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The 2026 Newport Now BID annual general meeting will take place on Thursday, March 12. The meeting - which is open to all BID levy payers - will take place at the Mercure Newport on Upper Dock Street. The latest BID open meeting will follow the AGM. Please see attached your invitation and the formal notice of AGM. There will be welcome drinks on arrival from 5.30pm, with the AGM starting at 6pm prompt. The open meeting will follow at the close of the AGM. We expect the evenin

Congratulations to all businesses in the BID area shortlisted for the inaugural Newport Business Awards. BID members in with the chance of winning at the black-tie awards ceremony being held at Rodney Parade on Thursday, March 19, are shortlisted in the following categories: Best BID Independent Business of the Year Brown Bear Games Gallery 57 Jamieson's Juice Bar New Pastures Home Number One Real Estate Creative & Digital Business of the Year HayMan Media Riverfront Theatre

As we move towards the end of the financial year, many businesses are already fully engaged in finalising their budgets for the 2026-27 period. Cost control – particularly as statutory payments such as business rates, minimum wage and National Insurance are on the increase – is vital to ensuring that successful businesses continue to be so. That doesn’t necessarily mean cuts. But it does mean identifying opportunities to streamline operations and protect profit margins. In an

Multi-million selling chart-topper and TV star Peter Andre has today been revealed as the headline live act for Newport Now BID’s Countdown to Christmas  spectacular. Running from 2pm to 5.30pm on Saturday, November 15, Countdown to Christmas  will feature live music, fairground rides and celebrity guests, culminating in the official switching on of Newport’s city centre 2025 Christmas lights and a breath-taking fireworks display. Pop star, TV presenter and actor Peter Andre