Yorkshire Coast BID to disband after business vote

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Local businesses voted to scrap the organisation in a ballot.

The Yorkshire Coast Business Improvement District will be disbanded after businesses voted against itA company set up to promote, protect and support businesses on the Yorkshire coast will be scrapped after members voted against a new five-year term.

Clive Rowe-Evans, chair of the BID, said, despite the result, the board and wider team were "incredibly proud of what has been achieved over the last five years". The organisation claimed to have supported more than 150 activities in the area between Spurn Point in East Yorkshire and Staithes in the north.'Brought nothing to my business', the BID had sought to raise more than £3m through a mandatory levy on retail, leisure, accommodation and food and drink businesses in the region.Adrian Vodden, the owner of the Revelstoke Hotel in Bridlington, faced action and told the BBC the situation had been "venomous".

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