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PAGE 10 • FESTIVE NEWS • DECEMBER 2015 NEW LOOK FOR CITY CENTRE Hereford’s historic city centre is about to get a make-over. Plans are being prepared to bring it into line with 21st century shopping and technology trends. at the GRANDSTAND Grandstand Road, Hereford HR4 9NH www.hungryhorse.co.uk/christmas-enquiry MUMFORD LOW BAKE CENTRE LOCAL FAMILY RUN BUSINESS CAR, COMMERCIAL ACCIDENT & BODY REPAIRS • HIGH QUALITY OVEN REFINISHING • INSURANCE WORK UNDERTAKEN • SPRAYING FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR ALMOST ANYTHING • RECOVERY AVAILABLE ON REQUEST • FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT • COURTESY CARS • FREE WRITTEN ESTIMATES • MICRO DENT REMOVAL TEL: [phone] MOB: [phone] TSS Unit 3/4 Sweetmans Yard, Plough Lane, Hereford, HR4 0EE d [email protected] TUPSLEY SERVICE STATION WORKSHOPS LOCAL TESTING & SERVICING BY SKILLED MECHANICS 19 Beech Business Park, Tillington Road, Hereford Tel: [phone] The £250,000 a year project is being masterminded by the shopkeepers and businesses themselves over the next five years as part of a Government sponsored Business Improvement District scheme (BID) funded by an extra 1% levy on their business rates. The first priority was a big clean-up and tidying up empty and neglected shop fronts.. Two Handymen, Chris Wood and Steve Ball are employed by BID and as well as keeping the city centre tidy will be doing a host of jobs from repairs to painting. To help them, BID has bought a mechanical ‘hoover’ to pick up litter. Council contractor, Balfour Beatty is still responsible for general street cleaning and emptying rubbish bins, but Steve and Chris will be doing the ‘deep clean’ bits. But as well as looking smarter, BID aims to make the city smarter at promoting and marketing itself to potential visitors and will be undertaking market surveys. Utilising the latest technology plays a big part in Hereford’s future, including free Wi-Fi for shoppers and a FaceWatch app which will give businesses the opportunity to share information about shoplifting and antisocial behaviour. The refurbishment of High Town and nearby streets is also on the cards. A new ‘Open for Business’ website will trumpet what Hereford offers shoppers.. The windows of empty shops are being covered by interesting photographic images.. In another welcome move, BID is jet cleaning the nightmare Eign Gate underpass. And, not forgetting the Christmas shopping bonanza … BID will be promoting Hereford as the best town in the region for festive shopping. Herefordshire Council has also just announced plans for a £2.5m refurbishment of High Town and Commercial Street, another positive move which will ensure the historic city centre will be able to compete with the Old Market development were all units are now leased.. Thankfully Its Our City set up to halt the regeneration of Hereford failed to torpedo the plans to revitalise the city’s fast declining fortune as the region’s main shopping destination. Hereford is once again a bustling city attracting thousands more shoppers. It is going to be Hectic Hereford this Christmas! Chris Wood operates the litter gulper ... four times quicker than manual cleaning. Steve Ball, the other half of the dynamic duo dedicated to keep the city centre in tip top condition. SABATO UNISEX HAIR SALON For a cut above the rest why not visit Sabato for all sorts of cuts A very Happy Christmas to all our customers at 3a St Peters Square, above Tanners Wines Tel: [phone] Sabato at ‘Headlines’ No. 15, The Oval, Belmont Tel: [phone] RJ THOMAS BRICKWORK, BLOCKWORK AND GROUND WORK CONTRACTOR Parklands, Attwood Lane, Holmer, Hereford HR1 1JY Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] Web:www.rj-thomas.co.uk Registered office: Attwood Lane, Holmer, Hereford HR1JY. Registered No. 4702746. VAT Reg No 5943987 75 Company Directors: RJ Thomas, RA Thomas