About the BID

The BID is a new opportunity for businesses on Nantwich Road, Crewe town centre and Grand Junction Retail Park to have a stronger voice in the future development and management of improvements across the proposed BID area.

This enables the business community to fund and deliver a new business led programme of improvements that will create a safer, more vibrant and prosperous environment for businesses within the BID area.

Annual Reports

Three Theme Plan

01. Creating a Better Crewe Experience

02. Safer, Cleaner, Greener

03. Connecting Crewe’s Business Communities

Key Objectives

The plan to create a stronger and more connected Crewe business community would:

  • Deliver a business-led agenda, representing BID Business by influencing and working with strategic partners
  • Sustainably grow the number of visitors and consumers with high quality, sustained marketing and promotion of BID businesses
  • Build the right environment to support existing companies and attract new businesses to the Crewe BID area
  • Create an animated, vibrant and engaging destination
  • Deliver £1.6million of added value investment

The BID Board

The Crewe Business Improvement District (BID) Board provides leadership and accountability on behalf of levy-paying businesses, with responsibility for making decisions on how BID investment is spent and for prioritising improvements that deliver the commitments set out in the BID proposal. The Board brings together a balanced mix of independent businesses and larger national or regional operators, with representation from key areas including Crewe town centre, Nantwich Road and the Grand Junction Retail Park, ensuring that investment decisions reflect the needs of the whole BID area. Any business or organisation liable to pay the BID levy can put forward a representative for appointment, creating a board that is business-led and locally informed. 

Graham Saunders

General Manager, South Cheshire Glass LTD

Bio - Chair of the BID

Graham is a local businessman who has been managing one of the largest home improvement companies in the area for the last 10 years. Graham has joined the Crewe BID board to put his experience and expertise at the disposal of the business community of Crewe. He is looking forward to adding valuable insight and experience to the board, ultimately playing his part in developing and improving Crewe town to a thriving place that the people of Crewe and surrounding areas can be proud of.

Juliet Davies

PR & Social Media Manager, United Carpets

Bio

Juliet’s husband Eddie has owned United Carpets on Nantwich Road since 2010. Juliet believes joining the board would be a great opportunity to be a part of taking Crewe forward and increasing its profile across the region and nationally, and will play an important role in attracting investment, improving street cleaning and security, making the town a better place to live for its own residents, and more attractive to visitors. She has experience working in the media and will utilise her connections for the benefit of the Crewe BID Company LTD.

Rowena Buckley

Solicitor, Hibberts LLP

Bio

Rowena has worked for Hibberts for 8 years, working in litigation of commercial and civil disputes. Working between HIbbets Crewe and Nantwich Offices she serves clients across South Cheshire through corporate and individual cases.

Claire Semonin

Branch Manager, Nationwide Building Society

Bio

Claire has worked for Nationwide for over 10 years, being the Branch Manager in Crewe for 3 years.

She will bring valuable insight due to the years she has worked in the customer service sector, especially supporting people and businesses with financial health.

Claire believes that Crewe has so much potential and is eager to help in any way she can to support and develop the business community in Crewe, making it the place to be.

Stuart Manifould

 Chief Operating Officer, Crewe Youth Zone

Bio

Stuart is an innovative and creative Director and Chief Operating Officer who has established a record of achievements in leadership roles in sport, including Cheshire Football Association, Cheshire Football Centre and his own company SGM Sport Limited.

He is proficient in implementing effective strategies and best practice techniques to fulfil objectives and ensure continued progression of projects. As a forward-thinking professional, Stuart is accomplished in project managing programmes and adept at procuring funding and sponsorship to facilitate these through utilising his negotiating skillset and collaborative working with key stakeholders.

Josh Jones

Inspector – Cheshire Police

 

Richard Weilding

Business Advisor

Bio

Since Richard’s retirement from banking he has assisted several companies on a business advisory level, including securing funding from lending sources and SWAP (Mis- selling). Richard is a non-executive director at the Wishing Well Project.

Mark Hills

Chief Executive Officer, YMCA Crewe

Bio

Mark was a member of the initial steering group set up to develop a Business Improvement District for Crewe. He believes that the YMCA plays a key part to plan in the ongoing development of Crewe and is looking forward to supporting the Crewe BID Company, and the business community of Crewe, in generating further investment for the town.

Ben Clark

Head of Investment Management, Direct Real Estate UK, UBS Asset Management (UK) Limited

Bio

Ben is a representative from Grand Junction Retail Park, keen to ensure that businesses across the BID area all benefit from the investment made from the BID

Matthew Whiteley

Director, Property Management. Savills

Bio

He currently heads the Savills out of town property management team and has links with the retailers property managers association (PMA) and a close working relationship with most of the big letting agents and many of the retailers involved in the sector. Matthew has won four PMA Platinum Awards for excelling in service charge best practice as well as an additional gold PMA award.

The BID Team

The Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire & Merseyside BID Team provides a comprehensive management service for the Crewe Business Improvement Company Limited, and we are the first point of contact for any issues, problems or queries that you may have.

If there is anything at all that you need advice on, have a problem with, or need directing to a specific contact to rectify an issue, then please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.

If there are any ideas for improvement, or something you would like to see implemented within the town, please let us know. There are plenty of opportunities to provide us with feedback or share your ideas for improvement. You can request a visit, attend an annual general meeting, email or call.

Rose Horner

Crewe BID Manager

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Laura Diffey

Programme Manager

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Ani Budd

BCRP Manager

Advisory Members

Advisory board members act as strategic partners, supporting the BID by helping to shape wider services, place management and long-term improvements across Crewe. Cheshire East Council, Cheshire Police and Crewe Town Council are invited to attend relevant meetings in an advisory capacity, strengthening collaboration and joined-up delivery, and they may also nominate a formal Board member where eligible.

Lindsay Lewis

 

Jez Goodman

 

Simona Garnero

Download the BID Proposal

The BID Area

Download the BID Proposal