BID Priorities?
As part of the process of developing this Business Plan we invited all the businesses in the Paignton BID area to complete a questionnaire to tell us what you feel the priorities should be to drive your businesses forward over the next 5 years. You were asked to rank in order of importance the top three of 15 initiatives that you felt were important and to highlight any other areas not listed in the questionnaire. 20% of these questionnaires were returned. This Business Plan reflects the results of that consultation. The chart below illustrates the broad priorities that resulted from that survey.
It clearly shows that Marketing is the over-whelming key concern for Paignton. Security, Street Scene and cleanliness are prioritised
almost equally behind marketing. Issues about Parking and future development of the town were also expressed in unprompted
comments on the returned questionnaires.
Security concerns expressed in the consultation process will be addressed through the future formation of a Business Crime Partnership in conjunction with the newly formed Torquay BID Business Crime Partnership. Information and best practice will be shared.
This Business Plan therefore focuses the BID budget on marketing, promotion, events and presentation as its key priorities for delivering
a more vibrant town centre in Paignton. In addition a key priority will be to ensure that the collective influence of business in Paignton is
utilised to shape policy decisions on development, management and service provision in the BID area.