In a pledge given by Bid4bury within their business plan, Street Rangers are soon to become a regular face on the streets of Bury St Edmunds. This and two other developments by the group, will enhance the protection offered to businesses, should reduce shoplifting, littering, anti-social behaviour, and make Bury St Edmunds an even safer and friendlier place to shop and visit. In an agreement between Bid4bury and the Ipswich BID (Ipswich Central) the recruitment process is underway to bring Street Rangers to Bury St Edmunds. Steve Peters said” It’s taken a few months since we started with the Bid4Bury team to look at the various options. Our colleagues in Ipswich have several years experience, and their scheme offers the best value for money for us, and the chance to be up-and-running fast” The Street Rangers will act both as ambassadors for the town centre to inform visitors and locals alike to the town, learning from the existing Blue Badge Guides as well as acting as an added security measure to the businesses within the town centre. By working with Ipswich Central who have been operating one of the most successful Street Rangers scheme in the country, Bid4Bury Street Rangers will have full Police accreditation from the start, and undergo a fully recognised training programme in all aspects of their duties with an established and successful model. The ranger’s project team will also work very closely with the Police and Safer Neighbourhood teams. In a further promise given by Bid4Bury, the existing town-link radio system whereby businesses can communicate or call for help with problems that arise in or around their businesses, is about to be updated from analogue to digital with new enhanced radio’s provided for each participant business. A new crime management software programme is also to be provided for each business within the Bid4Bury area, allowing businesses to be kept instantly up-to-date and informed of any problems or problem-makers within Bury town centre.
Paul Haynes, Interim Chair of Bid4Bury said” The culmination of these three projects will give Bury St Edmunds town centre, one of the most up-to-date and comprehensive security packages available to businesses throughout the country, and will ensure the already safe and friendly environment of the town centre is enhanced.”
Interested applicants for the Street Rangers posiitions can apply for an application pack by forwarding an email to tcm@bid4bury.com
THE ART OF BEING HEARD
After a very successful trial Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal is launching a series of professional development and leadership days under the banner of THE ART OF BEING HEARD.
What you say matters. How you say it matters. But how it is heard by your audience matters most! This is your chance to learn the ART OF BEING HEARD.
For more information or to book a place log on to www,theatreroyal,org
Bid4Bury are looking for all businesses within Bury St edmunds to update their entry on this new extensive information and business directory website.
What was formerly the moreheart website was taken over by Town Centre Management in 2009 as part of their overall internet information websites. www.bid4bury.com has now just opened as the new umbrella website for business, leisure, Tourism and management information for Bury St Edmunds.
Steve Peters Town Centre Manager said"What we are looking to do now is to update and revamp the business directory part of our website coverage, and ask all businesses to check their entry and inform us of any updated details, to give the most up to date listing of all businesses within the town centre" All update details can be sent or emailed to the TCM office in Guildhall St, or by filling out the details in the 'contact us' section of this website.
As you may have seen, and as outlined in our Bid4Bury business plan, we are now in the final stages of bringing in the new management board made up of town centre businesses, for the Bury St Edmunds BID, Bid4Bury. Since the successful vote in December, we have been complying with legal requirements in order to meet BID legislation, as well as changing the company constitution to ensure we operate the BID within the company rules, ready for its commencement this year. Thankfully these requirements are now drawing to a close and we can get on with fulfilling the projects once the funding starts to come in.
For the management board itself, we asked for expressions of interest from town centre businesses, and are pleased with the level of interest that has been shown. It is now up to the levy paying businesses to vote for which of the nominee’s they would like to represent their interests for the management of the BID.There are eight vacancies on the new board.
The closing date for the vote will be Wednesday, 17th March 2010.
