Building on the solid groundwork of the past five years, Purley BID is set to deliver ambitious projects covering three key themes for its second term (2021-2026).
Reflecting how the world is changing, we’ve refined our focus to ensure maximum support for the town and Purley businesses. Here’s an overview of our core themes.
Destination Purley
High Streets across the UK are changing, and COVID-19 has significantly sped this up. The internet has had a huge impact on the way we live our lives, an increasing population and more people working from home are all affecting the way we use our local business district. Purley BID will help plan for the future. We will focus on making Purley a go to destination. We realise that visitors will generally need to have an experience when they visit a town centre as many transactional purchases can be done online. We will make Purley a destination that is the envy of the local business district and be a focus for new businesses to invest in. This will be achieved by events (where safe), making the place cleaner, greener and safer through great promotional campaigns and business support into the digital age.
Access and Safety
Being able to access the town centre and know you are safe are crucial to the future success of the area and Purley as a destination. On top of the current initiatives and close working relationship with the Police, Purley BID will deliver a Business Crime Reduction Partnership as well as providing extra daily security patrols across the town.
We plan for a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) that will provide more power to the Police, Safer Neighbourhood Team and security patrols to deal with anti-social behaviour and to create a no drinking zone in the district centre.
Business Support
Purley BID’s track record on lobbying for businesses is currently 100%. We will continue to represent Purley businesses interests with a strong voice, locally, regionally and nationally. With the current reduction in the business rates coming to an end in 2021, the BID will work to lobby the council, Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and government that a fair and measured rating solution is put in place for Purley.
We will continue to support businesses in these changing times including council and GLA representation – giving Purley businesses a voice, digital marketing training, promotion, issue resolution and improved business environment.
Purley BID
Purley BID was established in 2015 with a vision to make Purley better for business. Five years of investment in the town has supported our business community through promotion, events and services helping to make the town attractive and to raise the town’s profile locally as well as nationally through lobbying. The BID is led by a board, whose members are from businesses in the area. It is funded by a levy applied relative to the current business rates. Purley BID delivers additional services that are not provided by the local council, we do not replace existing services.