BID claim they have levered £135,000 in additional funds, money that would not have been secured and will have gone elsewhere if it had not been for BID. But we show here this is a lie, so how can we believe anything they are saying?
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We are wondering what a business has to do (or be), for BID to be gracious enough to let off one business from paying the levy, but not another?
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In the interests of fairness of a ballot without Council influence we encourage both yes and no voting businesses to sign this petition.
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We showed you that BID has made payments to the town council of £58k, and here we show you the £44k BID paid the district council.
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The businesses of Minehead have been told BID is for the businesses, decided on by the business, but how can this be true if block council voting influences the ballot result?
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Take a read of this report and you can see how insignificant BID's contribution is thought to be in the bigger picture of Minehead's economic prosperity.
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We can see that BID has had a negative psychological effect on too many of the towns businesses, wouldn’t it be nicer if we weren’t divided by BID and instead were positively pulling together in the same direction?
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BID is an ‘exclusive club’ of selected business, and if you’re not ‘specially selected’ to pay the BID tax you’re not part of the club and don’t ‘benefit’ from BID activities or have a say in your town through BID.
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Let’s talk money because after all that’s what BID is all about, the only reason BID exists is to tax / legally force money from some Minehead businesses.
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The question to ask yourself is not what the alternative BID is, that’s the psychological blackmail line they want you to think about, but instead simply ask yourself what will life without BID be like for your business?
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Here you can view and access download links for the Vote No campaign posters and leaflets.
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Minehead BID have been updating their website, but seems they are also going about 'hiding evidence' in response to the backlash they've received recently.
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Why are only businesses selected by the BID Directors to pay the BID tax, taking the financial weight for Minehead on their shoulders? Wouldn’t it be fairer if all businesses paid a lesser amount?
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It's clear which Minehead BID levy payer gets a great financial return from BID!
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How much money has Minehead BID has saved your business?
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The BID Manager arrogantly threatens to remove levy payers from BID chat group for providing honest feedback.
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It’s sad to hear of fellow businesses getting threatened by bailiffs to collect the BID levy, we just don’t need this upset.
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Even the BID Manager recognises that Butlins and the weather are the biggest drivers of footfall to Minehead!
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A year in advance of the ballot BID have been more focussed in throwing money at consultants to help them win the reballot rather than helping the businesses.
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The Council asks for money from the BID and the Council gets money from the BID - just because they are friends showing goodwill!
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