Businesses Directory
The BID Zone in Durham City is home to over 400 businesses. From big-name brands to small independents, there is no place quite like Durham. You’ll find Durham Market Company – the City’s oldest department store – nestled next to St Nicholas Church in the Market Place. A stroll down Elvet Bridge reveals some hidden gems of independently owned bars, restaurants, boutiques and professional service businesses. Across Framwellgate Bridge you’ll find the newly refurbished Riverwalk, complete with a world-class ODEON Luxe Cinema, and back across the river there’s of course Durham’s very own open-air shopping complex, Prince Bishops Shopping Centre.
To find out more about Durham BID, what it does, and how to become a BID Business, check out the About Us page. If your business premises falls within the BID Zone and you’d like to take advantage of all that Durham BID can do for you, but you do not automatically pay the levy fee based on your business rates, simply fill out the form to register your interest and a member of the team will be in touch.
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Marketing the City to boost footfall and the local economy
We promote the City to people living locally, encouraging them to use Durham as their service centre of choice, to help boost footfall and support the local economy.
Working in partnership with stakeholders of the City
We work collaboratively for the benefit of the City. We ensure that the City as a whole benefits from Durham BID delivery and, where possible, that of stakeholder partners.
Providing a voice for businesses
Not only do we promote the City and the City offer, we also provide a voice for businesses, speaking up on your behalf on important issues.
Durham BID works very hard to include businesses and listen to their views. For the City to be successful in maintaining a “working together” ethos, we need Durham BID to continue working as well as it does with businesses. A central point where, as a business owner/manager, you can work alongside other businesses. Working together will only continue improving Durham’s offerings to visitors.
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