Public Sector/Business Improvement Districts
A high street worth searching for
Shop-local directories, gift-card and loyalty schemes, event microsites and levy-payer portals — built to drive footfall and prove the value of the levy to your members.
The problem
A BID lives or dies by what it can show its levy-payers. But the town-centre website is often an afterthought — a stale directory, no way to run a gift-card or loyalty scheme, events buried in a PDF, and no portal for members to see what their money funds. Meanwhile commercial booking and loyalty platforms take a cut of every transaction, forever.
Commission-free, not SaaS-rented. We build your directory, gift-card and loyalty tools on your own infrastructure — so you keep 100% of every transaction and own the data, instead of renting it back from a vendor.
What we build
Indicative pricing, always quoted to scope. Most first projects are a single below-threshold award — no formal tender required.
Shop-local directory + event microsite
from £3kA fast, searchable directory of your members, a what’s-on events hub, and town-centre marketing that ranks locally.
Gift-card & loyalty scheme
from £5kA town-wide gift card and loyalty engine on Stripe — recirculate spend on the high street, commission-free.
Levy-payer portal
from £6kA members’ area to show projects, spend and impact — the evidence you need at re-ballot.
Care plan
from £150/moHosting, updates, accessibility re-testing and content changes.
Why Ophir
We are an independent studio that builds fast and bespoke — and as a private company, a BID buys commercially, without a heavyweight tender. We can have a working prototype of your directory or gift-card scheme in your hands within days, not months.
Typical buyer: BID Manager / Operations Lead
What you get
- More footfall from local search and a directory people actually use
- A recirculating gift-card scheme that keeps spend on the high street
- Hard evidence of impact to take into your next re-ballot
Social value you can evidence. Councils must have regard to the National Procurement Policy Statement and the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 — both of which prioritise SME spend and local economic benefit. Since February 2026, below-threshold competitions can also be reserved for local suppliers. As an independent UK SME that hires, trains and spends in its community, awarding work to Ophir helps you evidence all of it.
See it before you commit
We'll build a free working prototype for business improvement districts — your own service, your own brand — and walk you through it. No deck, no obligation.
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