24.06.2026

1. Welcome and Apologies
Present: Andrew McRaewelcomed those present:Arthur Mustart, Roddy Smith, KatBrogan, Linzy Leroy, Diane Brown, Elin Williamson and Jim Galloway
Apologies were noted for Neil Christison and Denzil Skinner

2. Draft Minute of last meeting for approval: The minutes of the last meeting 27 May wereapproved
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3. Review of rolling action log: 
‍Funding.  Still no word from STP/SG.  No problem anticipated, the approval processis taking longer than expectedCEC Funding on hold until theSTP/SG approve Seedcorn Grant.  Note CECagree to underwrite costs to date in the unlikely event that STP/SG funding isnot forthcoming

AppointmentsDiane Brown has been appointedand will support the BID one day per week. Duties split broadly with Jim doing business and stakeholder engagement,Diane doing boundary models, NDR data.  

‍Boundary and LevyThree boundary models had beenproduced Small, Medium and Large. Steering group agreed the Medium Boundary should be further developedLevy rate, threshold and cap tomatch that being proposed by EE: 1.5%; £30,000 threshold; £25,000 cap
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4. Progress and budget position 
As Above

5. Open discussion on next steps
The group discussed the nextsteps to agree the proposed boundary and launch the next stage of consultationwith eligible businesses.  Key todiscussions around future BID services will be to build a case for leveragingTVL revenue.

Significant exercise to consultmajor levy-payers and stakeholders.   Feedback and results of theinitial survey now uploaded on website.  E-bulletinshould be updated monthly, sent to a growing database of businesses.

CEC updated on a new grantprogramme from TVL revenue providing grants of up to £15k to constituted groupsto fund new initiatives which benefit the Visitor Economy.  This will launch in the autumn.  

6. Agenda items for next full Steering Group: None raised

7. Any other business: None 

8. Next meeting 29 July 1100