What is a BID? A BID is a Business Improvement District that enables coordinated investment in the management and marketing of a commercial area. Governed by legislation to ensure fairness and transparency, a BID is created for a five-year period following a successful ballot. During a term, a BID aggregates payments from businesses proportionate to their rateable value into an investment fund. This fund is directed by local business owners and spent exclusively on improving the BID's catchment area, allowing for its operational costs. These funds are for interventions and services which are in addition to any existing arrangements. BIDs are therefore both a means of generating focused investment in a place and directly representative bodies of the businesses who contribute towards their work. They rely on the consent of their contributors and are responsible to them.
About Salisbury BID We are an entrepreneurial team dedicated to enhancing our city and supporting, promoting, and representing over 500 city businesses. We are governed and led by our elected, voluntary Board of Directors, all of whom are representatives of city centre businesses. In everything we do, we are always a strong and influential voice for the businesses that form our timelessly original city. Salisbury BID began operating in 2014. In that time, we have collected and reinvested almost four million pounds with one goal: to improve Salisbury. In our first term (2014-2019) we started our work and took our place as an important and influential new voice in the organisational ecosystem which supports Salisbury's future, alongside Wiltshire Council, Salisbury City Council, and other partners. We've delivered two bold and diverse business plans throughout an extraordinary decade, achieving concrete and measurable successes across marketing, events, operations, safety, support and influence. Through strategic initiatives, advocacy, and collaborative partnerships, Salisbury BID drives positive change and fosters a vibrant city centre. We create opportunities for businesses to thrive and for visitors to experience the best of Salisbury.
Management & Governance The Salisbury BID operates as a company limited by guarantee and has a voluntary Board of Directors. The Board takes responsibility for the strategic and financial management of the BID and meet on a quarterly basis as a minimum, to review strategy and consider recommendations from the Chief Executive and to agree any decisions on behalf of the BID company. The composition of the Board uses a skills-based matrix and aims to reflect the sector breakdown of the BID levy-paying businesses across the city, including both national and independent business representation. The BID produces a set of annual accounts made available to all BID levy-paying businesses and also enters into legal agreements with Wiltshire Council and Salisbury City Council.
Salisbury BID Area Business premises with a rateable value of £12,000 or above and who are located on the streets listed below are included in the BID and therefore are required to pay the BID levy. The BID levy is charged at 1.5% of rateable value of each hereditament. Businesses with a rateable value below the £12,000 threshold are exempt from paying the BID levy, but can voluntarily pay into the BID. The map shows Salisbury BID’s boundary. List of Streets Avon Approach Bedwin Street Blue Boar Row Bourne Hill Bridge Street Brown Street Butcher Row Castle Street Catherine Street Chipper Lane Crane Street Cranebridge Road Culver Street Endless Street Fish Row Fisherton Street High Street Malthouse Lane Market Place Market Walk Milford Street Mill Road Mill Stream Approach Minster Street New Canal New Street North Walk Oatmeal Row Old George Mall Ox Row Priory Square Queen Street Rollestone Street Salt Lane Scots Lane Silver Street South Western Road St Ann Street St Johns Street St Thomas’s Square Summerlock Approach The Close The Maltings Water Lane West Walk Winchester Street
Experience Making our modern medieval city a vibrant destination of choice for locals and tourists alike. Salisbury has so much to offer. It's beautiful, accessible and full of life. We want to attract more people to our modern medieval city.
Influence Shaping our city, empowering our business community and raising our voice. Encouraging inward investment, forging national partnerships and championing the business voice.
Place Creating a holistic approach to managing and maintaining a thriving Salisbury. Working with city partners to ensure we all have a city to be proud of; a city that is safe, clean, tidy, and well-functioning.
