Objective 2

The Bracknell BID has hosted its latest Basic Life Support Awareness Training Session at Ozone Ice Rink, Bracknell in the Southern Business Area. This session provided attendees with potentially life saving knowledge on what to do in an emergency situation when someone is unresponsive, effectively performing CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), give them confidence to save a […]

The Bracknell BID is delighted to support the Bracknell Foodbank based at Kerith Community Church on Church Road. Bracknell Foodbank is part of a national network of foodbanks, giving out nutritionally balanced emergency food to people in financial crisis who have nowhere else to turn. The BID has donated a total of £1,500 to the

The BID has launched a new 5K walking/running route around the Southern and Western Business Area. The BID arranged and funded 5K Healthy Walk/Run Route ties into Objective 2 Business growth and investment, which aims to support businesses in Bracknell to grow, develop and invest by creating a great working environment to operate effectively and

The Bracknell BID was delighted to host a webinar with Activate Learning (Bracknell & Wokingham College) on the Kickstart Scheme. Rebecca Iley joined from Activate Learning to provide information to businesses on the Kickstart Scheme and Activate Learning’s offer. The webinar, which was filmed live, can be seen here. For more details on the Kickstart

According to the South Central Ambulance Service, less than one in ten people in the UK survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Two of the biggest factors contributing to this low number are that there aren’t enough people prepared to perform CPR when someone has a cardiac arrest, and that there aren’t enough defibrillators available across

You could receive a grant of up to £5,000 to replace old inefficient equipment. Low Carbon Workspaces helps small to medium sized businesses to identify and fund projects that will reduce their energy, waste, water and fuel costs and improve their resource efficiency. The scheme ties into Objective 2 Business growth and investment, which aims

The Bracknell BID is delighted to support the Bracknell Foodbank based at Kerith Community Church on Church Road. It is hoped the donation, made up from a voluntary contribution from a local business to the BID, will help local people experiencing hardship in Bracknell particularly in the run up to Christmas. . This year there

The BID is working with Activate Learning (Bracknell & Wokingham College), a registered Gateway Organisation for the Kickstart Scheme, supporting unemployed people aged between 16 and 24 years old who are funded by the government to be employed for 6 months, with the government paying the employer the minimum wage and other payroll costs.  The

The BID is working  with Thames Valley Police to create a dedicated and visible police presence in the area which works closely with businesses, developing important relationships with businesses to support them in preventing crime. Providing PCSOs to the Bracknell BID area ties into Objective 2.3b to maintain and develop schemes which share and provide

Introducing the Bracknell BID Business Crime Reduction Service The Bracknell BID Business Crime Reduction Service (BCRS) seeks to improve the collation of crime and disorder intelligence across our business areas through our dedication crime-reporting portal (DISC). We are delighted to launch this service with the support of the National Business Crime Solution (NBCS), a national