BID 2nd Term & Notice of Result of Ballot

BID Second Term

Visit Great Yarmouth/Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area (GYTABIA) worked to launch a campaign to win a second five-year term of funding investing half a million pounds a year back into the borough.

Hundreds of local businesses voted in Summer 2019 on whether to keep Visit Great Yarmouth/Greater Yarmouth Tourism and Business Improvement Area for another 5 year term.

We were pleased to be able to announce that the notice of result of ballot published by Great Yarmouth Borough Council on the 6th August 2019 was in favour of another 5 year term and will have the means to continue to support and fund many projects throughout the borough in the future.  The result is available below for you to download here

BID Ballot Notice of Result 2019

The Greater Yarmouth BID stages events such as the Summer Fireworks in Great Yarmouth, Hemsby & Gorleston. It supports initiatives like the award-winning Filby In Bloom and promotes the area through various mediums of PR.

In its first five years the BID supported more than 40 events – including the Wheels Festival and Arts Festival – 30 marketing initiatives, and 35 projects aimed at improving facilities from seafront lighting to floral displays.

Over this period the impact of that work has seen day trippers rise from 5.6m to 6m, and the value of overnight stays rise from £249m to £263m. The number of jobs in the tourism sector has gone up from 11,500 to 12,500. See the latest figures in a report which shows the Economic Impact of Tourism 2021 which is located under the Research drop down menu.

Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA is one of 300 Business Improvement Areas (BIDs) in the UK, which use levy-payers money to fund events, marketing and facility improvements to attract more visitors and spending power for the benefit of the local economy.

The Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA is about investing in the future of the Borough