BUSINESSES in Brecon have just over a day left to take a short survey on trading conditions in the town as part of a study that could be used to set up a regeneration body.
The survey of business views is one of the steps being taken as part of a feasibility study for a potential business improvement district (BID) for Brecon.
BIDs are business-led and business-funded regeneration projects, fixed for up to five years, and they generally deliver projects designed to improve the trading environments for the business communities that they represent.
A ballot of businesses would have to be held before a Brecon BID could be established and it would be funded by a levy imposed on businesses which is based on the rateable value of the properties they occupy and typically set at between 1% and 2%.
Powys-based regeneration company Revive & Thrive has been commissioned by Powys County Council and Brecon Chamber of Trade with funding from the Welsh Government and the Brecon Beacons National Park, to develop the feasibility study, a key aspect of which is to understand business views on whether or not they would like to see the BID progress to ballot later on this year.
The survey, which needs to be completed by Friday, March 8 can be found by visting the Revive & Thrive website at https://reviveandthrive.co.uk/brecon-bid-2/