BID News

Management Committee Meeting Minutes
26/11/11
Click to download the minutes from the Clarkston BID Board meetings on the 8th and 22nd of November

8th November Committee Meeting Minutes
22nd Committee Meeting Minutes

Clarkston BID to make it a brighter, more local Christmas
04/11/11
Click to download the press release about Christmas activities in Clarkston

November 2011 Press Release

Management Committee Meeting Minutes
21/10/11
Click to download the minutes from the Clarkston BID Board meeting on the 11th October

11th October Committee Meeting Minutes

Management Committee Meeting Minutes
21/10/11
Click to download the minutes from the Clarkston BID Board meeting on the 27th September

27th September Committee Meeting Minutes

Management Committee Meeting Minutes
16/9/11
Click to download the minutes from the Clarkston BID Board meeting on the 6th September

6th September Committee Meeting Minutes

Management Committee Meeting Minutes
22/8/11
Click to download the minutes from the Clarkston BID Board meeting on the 16th August
16th August Committee Meeting Minutes

Management Committee Meeting Minutes
29/6/11
Click to download the minutes from the Clarkston BID Board meeting on the 21st June

21st June Committee Meeting Minutes

Management Committee Meeting Minutes
24/5/11
Click to download the minutes from the Clarkston BID Board meeting on the 24th May
24th May Committee Meeting Minutes

Giant Easter Egg Hunt
31/3/11
Clarkston Town Centre to host a massive Easter Egg Hunt for charity

Following the successful introduction of a Business Improvement District (BID) to Clarkston the BID in conjunction with Eastwood Rotary are holding a Giant Easter Egg Hunt.

Schools from throughout the area have been busily designing eggs to be hidden in shop windows across Clarkston Town Centre. For two weeks, from the Saturday the 2nd of April to Sunday 16th of April, visitors to Clarkston will be encouraged to enter a competition to guess how many eggs are hidden amongst some of the 132 BID businesses.

Prizes can be won - with under 8 year olds able to win a £100 worth of toys supplied by Toy Parade and over 8’s can win Nintendo Wii donated by Waterfall Bathrooms (both BID businesses).

Entry forms will be distributed in the area and in school bags of participating schools.

To finish all the fun off an Easter Fun Day will be held on Saturday the 23rd of April at Clarkston Halls car park (from 10.00am to 2.00pm) featuring bouncy castles, face painting, fancy dress competitions, Pulse 98.4 and a best dressed egg competition. Timed to coincide with the regular farmer’s market the BID is hoping to round off a great two weeks in style.

Paul Knight, chair of the BID Management Committee said:

‘Following the successful introduction of the Clarkston Town Centre Christmas lights and the switch on, where over 700 people attended, we are continuing to develop ideas for Clarkston. The Easter Egg hunt is the next major event and with the second year of Art in the Windows 2011 in May and the introduction of new Town Centre signage we are delighted at the progress of the BID to date.’

For further information, please contact:
Daniel McKendry on (+44) 0141 577 8481

Free East Renfrewshire Chamber Events for Clarkston BID Members.
12/1/11
As part of the Clarkston Business Improvement District members are automatically a member of East Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce and can access chamber events for free. Two events are coming up in the near future:

27th January 2011 - Redhurst Hotel - Get Better at Networking with Brad Burton, founder of 4Networking

24th February 2011- Harry Fairbairns - Retail Event with Colin Temple, Managing Director of Schuh

Click here for more details and how to book.

Happy New Year!
5/1/11
With the successful introduction of the Christmas lights to the Clarkston BID area the 'I Love Clarkston' campaign is gearing up for a bumper 2011. The lights received great coverage in the press and plans are now under way for 2011 with a range of activities in the pipeline including the second year of the highly successful Art in the Windows, the introduction of a new Easter event, new Town Centre signage and more. A BID forum will be announced shortly to allow all the businesses in the BID area to hear more about the plans.

   

Clarkston Town Centre Christmas Lights
29/11/10
The switch on of the Clarkston Town Centre BID attracted some 700+ people. Given all of this is funded by the local businesses through the BID it demonstrates the level of commitment from the businesses to improving Clarkston Town Centre.

Paul Knight (the BID chair and owner of EAT deli) said ‘The Christmas lights are just the start of the new BID - with a five year plan to help improve Clarkston Town Centre and provide a better trading environment for the businesses in the area. We hope everyone enjoys the new lights and I look forward to telling you more about the BID in the near future.’

Clarkston BID Official Result
28/6/10
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Clarkston Votes Yes to the BID
25/6/10
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Eastwood Today 3 June 2010
3/6/10
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Latest Press Coverage
24/5/10
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Eastwood Today 13 May 2010
14/5/10
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Clarkston BID goes to Ballot
11/5/10
Click below to download the press release regarding the Clarkston BID ballot.
Clarkston BID Ballot

Art in the Windows
28/4/10
The Art in the Windows event is an innovative festival taking place from 22nd May to 6th June. Clarkston Town Centre is being transformed into a unique art gallery where the artwork of local artists, groups and schools will be displayed in unexpected venues throughout Clarkston town centre.

This is the first of many events that could take place in Clarkston if the Business Improvement District goes ahead. The Clarkston BID will undertake a range of activities, if successful, which include a programme of marketing activity to promote Clarkston, a review of the parking arrangements, the introduction of a shop front improvement scheme and much more.

BID Ballot Gets Go Ahead
28/4/10
The Clarkston BID ballot will go ahead with the ballot being despatched to all participating businesses on the 12th May. The ballot will close on Thursday the 25th of June at 5.00pm and the result will be announced the following week. The full Business Plan and Business Proposal have been posted to the website.

Minutes of Steering Group
28/4/10
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Minutes of Steering Group
9/3/10
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Minutes of Steering Group
4/2/10
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BID Update
1/2/10
We are delighted to announce that East Renfrewshire Council have agreed to contribute £20,000 to the first year of the Clarkston BID - should the ballot prove successful. On top of their commitment to fund the BID manager and the associated administration costs this will help us develop an even stronger BID.

Also, in advance of the ballot for the Clarkston BID, we are proposing to run an event in June to demonstrate how the BID can make a difference to the Clarkston businesses. We have sent an outline of the event to all the businesses in the Clarkston BID area and both the letter to the businesses and the outline of the event are attached.
Clarkston Art In the WIndows Event Outline
Letter to Business Owners

Minutes of Steering Group
6/1/10
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Minutes of Steering Group
2/12/09
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Minutes of Steering Group
4/11/09
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The Extra - October 8th 2009
9/10/09
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Minutes of Steering Group
6/10/09
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My G76 is an new community magazine for the G76 postcode.
1/10/09
The Clarkston Business Improvement District is supporting the launch of this venture. It is planned that the magazine will come out at the start of each month (first issue out 1st Oct) and have lots of local information including events that are on in the coming month, a local restaurant review, an interview with a local resident, a schools and community groups page and different topical editorial.

Local businesses will advertise their services, please support your local businesses. This is G76's truly local magazine. Run by a resident for the residents!

Newsletter
21/09/09
Newsletter October 2009 now available.

Clarkston BID promoted at the launch of the East Renfrewshire Food Festival
12/09/09
The Clarkston BID team manned a stall at the launch of the East Renfrewshire Food Festival. The event was held as part of the regular Farmer's Market at the Clarkston Hall car parks on Saturday the 12th September. Thanks to Gillian, Lisa and Nuala from the steering comittee for braving a chilly September day to inform the customers of the Farmers Market on the BID.

Minutes of Steering Group
26/07/09
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Minutes of Steering Group
29/06/09
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Clarkston BID Information Session
25/06/09
A session was held at Clarskton Halls to explain to local businesses the progress made on the Clarkston BID. Around 15 businesses attended along with representatives from East Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce, BIDs Scotland and East Renfrewshire Council. The minutes from this meeting are attached and the web site will also be updated shorlty to include the results of the customer and business research that was carried out in early June.
Click to download the minutes from the Information Session.

Newsletter
Newsletter June 2009 now available.
Click to download our Newsletter: June 2009 Issue 1

Clarkston Launch Day Announced
27/05/09
The Clarkston BID will be holding a Launch Day on Monday the 22nd of June at Clarkston Halls. The event will start at 5:30pm for 6:00pm and will run for approximately one hour. At this session there will be members of the Clarkston BID steering group, East Renfrewshire Council and the Project Director of BIDs Scotland to present the findings of the upcoming Business and Shopper surveys being held in Clarkston. There will also be the opportunity for local businesses to ask any questions they might have. If you are a business within the Clarkston BID area you should shortly receive an invite to the event as part of the Business Survey that is
being distributed the week commencing the 1st of June.

Minutes of Steering Group
27/05/09
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Minutes of Steering Group
29/04/09
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Minutes of Steering Group
31/03/09
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Eastwood Today - February 19th 2009
24/03/09
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Nominations for Steering Committee now closed
04/03/09
The closing date for nominations for the steering committee has passed. We are now pulling together the applications and will announce the make up of the steering committee shortly.

Are you interested in becoming a member of the Clarkston BID steering group?
26/02/09
If you are interested in becoming a member of the steering group we are looking for volunteers that have the backing of three other business people (proposers) from the Clarkston area. If you think this may be of interest to you could you e-mail the contact below with your name, business name, address, phone number and the names and contact details of three proposers to gordon.brown@clarkstonbid.com or you can phone on 0141 585 7486.

We have set a deadline of the 27th of February for people to put their names forward. Following this date their will be decision taken on the successful candidates and an inaugural meeting of the steering committee convened.