Lincoln Business Improvement Group (Lincoln BIG) was created by businesses in Lincoln city centre who voted to establish a Business Improvement District (BID) in April 2005.

Lincoln BIG is a business in its own right and is controlled by a board of directors drawn from stakeholders in the city centre.

The services and initiatives that Lincoln BIG delivers are identified through careful consultation with business and retailers in the BID.

Funding to deliver the services is from a variety of sources:

• A BID levy, equivalent to 1% of rateable value, which is paid by all except very small businesses in the city centre.
• A number of leading investor members such as major landowners who help to fund our activities and have some say in what we do through an investor membership Scheme.
• Income generated through our own trading activities such as security and events.
• Service agreements with the local authorities and others to deliver initiatives to improve the city centre.
• Grants and other funding.

About one third of our revenue comes from the BID levy, one third from trading and investor membership and one third from the grants and services income that we obtain from a range of agencies to improve the city centre.

Lincoln BIG is a not for profit business, we are registered as a company limited by guarantee and any surplus revenues are ploughed back into delivering the aims and objectives of the company.

Our Logo
If you were wondering about the Lincoln BIG logo, it is based on the allium flower. The allium flower is made up of a mass of individual flower heads and BIG has adopted it to represent businesses from different sectors coming together.

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