Who We Are

The Business Improvement District Essential Edinburgh was established in 2008 to run the Central Business Improvement District (BID); a defined area where businesses vote to collectively invest in local improvements that are in addition to those provided by the Local Authority and Police [a full list of the streets in the BID can be found on page 28].

This document outlines the successes delivered over the last five years and the projects you have asked us to deliver in our third term. To secure the support and expertise of Essential Edinburgh for the next five years you must now vote Yes in the renewal ballot.

All the important details about who can vote, the ballot process, how to vote - and why it is critical that you do - are at the back of this document.

Voting opens on the 12th April and closes at 5pm on the 24th May.

Your YES vote will ensure Essential Edinburgh and the services it delivers continue.

Your vote is essential!

“Because they work so seamlessly and because it’s been around for a number of years people take for granted what Essential Edinburgh and the BID actually do. Without paying a levy to Essential Edinburgh there is no one that can deliver what Essential Edinburgh do for the city.”

Alan Thomlinson, Jenners