Create real relationships with your customer and measure real results with this hands on session with Sinead Hanna and Abby Sales from Pillory Barn. This will be an opportunity to learn, take-away and take action based on what the team know works. Selling the Sizzle through Social Wednesday 9 March | 9-10am | Via Zoom To book please email enquiries@canterburybid.co.uk
Come and join us for our popular and lively Networking session, this month being held at lunchtime at Cafe du Soleil in Pound Lane from 12.30-2pm. Join the BID Team for a chance to enjoy a complimentary buffet meal in the beautiful wooden beamed 1st floor banquetting room of this former 18th Century wool store and have a chance to meet and chat to lots of other BID businesses. Please note, this event is exclusively for BID members only. To reserve your place, please email Emily Wells at enquiries@canterburybid.co.uk Book your space by emailing Emily Wells This event being co-hosted with local solicitors Girlings.
Canterbury BID - Spring Cleaning Thursday 31 March, 9am - 11am Meeting at Nason's Square (next to Santander) The Canterbury BID Team are looking forward to doing some spring cleaning around the city on Thursday 31 March as part of the Great British Spring Clean initiative. We will be focused on litter picking and would like to invite local businesses to join us. We will supply: Litter Pickers Bags Gloves To get involve simply email Julia with your name, business and number of people joining us no later than Monday 28 March.
APRIL NETWORKING - TIME TO BOOK Our next BID Networking session in April will be a late afternoon-evening event on Tuesday 26 April, 5.30-7pm. We are delighted to be hosting it at the independent café restaurant, No. 35 in St Margaret's Street, where you will be treated to delicious drinks and nibbles. You will also get to meet owner Anna and her team and hear how despite opening in a global pandemic they have worked hard to make a business they are proud of. To book please email Emily HERE
Tuesday 24 May 5.30-7pm Canterbury Cathedral’s Viewing Gallery, Cathedral Welcome Centre, Buttermarket Come and enjoy drinks and nibbles and the stunning view of Canterbury Cathedral as your backdrop. The new viewing gallery allows visitors to get their first glimpse of the cathedral and is home to a fascinating exhibition on cathedral architecture. To book please email Emily here
This will be an exciting morning networking session at McDonald's where you will be treated to a delicious breakfast followed by some competitive team litter-picking around the city centre, which, in the past has proved loads of fun and a great way to chat and network! To book, please email Emily ASAP
Chaps & Chapettes Salon, Lower Bridge Street Thurs 14 July, 5.30-7pm Spend an evening in style at this stunning male grooming salon and new additional ‘Chapettes’ salon, prosecco bar and treatment rooms Spaces are limited to 2 per business, unless availability allows. To book your place please email Emily at enquiries@canterburybid.co.uk
On behalf of the Canterbury BID Board and Team, you are warmly invited to join us at our biggest and most significant networking event of the year, otherwise known as our Canterbury BID Annual General Meeting (AGM). The event will be held at the beautiful Cathedral Lodge on Wednesday 21 September 2022 from 5:30pm Complimentary drinks and canapes will be served on arrival followed by a seated event where you will hear all about plans for the year ahead plus a guest speaker who will talk about city performance. Drinks and networking will then take place afterwards Event Details: Date: Wednesday 21 September Venue: Cathedral Lodge Drinks/Canapes: 5.30-6:00pm Main Event: 6:00-7:30pm Networking: 7:30-8:00pm Details: Free, with priority space for businesses and organisations in the BID area RSVP: Essential to book. Please email enquiries@canterburybid.co.uk to secure your place
This year's event will be in the afternoon (rather than the evening) and will see events, live music, freebies, goody bags, DJ's and of course LOADS of brilliant deals and discounts offered by local businesses. There will even be a special Shopping Trail with fantastic prizes up for grabs. The event will take place throughout the city and more information will be available nearer the time Mark the date in your diary!
A new coven of witches has moved into Canterbury and taken over the Marlowe Arcade! Pay them a visit and help them cast a magic spell… Brought to you by Canterbury BID. Sat 29 Oct | 11am-4pm | Free The Marlowe Arcade
Don’t worry – the zombie outbreak has been stopped thanks to our friends at the Umbrella Corporation. Pop by and thank them for saving mankind. If you are feeling brave you might even get to meet a zombie! The Zombie Zone Sat 29 Oct | 11-4pm | Free Location tbc Brought to you by Canterbury BID. For more info click here
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Canterbury’s eighth annual Medieval Pageant and Trail will be taking place on Saturday 1 July, celebrating the role pilgrimage has had on the city. Expect a colourful parade features historical characters and re-enactment groups, music and giants, along with a family trail through various locations in the city. Designed around children and their parents, the Westgate Towers, the Beaney, St Augustine’s Abbey, and many more be welcoming visitors with a range of activities including craft activities, a chance to meet medieval characters and you can even visit a medieval encampment! When you visit places featured in the Family Trail, have the leaflet ‘stamped’. Full details will be launched in this spring!
