Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 1 July 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Portas review on the future of high streets, published in December 2011, what progress has been made on enabling successful business improvement districts (BIDs) to take on more powers and responsibilities and become Super BIDs.
We have engaged with business improvement district partners and interested groups to discuss the concept of Super BIDs. Many of these are already taking on additional roles reflecting the local issues they face and it was felt there would be little value in meeting national criteria to be a Super BID. However there was strong support for providing help to those who wish to take on more responsibilities in their local areas. We will shortly be implementing new regulations to allow business improvement districts in England to operate across more than one local authority area, consulting on a new model led by property owners, and seeking tenders to operate a £500,000 recyclable loan fund to help proposed new business improvement districts with their start up costs. Business improvement districts policy in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Assembly Government.
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