Abbey Quarter Business Improvement District 

Businesses in the Abbey Quarter voted in favour of the Business Plan to establish an Abbey Quarter BID  2019-24 which will build on the track record of success of the existing Reading Central BID.  Between them, both BIDs  will generate over £5 million extra investment in initiatives and services to make their areas safer, more attractive, business friendly and connected over the next five years.

The Abbey Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) is an area covered by a member-funded and governed set of initiatives. The current BID’s five-year term runs from 2019-24.  Use the navigation on the right to find out more about the area the BID covers, the BID Business Plan, services, news and contacts. 

December 2021 - Reading Green BIDs report

Reading UK, with our Business Improvement District Chairs Andy Briggs and Andrew Whittaker, recently held a ground breaking webinar as part of the Reading Climate Festival with the intention to formalise a 'Green BID framework’. The framework is being designed to recognise what individual companies and the collective BID activities are doing towards reducing our carbon footprint. As part of that process we also plan to identify gaps where we can start planning new 'green' initiatives and services. Read the report>>>