We are dedicated to supporting and promoting the diverse and vibrant businesses within the Cambridge BID area. Our project is focused on creating a thriving and sustainable retail community by providing resources, events, and initiatives that help businesses grow and succeed. Whether you're a local boutique or a national chain, we are here to support you.
Love Cambridge Gift Card
We proudly deliver the Love Cambridge Gift Card, now accepted by a huge variety of businesses in the BID area
Mystery Shop
The Cambridge BID Mystery Shop programme enables businesses to fully understand how they are viewed by their customers
Christmas lights
Cambridge BID arranges for the installation of Christmas lights at key locations in the BID Area to ensure that Cambridge remains a vibrant and welcoming City Centre
Performance & Monitoring
Providing businesses and organisations with a wide range of data in regular weekly and monthly reports
Street Cleaning
Cambridge BID are continuing to provide our very popular deep-cleansing and jet washing initiative in public/private areas within the BID Area
Cambridge Standing Tall
Cambridge BID is working with Break to provide a public art event that entertains, enriches, informs. With our next trail coming to Cambridge in 2024
Love Cambridge
Love Cambridge is the brand Cambridge BID delivers their consumer products and events through
Independent Window Competition
The Christmas Window Competition is a way to support, encourage and give a positive platform to Independent businesses who go all out with their Christmas window displays
Christmas Lights Switch On
An event for members of the public to signify the start of Christmas shopping period in the City Centre & see the switching-on of our Christmas lights across the BID Area
City Meets Corporate
Brand new networking event to bring together local businesses and corporate professionals in a relaxed and engaging atmosphere.
Clean & Safe
Find out more about dealing with Commercial Waste, Begging, Rough Sleepers and Punt Touts
Cows about Cambridge
Cambridge BID worked with Wild in Art and Break to provid a public art event that entertained, enriched, informed and left a lasting legacy for Cambridge. We look forward to doing more with them.
Visit Cambridge
Cambridge BID is a partner in the new destination management company for the city, ‘Visit Cambridge’. The Visit Cambridge website has recently been updated allowing businesses to list themselves as well as post events.
Cambridge BID Job Fair
The Cambridge BID Job Fair. Provides a chance for those who are currently trying to recruit a platform for a large group candidate to come and see the potential jobs
City Ambassadors
Cambridge BID provides a team of professional & passionate City Ambassadors, who are available within the City Centre every day to help, advise & guide users
Annual General Meeting
Increasing opportunities for developing a strong community of BID Businesses
Rapid Response
The Rapid Response team are available to businesses within the BID area for the removal of bodily fluids, broken glass, pigeon fouling and other detritus
Book Benches
Summer 2022 Cambridge BID were thrilled to be working with Wild in Art and have installed 12 Book Benches sculptures across the city, all individually designed by UK artists.
“Cambridge BID has firmly established itself as a viable body to support local businesses across Cambridge with marketing initiatives, events and targeted training and development. We have participated in much of the activity and often call upon BID services such as the Rapid Response cleaning team which helps maintain the high standards we are so lucky to have in Cambridge ”
