Chester is, without doubt, the perfect place to shop, work, live and visit. Over eight million visitors come to the city each year so they can’t be wrong! It is our job, as Chester’s Business Improvement District, to ensure that this continues and improves.

We are a not-for-profit organisation that operates within a defined geographical area, where business ratepayers have voted to invest collectively in local improvements that are in addition to those that are already delivered by local statutory bodies.

Working with city partner organisations, such as Cheshire West & Chester Council and Marketing Cheshire, Ch1ChesterBID delivers:

• City centre events (such as Eggs on Pegs, the Christmas Parade and Storytelling with Santa).
• An outstanding city centre welcome (if you see our Welcome Ambassadors, Monica and Luka, say hello!).
• Investments in additional improvements to Chester, such as increased floral displays, improved signage and additional cleanliness projects.
• Chester initiatives to generate wider PR, such as Hoots Route & Chester Unlocked, Chester Fiesta, Style in the City and, our current activity, Talking Walls.
• We have also successfully driven the ATCM Purple Flag Award for Chester, which represents excellence in the night-time economy.