ENGAGING
with all relevant bodies 2018-23 spend £36k A thriving city centre shapes its own future. Over ten years, we have built influence, cementing key relationships that ensure our businesses have a strong collective voice and a seat at every table where key decisions are made. We’re renewing our commitment at this important time, engaging with developers as the commercial landscape of our city centre changes and co-ordinating with organisations that can make a real difference to issues that affect our area. We will continue to save you money, encourage resilience, seize opportunities and liaise with the City of Edinburgh Council to challenge baseline service reductions.
Powerful partnerships
Over the next five years, our team will continue to dedicate time to building powerful partnerships. Innovation and collaboration have allowed us to deliver exceptional initiatives that simply couldn’t
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happen without the understanding, commitment and resources of the BID to underpin them. Essential Edinburgh has attracted over £1.4m of additional income by working smarter for the city centre; finding partners with common interest and an agenda that benefits our businesses. We will pursue new opportunities for savings and efficiencies through group buying initiatives such as our trade waste and utilities projects. Ongoing cost savings and reductions in CO2 emissions continue to benefit the city centre through our award-winning partnership with Changeworks Recycling - a flagship example of the power of working collectively. Joining forces with the Smart Street Sensor project from LDC and University College London, we’ve secured detailed footfall information across our area for a fraction of the normal cost of installing counters. Over the last five years, we’ve trebled our capacity to capture these valuable metrics and continue to share them through Essential Trends.
