22 May Commemoration:
Programme of memorial events

Manchester’s Business Improvement District has been renewed for a second term following a 77% vote in favour of continuing until at least 2023. Click here to read the full story and the Business Plan.

1st Manchester rated England's top shopping destination outside London in Colliers latest research
£16M AVE of national, regional and local press coverage for the BID's public events
900M retail spend in Manchester city centre each year

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Events

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24Apr Big City BIDs Conference

CitySession Debates

26Apr MCR Student Social (Spring)

City Centre Events

02Jun The King Street Festival

City Centre Events

BID services

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Networking & Introductions We connect members with the right people at the right time. We can help you to take your business further.

Member services

Operational Support We work very closely with Manchester and Salford’s public agencies to make sure that the city centre is working as effectively as possible. We advise our members on anything that may affect productivity, access, health or safety and deliver targeted projects to support these areas.

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Phil Schulze

Manchester BID Manager

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Manchester BID Events Producer

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Big City BID Conference 25th Apr 2018

Manchester’s Business Improvement District has welcomed colleagues from the across the UK to our second Big City BID Conference to share best practice.

Episode 32: The Village 25th Apr 2018

In this extra long episode of CottonmouthMCR we talk to Paul Martin of the LGBT Foundation, John from BarPop and Tony from OnBar about the history of the Village, what’s happening now and the likely future.