Reballot 2027

Coventry city centre businesses, we want your experience and priorities to directly inform the next Coventry BID Business Plan and the proposals that we’ll be asking you to vote on the October 2027 ballot. 

Why are we running a consultation?

Coventry BID is a business-led, not-for-profit organisation, with the current term running until 31st March 2028. 

Before businesses vote on whether the BID should continue for a further five-year term, we want to understand what has delivered the greatest value, what should change, and where future investment should be focused. 

We can only continue if the ballot is supported by a majority of those voting, both by number and by rateable value. If we’re successful for another five-year term, all eligible businesses within the approved BID area will pay the levy set out in the final Business Plan. 

What the BID has delivered during the current term?

Here are some of the main initiatives that we have delivered over the past three years to support our BID businesses.

• Provided Street Patrol support for retailers with theft and ASB

• Provided the BID radio network

• Employed Taxi Marshalls

• Employed nighttime Street Patrol Officers

• Formed the Coventry Business Crime Reduction Partnership

• Administered the SentrySIS reporting and intelligence sharing

• Steered Coventry city centre to Purple Flag accreditation

• Hosted three years of Best Bar None accreditations 

• Provided training for Ask for Angela 

• Supported ACT Training (delivered by West Midlands Counter Terrorism)

• Carried out Student Safety Walks 

• Supplied business with practical safety equipment 

• Ran Coventry Cocktail Week for three years 

• Independent business month marketing campaign 

• Back to school marketing campaign 

• Christmas activity 

• Provided business forums 

• Representation and communication at forums 

• City centre website promotion 

• Social platforms promotion 

• Support with issues affecting city-centre trading 

• Promotional trails 

• Litter picks 

• Installed bleed packs throughout the city 

• Installation of defibrillators 

How to complete the consultation

If you are an eligible BID business, we would love to hear from you – you should receive a physical copy of the ballot form which can be returned either by email to ballot@coventrybid.co.uk, by post, or hand delivery to Coventry BID Limited, Holt Court Rear, First Floor, 16 Warwick Row, Coventry, CV1 1EJ.

We ask that you only complete one questionnaire for each business or hereditament. And please note that this consultation closes on 30th November 2026. 

We appreciate your feedback

Thank you for helping to shape Coventry BID’s proposed Business Plan for 2028 to 2033. 

The responses to this consultation will be reviewed collectively and used to develop the services, levy arrangements, and priorities presented before the October 2027 ballot. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to support@coventrybid.co.uk.