Ipswich Central is the Business Improvement District (BID) for the town centre, waterfront, and 'Connected Town' area.
News
Andrew Wood, Chief Revenue Officer at Ipswich Town Football Club, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Ipswich Central, the Business Improvement District (BID) for Ipswich town centre and waterfront.
Opinion
Lee Walker, Ipswich Central CEO and the person who first proposed the funding model behind Ipswich's culture strategy, responds to our earlier feature, arguing the real question is whether Ipswich believes culture can drive its economy, with or without the City of Culture title.
News
Ipswich Borough Council has appointed Lee Walker and Jess March as chairs of the new Pride in Place Neighbourhood Boards for Stoke Park and Whitehouse, following a recruitment process.
News
Ipswich businesses have voted overwhelmingly to renew the Ipswich Central Business Improvement District (BID), securing a fresh five-year mandate to continue town centre investment until 2032.
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Ipswich Borough Council has voted to support the renewal of the town centre Business Improvement District, backing a fifth consecutive five-year term that would see Ipswich Central manage a £4.6m programme of town centre investment between 2027 and 2032.
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Ipswich Borough Council has agreed to launch a public consultation on extending the borough-wide order that gives officers the power to tackle alcohol-related anti-social behaviour in public spaces, with views being sought from 23 June.
Long Reads
In the coming weeks, hundreds of Ipswich businesses will decide whether Ipswich's Business Improvement District (BID) lives or dies. What hangs on that decision is far bigger than many people realise.
Long Reads
Ipswich town centre's two-week food festival is back for 2026, with more than 50 deals running across pubs, restaurants and cafés until Sunday, 31 May. From £3.60 tacos to £45 steak dinners for two, here is what is on the menu this Forknight.
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The Walk's popular Vintage & Retro Street Market is back this weekend, with stalls winding through the Buttermarket and into the Ancient House for the first time.
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A joint campaign by Ipswich Central and Ipswich Town FC is calling on the whole town to unite in blue and white this weekend, as the club looks to return to the top flight at the first time of asking.
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From midday to midnight, seven venues across Ipswich pulsed with live music on Saturday as the BTC All Dayer drew an estimated 3,000 people into the town centre – a showcase of what organisers say is possible when financial barriers to arts and culture are removed.
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Ipswich's annual business festival attracted up to 2,000 attendees across more than 30 free events over two weeks in March, with a record-breaking jobs fair among the highlights.
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