Leisure

The leisure sector is of major importance to Manchester city centre and Cityco support leisure businesses in a number of ways, undertaking strategic projects to enhance what the city has to offer visitors, promoting the city centre through targeted marketing campaigns and troubleshooting operational issues on behalf of its members.

Cityco’s membership scheme offers the following benefits to businesses in the leisure sector: Benefits and services

Make your voice heard amongst key decision makers

  • The Cityco team act as advocates, lobbyists, influencers, negotiators and facilitators on members’ behalf
  • By joining the Cityco network you get the chance to influence agendas
  • Cityco enfranchise businesses by working on your behalf to drive up the standards of public service delivery

Lobbying and support for businesses Cityco manage initiatives to make it easier for you to run your business – for example, the company have successfully lobbied for better night time public transport to enable staff and customers of 24 hour businesses to travel to and from the city centre more easily.

Improve customer retention with a more attractive city centre Cityco generate ideas to attract shoppers and fundraise and lobby to make them happen. The company manage the new Christmas lights scheme, now one of the largest festive lighting displays in the UK. Cityco achieved considerable success in securing additional sponsorship for the festive lighting with Argent, Bruntwood, Manchester China Town Business Association, Tung Sing, St Ann’s Traders, West Properties and Northern Quarter businesses contributing a near six-figure sum.

Network with other city centre business Cityco’s events give members access to high-level discussions relating to the strategic development of the city. The events offer extensive networking opportunities with other Cityco members, from sectors such as commercial property, professional services, utilities and retail. For more details, please see our Events pages.

“Thanks to the work of Cityco, all the businesses have come together to ensure that the extended alfresco dining scheme is of huge benefit to the area. With the regeneration in other areas of the city it was important that The Village didn’t stand still – and these new attractive and user friendly spaces, adding to the already existing range of exciting and lively bars and restaurants, mean the Gay Village is once again a leading light in Manchester’s social scene.”

Haydn Pope AXM, and Chair, Village Business Association

Fill out a membership enquiry form to find out more about Cityco membership or call us on 0161 838 3250.

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