Business engagement

Purley High Street
Business engagement

Future Purley Survey

Purley BID has been representing our businesses along with a group of other Purley stakeholders as part of the Purley Panel, looking at the possibilities for the Future of Purley. Croydon Council and the Purley Panel invite the community of Purley to help create a plan to help shape the future of Purley Town Centre

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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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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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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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Chris Philp MP Croydon South
Business engagement

Purley BID meeting with Chris Philp MP

We recently met with Chris Philp, MP Croydon South, time was short, so we talked fast and covered loads of ground and actions. Here’s an overview of the topics Purley BID discussed with Chris Philp. Barclays branch closure Chris will take the results of our poll to Barclays to protest at the closure of the

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