Skipton BID Newsletter – December 2025
Attract visitors to your business and make 2026 your best year ever!
This upbeat marketing workshop will help you to spot current and future trends and to build stories to help promote your organisation.
The session will be run by Susan Briggs, Director of the Tourism Network, who has supported over 8,500 tourism and hospitality businesses to develop success.
This workshop will be held at Elsworth at the Mill on January 21st and is free thanks to UKSPF funding.
We are very pleased to fully fund Street Marshals to return and support welfare in our town over the busy festive period.
Two trained professionals will patrol Skipton town centre on five different dates during Christmas and New Year.
The aim is to provide welfare and safety support to Skipton’s evening and late-night community over one of the busiest times of the year.
All aboard for the first Tourism on Track event of 2026!
Taking place at the historic Bolton Abbey Station during English Tourism Week (13 – 22 March), the event invites attractions, accommodation providers, and tourism businesses from across the county to climb aboard to celebrate the start of a busy season for the visitor economy.
The event will feature a literature exchange, giving attractions the chance to share marketing materials with hotels, B&Bs, and self-catering providers.
There will also be plenty of time to connect with industry peers.
Looking for some Christmas shopping? Well why not head into Magpie to make the most of this brilliant offer!
Open to BID Member businesses, all you need to do is show the advert in-store to get a discount…
Head into the store in Albion Yard today, you might just find that perfect present!
The Body Shop on the High Street has launched an offer for our town’s brilliant retail community!
Anyone working at a retail firm in Skipton is eligible for a 10% discount in-store at The Body Shop.
All you have to do is show your staff ID card and the team will happily apply the discount!
Skipton BID is pleased to share details of an upcoming offer from media partner, Your Skipton!
Open to BID Member businesses in Skipton, the offer includes 100 radio ads, commercial production and a 4-week competition to kick off 2026!
Priced at £250 per month, this will help your business to reach thousands of users online and listeners on the radio waves…
Contact Your Skipton Radio to find out more information and to sign up.
The Skipton Nutcracker Trail will remain in place over the Christmas period and into the New Year!
Fully funded by the BID, the trail aims to drive people into the town centre to support businesses at such an important time of the year.
The ten Nutcrackers will remain in place until January 4th – so if you’re looking for some fun for all of the family don’t miss out!
We are looking forward to delivering further beneficial training workshops for our business community in 2026.
From First Aid and Complaint Handling, to Lone Working and SCAN training, we offer FREE workshops throughout the year to support our Members.
What workshops would you like to see on offer in 2026?
Email us on info@skiptonbid.com to let us know!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
All of us at Skipton BID would like to wish our town a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
It’s been another jam-packed year for us at the BID as we’ve worked hard to deliver different campaigns, events and services all to support our business community.
We’ve got some VERY exciting plans coming up next year, so watch this space…
However you’re celebrating, we hope you have a fantastic festive period and look forward to another amazing year in 2026!
For visitor information
please visit…
www.welcometoskipton.com
