A lunch to celebrate Croydon’s entrepreneurial community and the work of Croydon Council during the year of business in 2018 takes place at the end of the month. Croydon’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), which make up 99% of the borough’s businesses, are invited to the lunch on 27 February, at Croydon College. The event
After such a successful year for the Purley BID in 2018 with highlights of the Purley Food Festival and a successful campaign to lobby the government for a change and reduction to the small business rates, we look forward to another great year ahead. In these very tough and unpredictable economic times the high street
In a recent Croydon Council survey asking “Where in Croydon do you go out in the evenings” 21.3% of respondants said PURLEY. This puts Purley in 3rd place behind the Town Centre and South Croydon. Great news for Purley’s vibrant Evening and Night Time Economy.
FESTIVE WINDOW COMPETITION WINNERS 2018 Last November and December saw over 80 Purley businesses displaying a range of decorations for the festive season brightening up Purley and cheering up shoppers. Our Judge said “It’s tough picking winners as many displays were attractive both for day time customers and night time visitors. Well done to everyone
Purley Business Improvement District (BID) is here to do exactly as it says on the tin: to improve business in the Purley business district. This is achieved by investing the levy money equivalent to 2% of the business rates back into the town under the direction of the Purley BID board. The board is made
Happy new year to you all. Well we had a great 2018 and let’s just hope that 2019 is just as good or Purley. Events wise we had a great Food festival again in June, We were really proud that like previous food festivals it was a celebration of all good things to do with
Every year Purley BID runs a “Be Active” Campaign in January and February as part of our year-long Live Well in Purley project. This year we will also be supporting Mind In Croydon campaign called Red January. http://www.mindincroydon.org.uk Mental health is closely associated with physical health so we are really pleased to be supporting Mind and the great
Small Business Saturday, 1st December 2018! Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities. High Street is changing and it is important we support our local businesses and keep that community feel in the town centre.
A proposal has been put forward to have a sculpture in Purley to commemorate the Surrey iron Railway (1805-1837). It ran through Purley’s Rotary Field and was one of the world’s first rail ways, with wagons drawn by horses! You can still see a section of the rail way towards the top corner of the
It was great to see so many members represented at the conference which took place on 23rd October at Christ Church Purley and sharing Purley BID’s current projects and future plans. Following a warm welcome from Marlon Johnson (Chairman), Simon Cripps, CEO of Purley BID, outlined the structure of the team, the budget the team