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
Colne Food and Drink Festival Returns!
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
Colne BID launches Upskilling Grant
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
Colne BID launches ‘Loyalty Scheme’
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
Crack down on Business Crime
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
Colne hosts Soapbox Rally 2023!
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
New Directors
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