gyBID

Great Yarmouth Business Improvement District (gyBID)

Directly funded by contributions from town centre businesses the Great Yarmouth Business Improvement District (GY BID) delivers a range of initiatives aimed at making the town centre a safer and more attractive place for people to live, work and visit. The delivery of these initiatives has been managed by the Great Yarmouth Town Centre Partnership (GYTCP), a not-for-profit organisation, which has been managing town centre projects in Great Yarmouth since 1997. Under the leadership of GYTCP the BID was recognised for its high standards and received a national accreditation for Business Improvement Districts in 2024 from The BID Foundation following an independent assessment by the Institute of Place Management.

The current Great Yarmouth Business Improvement District business plan went live from April 2016 following a successful ballot of 216 town centre business rate payers being asked to contribute to the funding of the initiatives via a levy collected by Great Yarmouth Borough Council. This was the fourth renewal ballot for GY BID and of the ballot papers returned, 88% of town centre businesses voted in favour of the BID being renewed. In terms of aggregate ratable value, 94% voted yes. The BID went live in April 2021 and the current BID term is due end in March 2026.

To decide on whether GYBID is to renew for a further term, a ballot od BID levy payers is to take place in March 2026. The ballot requires at least 50% of voters to support the renewal if the projects and initiatives delivered by the Town Centre Partnership on behalf of town centre businesses are to continue. A new Business Plan which provides detail on the proposals being taken forward for a renewal of the Business Improvement District is now available at