Isle of Bute
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
Bute Businesses Driving Change
Business Breakfast
Thursday 25th April 2024 at Bute Yard
Talking Tourism with Cathy Craig, CEO Argyll & the Isles Tourism Cooperative Ltd
For the first in our series of Business Breakfasts we are delighted to welcome Cathy Craig as our guest speaker. Cathy is an experienced Executive with Board experience and Commercial, Marketing, Sales, Business Development, and People Change skills across a range of industries. Her particular strengths are in business growth, enterprise and strategy development and implementation. Since moving to Scotland, she has held Commercial Director roles at Calmac Ferries, Scotrail and Entrepreneurial Scotland. She is currently involved in Scottish tourism development through her CEO role at Argyll & Isles Tourism Cooperative and two terms as a non-exec Director on the board of VisitScotland. She also sits on the policy working group at the Scottish Tourism Alliance and is a Women’s Enterprise Scotland Ambassador.
Programme:
8am Welcome and breakfast.
8.15am Marketing Bute: An Update for Local Businesses
Cathy will provide the latest information on visitor trends, giving insights on how businesses can adapt their offering to make the most of these.
9am Coffee refills and networking time (after this point participants who are not staying to take part in the workshop may leave)
9.30am Workshop: Developing New Visitor Products
The aim of this participative workshop is to enable businesses to gain an understanding of how to create new visitor products with an interactive walkthrough of a simple product development process. Working alongside other businesses on Bute we will explore best practices and visitor insights to inform new ideas. Participants will leave with an action plan and case studies from other areas of Argyll & the Isles.
12noon Close
This event is FREE to all Bute BID levy-paying businesses and voluntary members of Bute BID, otherwise the cost will be £10 per person.
Advance Booking is essential, via the following link:
Seasonal Workers Required
for Isle of Bute BID Ltd
The Isle of Bute BID Ltd. are looking for energetic and reliable individuals to help us create a welcoming seating area in the centre of Rothesay between April and October 2024. The job will entail setting out the tables and chairs daily at the Amphitheatre on Montague Street and at Guildford Square as well as maintaining the areas.
Set up in the morning will be 9am-10am and pack up and put away in the evening will be 5pm-6pm, 7 days a week. We therefore aim to have a bank of workers and hours will be flexible by mutual agreement. It is anticipated that each worker will work on average between 6-10 hours a week and will be paid £12 an hour (Real Living Wage Scotland).
Interested parties please complete the form below by 1st April 2024 at the latest:
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BID Membership
Having reviewed various aspects of BID governance we are now inviting formal applications for BID membership. BID Members are entitled to attend general meetings including the AGM; vote and propose resolutions. All existing levy-payers may apply for full membership, using the link below. Non-levy payers who wish to obtain BID services may apply for Voluntary Membership, which incurs an annual contribution of £100. Voluntary Members may attend the AGM but do not have a vote. To fill out the form please click the link below:
We've Moved!
In response to requests from levy-payers to make savings in our administrative costs, we decided to move out of our previous shop premises and are now based in the offices of Bute Fabrics.
Our new postal address is: 4 Barone Road, Rothesay, PA20 0DP.
Our new telephone number is: 07538 264649.
If you would like to arrange an appointment please phone or email info@butebid.com.
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