About Lichfield Bid
Lichfield BID is the elected civic organisation representing the business economy and local community of Lichfield City Centre. Introduced in 2015 the BID has served to promote, support and develop the city.
Lichfield Bid Description
500 businesses in Lichfield city centre voted throughout July 2015 on proposals to develop a Business Improvement District (BID). .
The proposal was accepted and in November 2015 Lichfield was officially , launched and became the first BID in Staffordshire!
The BID now has a manager and social media officer and is now in year 2 of the 5 year development strategy.
There are over 200 BIDs across the UK and they enable businesses to work together and implement the projects and improvements they want.
BIDs have been empowering businesses since 2004 when they were passed by legislation. They enable businesses to manage their own trading environment and have amazing success stories across the UK with footfall figures increasing year on year because of BIDs!