What We Do

Place. Promotion.
Provision.

Place

The physical city centre, kept at its best. Our Street Rangers are out every morning deep-cleaning pavements, removing graffiti and dealing with spillages before the city wakes up. Wakefield in Bloom brings seasonal colour to streets and squares, and we work with partners on longer-term environmental improvements.

  • Street Rangers daily cleaning team
  • Rapid graffiti and spillage response
  • Wakefield in Bloom floral programme
  • Environmental improvement projects

Promotion

Footfall doesn't happen by accident. From the Merrie City Festival and Wakefield Artwalk to the Rhubarb Festival and Christmas events, the BID's events calendar gives people reasons to visit all year — and the Ey Up Wakefield campaign keeps member businesses in front of local audiences in between.

  • Year-round festival and events programme
  • Ey Up Wakefield consumer campaign
  • Citywide marketing and social media
  • Wakefield BID Awards

Provision

Direct, practical support for members. The learning hub gives your team access to 200+ free live training courses. Safer Wakefield connects you to the police, CCTV control room and 90+ neighbouring businesses. And the BID office is your free meeting space in the heart of the city.

  • 200+ free training courses with certificates
  • Safer Wakefield crime reduction partnership
  • Free meeting rooms at the BID office
  • One-to-one business support