery grant, it helped to create

Press Releases

Why Colne loves its coffee!

Posted By Lewis Frobisher

Coffee has been a popular beverage for thousands of years across the globe, but it surged in popularity in tea-drinking Britain in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

And one local family business jumped on the coffee revolution and began leasing

Press Releases

The Grand Victorian Building Hiding A Big Surprise

Posted By Lewis Frobisher

If you’ve ever walked up Albert Road in Colne, chances are you’ve ventured past a grand Victorian building which hides a glamorous surprise behind its doors. 

For at 61 Albert Road lies BeautiPhi Medispa – a luxury one-stop destination for medical

Press Releases

New Small Pet Hotel And Shop Opens In Colne

Posted By Lewis Frobisher

Reptile, bird and ‘small furries’ owners no longer have to worry about find pet babysitters when they next go away. 

Wags and Whiskers has opened its doors in Colne, after moving from Barrowford and undergoing a rebrand from its previous name

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business events

Colne BID hosts Year 4 AGM

Posted By Editor

Last night (Tuesday 28th February 2023) we hosted our Year 4 Annual General Meeting. Hosted on Zoom, we were able to record it so our businesses are able to watch it later. Take a look by clicking here: https://www.colnebid.co.uk/business-meetings/

Business Advice

Millions More Levelling Up Funding for Pendle

Posted By Editor

Pendle is to receive more than £15 million through the government’s Levelling Up Fund. This is part of a bid put together by Lancashire County Council for East Lancashire, which is receiving £49.6 million in total.

The bid has three key

Events

Colne Food and Drink Festival Returns!

Posted By Editor

Following the incredibly successful, collaborative event with Independent Street Events; a date of Saturday 29th July 2023 has been secured for the festival! We will see the return of man vs food, children’s craft area, cookery demos, fabulous traders and delicious specials across our

business events

Colne BID launches Upskilling Grant

Posted By Editor

The BID have created a brand new fund for our BID Levy payers to access called the Upskilling Grant. 

Colne BID Upskilling Grant, a grant of up to £500 is available to Colne BID levy paying businesses for training courses that

Footfall, People

Colne BID launches ‘Loyalty Scheme’

Posted By Editor

We are bringing the Loyalty Scheme back to Colne – why re-invent the wheel when it worked so well before? We have had cards and posters designed and printed, and just waiting on the stamps to come through. It will function like the old

Safety & Security

Crack down on Business Crime

Posted By Editor

A date for the next stakeholder meeting has been set for Tuesday 14th February at 1pm; venue is the Town Hall.

We noticed that youth anti social behaviour is really affecting our town centre, so BID manager, Aneesa McGladdery has

Events

Colne hosts Soapbox Rally 2023!

Posted By Editor

We are so excited to play host to the Super Soapbox Challenge here in Bonnie Colne on Sunday 18th June 2023! We were told that if they could blueprint a town and take it with them, Colne would be the perfect model to take

Directors

New Directors

Posted By Editor

We would like to say a huge welcome to our newly appointed directors here at Colne BID! Nick Alderson, Centre Manager at Colne Open Door, Karen Arciniega from Nuestra Familia Restaurants and Sue Madigan, PR manager at Pendle Leisure Trust. I am sure you

Events

The Light Night Returns

Posted By Editor

Last year we secured funding from the Covid recovery grant scheme to deliver an event to help bring people back to the town. We delivered a small scale light night here in town and it was incredible! This year it is going to be

Directors

We’re Hiring!

Posted By Editor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for up to two people to join the Colne BID Board.  Our Directors form a non-executive Board which is responsible for setting the strategy and direction of the BID, as well as monitoring the work of the Colne BID

AGM annual general meeting

business events, Directors

Colne BID AGM – Year 4/5

Posted By Editor

The Board of Directors would like to invite all businesses in the Colne BID Area to the fourth Annual General Meeting of this term of the Colne Business Improvement District (BID) on Tuesday 28th February 5:30pm-6.30pm via zoom.

The AGM, as

Business Advice

Year 5

Posted By Editor

We are well into our fifth and final year here at Colne BID, where has the time gone? Will you vote Yes for our next term? Take a look at our current activity here: https://www.colnebid.co.uk/whats-happening/ for lots of info about what we have

Business Advice, Safety & Security

Business Crime in Colne

Posted By Editor

On the 27th of June 2022, Anna Baybutt – Business Crime Coordinator at Lancashire Constabulary and Danii Wohler, Designing Out Crime Officer for East and the local Neighbourhood Policing Team completed an Environmental Visual Audit of Colne Town Centre regarding high demand areas. The

Business Advice, People

Become an Associate Member

Posted By Editor

Would you like to be part of something big? Find out more and join the BID! We are open to associate memberships here at Colne BID, get in touch with BID Officer Aneesa if you are business in Colne and you are not a

colne bid news newsletter

business events, Directors

Become a Colne BID Member

Posted By Editor

Make the most of being in Colne town centre and Colne BID area. Just because you have paid your Colne BID levy, you are NOT a BID member unless you sign and complete the Colne BID member form. It’s just a simple form but

fresh lick of paint grant

Initiatives & Projects, Pride

Apply now for your ‘Fresh Lick of Paint’ Improvement Grant

Posted By Editor

Colne BID businesses can now apply for Colne BID’s exclusive member benefit ‘A Fresh Lick of Paint’.

COLNE BID has launched a new initiative called A Fresh Lick of Paint.  The idea is that each year for the next four

People, Press Releases

Sustainable Fashion set to Contribute to Colne Community

Posted By Lewis Frobisher

7 years after moving to Colne from Manchester, Colleen and David are certainly not looking back. Attracted to the town after one simple drive down the high street, they have now taken over their very own shop on the high street, Colleen G Lea