Sponsorship

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Wolverhampton BID Reach

Sectors

  • Professional services

  • Hospitality and leisure

  • Retail

  • Heath, beauty and wellbeing

Mailing List

  • 500 individuals across 350 city centre BID levy paying businesses

Social Media

  • Combined social media followers (Facebook, Instagram, X): 17,000

  • Q4 2024 engagement reach: 676,312

  • Additional reach during boosted campaigns and city centre seasonal activity

Face to Face Engagement

  • Enjoy Wolverhampton BID’s City Ambassadors daily business engagement and street patrols

  • Night Guardians business engagement with hospitality and leisure venues.

  • BID Team and BID Board engagement at a full range of city centre meetings, stakeholder groups and networking opportunities.

  • Updates and mentions at regular Business and Retailer meetings and Pubwatch meetings

Key Dates

  • Friday 14th February
    Launch event at Ava's Cafe and Bar - Frasers, Mander Centre

  • Friday 2nd May
    Closing Date for entries

  • Thursday 22nd May
    Finalists Announced

  • W/C 9th June
    Judging week

Categories

  • Hospitality and Leisure Business of the Year

  • Health, Beauty and Wellbeing Business of the Year

  • Professional Services Business of the Year

  • Retail Business of the Year

  • New Business of the Year

  • Community Champion

  • Rising Star

  • Team of the Year

  • Leader of the Year

  • Marketing Campaign of the Year

  • The People’s Favourite*

*Public vote

Headline Sponsorship

£5,000 +VAT

Secure headline sponsorship

Engagement Opportunities

The headline sponsor will gain brand awareness through:

  • Headline Sponsor press release mentions and quote

  • Regular Social media posts between February and August 2025

Ambassador Engagement

The BID Excellence Awards will be a focus of the Enjoy Wolverhampton, BID Team, City Ambassador’s and Night Guardians’ conversations with city centre businesses and at networking events and meetings. The headline sponsor will be regularly mentioned as part of the conversations.

The Ambassadors will also promote the public vote and encourage engagement with the general public.

At the Ceremony

  • 5 minute speech

  • Pull up banner at awards ceremony

  • Logo inclusion on digital screens and backdrop

  • Live social media engagement (e.g. Instagram Live)

  • Social media posts

  • 1 x table of 10 in prominent position

  • Full page advert and bio in ceremony brochure

  • Networking with 250 guests

Headline Sponsor Branding

  • 4x emails to the Wolverhampton BID business database – reaching 500 city businesses and stakeholders *

  • 1 x bespoke email to the Wolverhampton BID business database

  • Prime position alongside BID Excellence Award and Enjoy Wolverhampton logos on BID Awards website (navigation bar on every page of website)

  • Special BID Excellence Awards edition of Enjoy Wolverhampton newsletter (email shot and 500 distributed to city centre businesses)

*minimum

Secure headline sponsorship

Category Sponsorship

£2,000+VAT

Secure Category Sponsorship

Logo inclusion:

  • Category landing page on BID Excellence Awards website

  • Winners’ trophy

  • Finalist certificates

  • Quarter page ad in ceremony brochure

  • Category specific social media posts

Logo inclusion alongside all category sponsors:

  • 4 x emails to the Wolverhampton BID database*

  • Feature on the BID Excellence Awards website

  • Special BID Excellence Awards edition of Enjoy Wolverhampton newsletter (email shot and 500+ distributed to city centre businesses)

    * Minimum

At the ceremony:

  • 2 x tickets

  • Opportunity to announce winner

  • Networking with 250 guests

Secure Category Sponsorship

Drinks Reception Sponsor

£1,500 +VAT

Secure the drinks reception sponsorship

The highlight of the BID Excellence Awards will be the Awards Ceremony on Thursday 10 July at the Grand Palace. Our guests will start off the evening at a
fabulous drinks reception in the stunning entrance hall of the beautiful Grand Palace.

Guests will be treated to a glass of prosecco or orange juice. A photographer will be taking photos which will be posted on social media and the Awards website.

  • Pull up banner at the Red Carpet Drinks Reception

  • Table cards

  • Social media post

  • Branded frame for photographs

  • Quarter page ad in ceremony brochure

Secure the drinks reception sponsorship

Entertainment Sponsor

£1,000 +VAT

Be Our Entertainment Sponsor

The night promises to be a true celebration in the stunning Grand Palace. As entertainment sponsor we can offer you:

  • Digital Screen Display with your company logo

  • Pull up banner ion the Grand Hall

  • Table Cards

  • Social Media Adverts

  • Quarter Page Advert in the Ceremony Brochure

Be Our Entertainment Sponsor

Trophy Sponsor

£1,000 +VAT

Be Our Entertainment Sponsor

With 11 fabulous award categories you will have your logo engraved on each winners trophy and featured on all winners and finalists certificates

With 11 trophies and over 66 opportunities to see you brand partnered with our excellent city centre businesses. You will also benefit from a Digital Screen display of your logo and a Quart page advert in the ceremony brochure

Be Our Entertainment Sponsor

Table Sponsor

£700 +VAT

Sponsor a Table

Prominently display your logo on a delightfully decorated table seating 10 individuals from our business community for the duration of the awards ceremony.

Sponsor a Table

Digital Screens

£250 +VAT

Promote Your Business

Reach over 250 city centre business stakeholders via a tailored screen design.

Include a clear business message, your logo and appear on a loop during pre and post awards entertainment.

Promote Your Business