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Morecambe BID launches its 2024 Morecambe calendar with the help of youngsters

By |2023-11-03T17:39:05+00:00November 3rd, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Earlier this year Morecambe Business Improvement District (BID) asked primary school students in the District to get their artistic heads on, grab their pencils and paintbrushes, and come up with designs for this years’ Morecambe calendar. The kids were asked to draw or paint their favourite Morecambe scene – and we weren’t disappointed. Prizes We received [...]

Local paint firm donates eco-friendly stain for the Morecambe planters

By |2023-07-23T18:48:23+01:00July 17th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Morecambe Business Improvement District (BID), with the help of some enthusiastic volunteers, has painted all the planters on the promenade and Victoria St in eco-friendly stain kindly donated by Lakeland Paints from Middleton Business Park. The planters have been on the promenade for four years now and have benefitted from the addition of bike racks last [...]

Time and Tide – Video for North Lancashire

By |2023-07-24T12:58:49+01:00June 30th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Time and Tide – Video for North Lancashire. The two local Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), Lancaster and Morecambe, have collaborated with Dave Guest (ex-BBC North West reporter) to produce a short, promotional video for Lancaster and Morecambe titled Time and Tide. The video extols the virtue of spending time in both Lancaster and Morecambe and highlights [...]

New unique benches for Morecambe

By |2023-07-24T20:36:00+01:00May 12th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Morecambe Business Improvement District (BID) has installed 10 unique wooden benches, on the BID planters, down the business-side of the promenade and on Victoria Street in Morecambe. Each bench is made from sustainably-harvested timber and is left with a waney-edge (live edge) on the outward-facing side. The benches all have a unique story engraved into them [...]

Hospitality Matters – it really does.

By |2023-07-24T20:27:38+01:00March 30th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Morecambe Business Improvement District (BID) and Lancaster and Morecambe College (LMC) are collaborating with Dave Guest (ex-BBC North West reporter) to produce a series of videos aimed at different industry sectors in the local area to highlight issues around employability and what benefits working in these industries offer. In the first video ‘Hospitality Matters’ Dave interviews [...]

Morecambe’s Sparkling On

By |2021-12-22T11:46:41+00:00December 22nd, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

From Wednesday 22nd December people may notice a change when driving or walking down the promenade in Morecambe. For the next few weeks Morecambe will be lit up with extra seasonal lighting including 24 new programmable Christmas cones, lighting of the buildings of significance, and some public realm features. This is all part of the 2021 [...]

Street safety patrols to support late night revellers in Morecambe

By |2021-12-07T09:26:00+00:00December 7th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

Licensed security officers will be helping to patrol Morecambe’s streets on the run-up to Christmas in a bid to improve safety and provide support to late night revellers.Morecambe Business Improvement District (BID), supported by funding from the Lancaster District Community Safety Partnership, are working with ICU security to provide the safety patrols. Operating out of a [...]

Gully hand puppet

By |2021-08-05T14:59:55+01:00August 5th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

Gully has been immortalised in a limited-edition, high-quality 'Gully of Morecambe' hand puppet, complete with a little red bandana. Available for just £10 from the places listed below Gully makes a perfect present for Christmas (sorry for the early mention), birthdays, and visitors. All proceeds go to local charities. Gully is available from the following outlets: [...]

Overwhelming support for continuation of Morecambe BID.

By |2021-08-02T14:03:38+01:00August 2nd, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

Businesses in Morecambe have overwhelmingly voted yes to renewing the town’s Business Improvement District (BID). Turnout in the ballot was 36.95% with 89.65% of businesses by number voting in favour and 80.2% in favour by rateable value. The vote was independently managed by Civica Electoral Services. The successful ballot means that the Morecambe BID will remain [...]

Morecambe BID launches the Food & Drink Trail for 2021

By |2021-06-14T10:37:57+01:00June 14th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

Morecambe Business Improvement District (BID) has updated its successful food and drink trail to highlight the variety of foods and beverages that Morecambe has to offer visitors and residents alike. This is especially important this year as we expect to welcome record numbers of visitors in town due to Staycations. The update includes all the new [...]

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