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The Great Yarmouth Sculpture Trail was officially opened earlier this month, creating an exciting new experience to encourage visitors to the town and explore.

Comprising of 12 brand new artworks specially commissioned for the art trail, visiting them all takes around 1 1/2 to 2 hours following a circular route from the market place to the seafront and back. The recommended starting point is ‘Yarn with Ernie’ located near Lloyds bank in the new market place piazza area.

Funded by the Government’s Town Deal  and Future High Streets Funds, Great Yarmouth Borough Council worked with a number of sculptors and art organisations to create a collection that reflected the best of Great Yarmouth, celebrating its rich maritime and medieval history, its growing presence in the clean energy industry and the town’s culture including its role as a centre for circus and street arts.

Printed trail guides are available from the library in The Place in the Market Place with an electronic version available to download here  https://www.uncoveringyarmouth.org/map/trails/great-yarmouth-arts-trail

A first Business Crime Summit was held in June to provide information and guidance to town centre businesses on retail crime and anti-social behaviour. Hosted in The Hive, the meeting space in The Place, the summit included presentations from Town Centre Partnership of its ShopSafe Crime Reduction Initiative, Great Yarmouth Borough Council on the Public Space Protection Order that went live in April and from the Police Town Centre Beat Management Team. Further presentations included advice of protecting your business from Cyber Crime from the Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre and an overview of the Borough Councils Civic Pride initiative “Together We Can”. The event was attended by over 30 people representing from town centre businesses who had the opportunity to ask questions and discuss their concerns with the speakers. A similar event is being planned for the Autumn.

Following six months of road works and bus route disruptions the improvement works at the Market Gates bus interchange are now complete. The improvements facilitated two-way travel through the bus station for buses allowing northbound services to pick up passengers from the west side of the bus station and proceed directly north towards Caister, Norwich etc. The one-way system around Deneside and King street was reversed to allow buses to enter the bus station from the south along with the one-way system on Regent Street and Regent Road. The improvement works, managed by Norfolk County Council and cost close to £2m, were instigated to generate shorter bus journey times and improved reliability for passengers as well as reducing bus travel on key routes used by other transport users within the town centre. More information can be found at  https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/article/58944/Market-Gates-bus-service-improvement-scheme

The installation of 11 new public space CCTV cameras in and around the town centre will take place in July. These are being added to those that are already be monitored by staff at the Great Yarmouth CCTV control room that operates 24/7. The new camera locations include the Market Place end of St. Nicholas Road, a camera at the North and South apex of the roof of the new covered market, two cameras along The Conge, one near Jims Butchers and the other at the junction with North Quay with a further camera near the Rail Station adjacent to the Vauxhall foot bridge. The remaining cameras are located at the South end of the town in areas identified as crime hot spots by police. The new cameras, installed with funding allocated from the Governments Safer Streets fund and match funded by Great Yarmouth Borough Council, brings the total number of CCTV cameras monitored by the CCTV control, the operation of which is part funded by Great Yarmouth BID and Town Centre Partnership members, to ninety-four cameras.

The Great Yarmouth Business Improvement District (GYBID) has been recognised for its high standards and received a national accreditation for Business Improvement Districts. The BID Foundation’s Industry Standards was awarded to GYBID in recognition of its standards of transparency and responsible governance, following an independent review process.

The BID Foundation, a group of over 70 Business Improvement Districts, has developed the Industry Standards for all BIDs with input from UK government and other national bodies. The Standards highlight information and documentation that should be made publicly accessible and easily identifiable by every BID, and are independently accredited by the Institute of Place Management.

GYBID has passed the Industry Standards accreditation by demonstrating the high standards of aspects including its business plan, governance mechanisms and reporting, Directors and personal interests, and detail on ballot results.