Welcome to the November
Loughborough BID update

This November our business spotlight will be on the night time economy including bars, pubs, restaurants, venues and takeaways. Our promotion will include daily posts on all our social media channels and will include any offers, deals or special promotions you’re running on the lead up to Christmas. If you would like to be included then please send the details along with any images or video content you have to Marina Loica Ambassador@loveloughborough.co.uk

Halloween activities

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Halloween promotion which included the Love Loughborough Halloween Spooktacular on Sunday 27^th October. It was very successful and well attended and we’re planning to build on this pilot event for 2025.

Events calendar

Over the next two months, there are lots of festive events and promotions to be involved in, including:

Eco Christmas Market – Sunday 3^rd November
Remembrance Day - Sunday 10th November
Loughborough Fair - Wednesday 13th - Saturday 16th November
Elf on the Shelf – Friday 29^th November – Sunday 22^nd December
Christmas Lights switch on – Friday 29^th November
Christmas Market – Saturday 30^th November
Santa Fun Run and big screen cinema – Sunday 1^st December
Gardeners' Christmas Fair – Sunday 8^th December
Christmas Food and Drink Festival – Sunday 22^nd December

The Love Loughborough team will be providing free Christmas wrapping at the events on Saturday 30^th November, Sunday 8^th December and Sunday 22^nd December.

Christmas campaign

Our Christmas campaign will start on 29^th November with the Christmas Lights Switch on and the launch of Elf on the Shelf. If you’d like to be included in this campaign then please let us know by Tuesday 12^th November and we’ll make sure you receive an elf to display in store and are included in all the printed and online promotions.

BID’s Festive Lighting Scheme – Shop front icicles & High Street festive lights

We are regrettably having to suspend our festive lighting scheme for 2024. Having far exceeded their shelf life, the lights are now not fit for purpose and need completely replacing.

Charnwood Borough Council, however, has invested in new festive lights for the town centre which will see a spectacular festive lighting display stretching from Church Gate to Ward’s End (including Biggin Street), High Street, Market Street & Ashby Square and new tree lights in Granby Street Car Park. The coverage will extend significantly from the core areas previously lit up.

BID will continue to seek future external funding for reinvestment in the shop front scheme, but we are sure that the town will look very impressive this year with the investment provided by Charnwood.

Car park review

Thank you to everyone who submitted their objections to the council’s car parking review. We have the following update:

'The consultation has now closed, and we are working through the responses. Depending on what these tell us we will be providing an update to our Cabinet to advise of the findings and if there are any changes to the proposed charging schedule that was consulted on. We will then be taking a report back to Cabinet to make a final decision on the parking charges. It is currently planned for this to be in December, but this is subject to change at this time. We will keep you informed on the process and subsequent decision.'

We will be in touch soon with another Loughborough BID update.

The Love Loughborough Team

2 High Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 2PY, United Kingdom

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Welcome to the November Loughborough BID update

Welcome to the November
Loughborough BID update