Catherine Garrad

Purley town centre shops
Access & Safety

Purley BID – watch our videos

Together, let’s make Purley a great destination Purley BID stands on the success of 5 years of work delivering projects to improving business in Purley. Our 2021-2026 proposal highlights many of those achievements and future plans to make Purley the top local destination. In our proposal and videos, learn more about the 200+ projects Purley

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Purley High Street
Access & Safety

Purley BID themes for next term 2021-2026

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

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High Street Purley
Access & Safety

Improving access and parking in Purley

We’ve found that the biggest and most common issues facing almost all town centres across the UK is access and safety. With an increasing population it is almost inevitable that more issues will arise. A key focus of the BID over the past five years has been to make sure that Purley offers ease of

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Business engagement

Purley BID Business of the Month November 2020

Congratulations to Harris & Osman Dry Cleaners Harris & Osman has been at 922 Brighton Road, Purley, CR8 2LN since 1977!  The current owner, Mohamed Yahiaoui, who took over the business last year but has worked in the dry cleaners for 18 years, said “I love working in Purley, the people are always so nice.

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Flowers in Purley
Cleaner

Keeping Purley cleaner

We love Purley and we know you do to. With the ever-changing world we need to promote Purley as a destination. So how do we go about making the town a great destination? Over the past five years, Purley BID has focussed a lot of time on making and keeping Purley cleaner. Our recent survey

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Business engagement

Poppies Adorn Purley in Remembrance

Purley BID has placed poppies on over 100 lampposts, 5 stakes with lots of poppies and the large banner in Purley Cross. Don’t forget to get your poppy from Royal British Legion. They will be at Tesco’s exit selling poppies on the following days: Mon 26 Oct 9am to 5pm Fri 30 Oct 8am to

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Purley businesses and shops
Business engagement

A little history of the Purley BID

Purley BID was established in 2015 with a vision to make Purley better for business. As we approach our fifth-year anniversary, we thought we’d take a little look at the history of a Business Improvement District (BID) and how it helps support our business community. Overview of a BID A Business Improvement District (BID) is

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Purley BID lobbying success
Business engagement

Lobbying to support our Purley businesses

A lot of what Purley BID does to support businesses goes on behind the scenes. We have an incredibly successful track record of campaigns and lobbying to benefit and support our Purley business community which in turn makes Purley a great place to live, work and visit. In fact, our lobbying has been so successful

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Business news

Tier 2 state of limbo for Purley businesses

Moving from Tier 1 to Tier 2 as a result of COVID-19 restrictions has had such a detrimental effect on the retail and hospitality industry that many jobs and livelihoods are now on a knife-edge as the current Tier 2 solution is broken. Business owners in Purley are desperate for support at this difficult time.

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Business news

Purley BID Business of the Month October 2020

Congratulations to Diane’s Hair & Beauty Diane’s Hair & Beauty has been established at 6 High Street, Purley, CR8 2AA for over 50 years.  Karen Tyne, having started at Diane’s as a junior at the age of 15 and who has owned the salon for over 25 years, said: “We are a family business and

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