We create bespoke magazines for Business Improvement Districts across the UK

Designed to increase engagement, support local businesses and showcase the value of your BID.

What Civic Press does

Civic Press creates bespoke, branded community magazines for Business Improvement Districts – helping you and your levy-paying businesses communicate effectively with the people who live, work and spend time in your town or district.

Why a BID magazine works

Most BID communication is fragmented – emails, social posts, one-off flyers and updates that are easy to miss.

A magazine gives you one clear, trusted channel that:

shows what the BID is delivering
gives every levy-paying business a visible voice
connects local businesses with local people
helps your board clearly demonstrate value for money

A BID magazine offers a practical, cohesive engagement and marketing tool – not just another communications output.

What Civic Press does for you

You provide us with your magazine content as often as you'd like. We turn it into a professional, bespoke magazine, print and deliver it directly into your town or district.

Civic Press brings together your events, highlights, news, updates, projects, business stories, offers, notices and much more. With this content, we:

edit, optimise and structure it for print and digital use
proofread and copy-edit where required
design the magazine using your brand look and feel
manage printing and production
distribute the print magazine across your BID area

We take care of the design, production and distribution, so your team doesn’t have to manage layouts, printers or delivery routes. We focus on turning what you already have into a clear, credible publication your businesses and community will actually read.

How it works

You supply your magazine content before the agreed deadline, using familiar software such as Google Docs or Microsoft Word (full instructions provided)

We structure, place and design your bespoke magazine

We send you digital proofs for your feedback, we'll then revise it as needed until it's perfect

We print your magazine and issue your digital edition

We distribute your magazine to your chosen locations anywhere in the UK

Flexible frequency

We support:

Bi-monthly magazines

Quarterly magazines

Bi-annual magazines

Ad-hoc or campaign issues

Designed specifically for Business Improvement Districts

Civic Press is a specialist publishing service for the BID sector, aligned with the standards and engagement approach promoted by British BIDs.

We do not offer general marketing services.

We focus on one thing: clear, credible BID publications.

Want to see how your BID magazine could look for real?

Request a FREE bespoke printed magazine sample for your BID

Let us create a printed 8-page branded concept magazine for your BID, using your logo and colours, to show the format and structure before you invest.
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Simply complete the form to the right and we'll be in touch within 1 day to collect a few more details before we send your free sample.

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