The Preston BID proposals, unveiled earlier this month, aim to deliver a £1.5 million programmer over three years to improve old city centre.

Hugh Evans, who is coordinator of the BID initiative on behalf of the North and Western Lancashire Camber of Commerce, said: “However the BID is not just about providing a benefit for individual businesses in the city centre.

"The BID is also all about encouraging businesses to work together as a business community to develop a more vibrant and sustainable city centre.

“By investing collectively as a business community businesses will be able to generate a far bigger bang for their individual buck with the clout to get things done.”

In this year, big business is being urged to come together in a bid to make Lancashire a driving force in the region’s economy. Preston is city in Lancashire, some local businesses are being urged to work together and get behind proposals for a Business Improvement District (BID) in the city centre. This Business Improvement District want improve the city centre as a vibrant place where to shop, to live work, and visit.
The University of Central Lancashire (uclan) is one of the biggest landowners and businesses in Preston have said they will agree this business plan. A spokesman said: “The universities support the business Improvement District and see this as a major step forward in enhancing the vibrant city centre environment.”