MEMBER BENEFITS
Welcome to your dedicated services page. The Member Offers area is the number one spot for members to discover offers from local businesses, jobs and much, much more.
A place to find timely taxis, spotless cleaners or comfy hotels, it’s a local directory with a difference. It’s all recommended by your fellow Ferndown & Udden estate businesses. So make sure you add your favourite and best local contacts and suppliers, and check back regularly for some great offers.
Business Cost Savings (Meerkat)
Consortia purchasing discounts (coming soon)
Business to business discounts
Subsidised travel
Security Group
In order to help progress actions to enhance security on the estates a Security Group has been established. The Security Group also includes Dorset Police and SWL who provide evening and weekend security for the estates together with security specialists from levypayers.
BID Factfile
A Business Improvement District enables groups of businesses to join together and commission improvement projects. Covering both industrial estates your BID is managed by the Ferndown and Uddens BID Ltd. The BID generates an income through a levy of 1.25p in the pound of rateable value for each business ratepayer over £7,500. Since 2014 the BID has delivered significant improvements that have enhanced the trading environment for our business community. In 2019 businesses on the estate endorsed this mandate by a 73% support for the new Business Plan.
What's our mission?
To implement the Business Plan and to continuously improve the trading and working environment on the Estates, so that it is a great and safe place to do business and to work. The Ferndown & Uddens BID is here to bring genuine improvements and value to the business community on the Estates. The BID developed out of the collaborations of the Ferndown and Uddens Business Forum and Security Association. Thanks to the support of businesses through the initial ballot in 2014 and the renewal ballot in 2019 together with our partner organisations the BID has been able to make real improvements for the business community. 350 businesses. 3,500 people. One voice.