ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS:
2025 AGM – Stockport Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID) Ltd
Annual General Meeting: Wednesday 19th November
Maisy Bland
BID Director & Owner of Jakes Shoes
Maisy is the owner of Jake Shoes – an independent, family-run shoe shop which has been a staple in Stockport since the 1970s. The business was established by her grandparents and passed down through generations, with Maisy becoming managing director at the age of twenty-two. Despite her age, Maisy carries over a decade of retail experience, having started working in the store at eight years old. She manages a team of staff across her Stockport and Altrincham stores as well as running a website, selecting product ranges, and overseeing the businesses finances.
Having grown up in Stockport, Maisy has a deep connection to the town and a strong understanding of its independent business scene. She has experienced first-hand both good and trying times as a business owner and is proud to see Stockport on the up once again.
Rhys Owen
Chair and BID Director & Leasing Director at Orbit Developments
Rhys, has been part of the Orbit team for over 20 years and has spent the last 15years working on a 400,000 square foot of Stockport town centre portfolio which includes offices, retail and business units.
Orbits involvement in the town centre started in the early 1970’s. Many of the properties under Orbits ownership sit within the BID boundary meaning many of its customers are Levy Payers whilst Orbit themselves are a notable Levy Payer.
Rhys led Orbits introduction of a town centre reward card for its 3,000+ customer employees and is a strong advocate for the towns independent offer.
Rhys’ connections to Stockport are not solely through work; he is also a resident of the borough with his young family and was one of the original Stockport Ambassador programme established in 2017.
He also sits on the Stockport council of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Economic Alliance.
Rhys is passionate about the future of Stockport and supporting businesses of all sizes so that they continue to grow and flourish, in turn supporting jobs, shops and all elements of the town centre.
Rhys is a firm believer that a strong commercial property offer is key to ensuring the viability of many town centre retailers and associated businesses than depend on this regular weekday footfall.
Mike Lamont
BID Director
Managing Director of Edengreave Limited, delivering Management Consultancy alongside a Boutique Recruitment Agency (DipRP qualified in Recruitment Leadership and a corporate member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation ). SME Consultant in various aspects including Growth Strategy, Implementation and Delivery, Leadership Coaching, Risk Management, Funding, Recruitment Strategy, MBO and exit strategy delivery.
37 years of Commercial and Corporate Banking experience (ACIB) with 20 years being in a Senior People, Risk, Credit, Leadership and Change Management Director’s role. A passion for Developing others and recognised for Coaching Mastery. A Strong Lending background and Business Development a strength. A motivator of talent and demanding of a strong performance Management ethic always ensured a highest percentile delivery in at times a highly volatile environment and in significant periods requiring strong Change Management. Overseeing full Risk profiling of Commercial and Corporate clients including Strategy, Lending, AML, Regulatory and Operational Risk.
Voluntary elected Director for 8 years (6 as chair) of Stockport Business Improvement District t/a Totally Stockport steering the Board in delivering the Town Centre Objectives through consensus and collaboration with Public and Private Sector Business Partners. Implementation of Strategy and Projects resulting in significant footfall increases and supported inward investment included invited role as an officially appointed Stockport Ambassador.
Board Member of the Stockport Economic Alliance working alongside Public and Private Sector helping shape the Strategic Economic Plan for Stockport Borough including aspects of business, education, transport, housing, health from the perspective of large employers and businesses across the borough holding SMBC to account for ultimate delivery.
Volunteer Trustee for NK Theatre Arts for 10 years, an all inclusive Theatre Company for all ages and abilities including children and Theatre in Education delivering .
2024 AGM – Stockport Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID) Ltd
Annual General Meeting: Wednesday 20th November
Notice of AGM 20th November 2024
Year End Accounts 2024
The draft accounts provided are accurate as of 6th November 2024. A final review will be conducted on November 11th, and any amendments resulting from this review will be clearly highlighted.
2023 AGM – Stockport Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID) Ltd
Annual General Meeting: Wednesday 29th November
2022 AGM – Stockport Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID) Ltd
Annual General Meeting: Monday 21st November
Notice of AGM 21st November 2022
Agenda
Video – A Year in Review
Chairman’s Statement
Year End Accounts March 2022
BID Board Bios
Proxy Notice
Member’s Invitation
Minutes of AGM 21st November 2022
The Annual General Meeting on November 21st is an opportunity for BID levy payers and members to receive information about the year’s activities, spend and future projects for 2022/23.
07 November 2022:
No further applications have been received for the role of BID Board Directors
2021 AGM Meeting Documents:
Year End Accounts March 2021
Proxy Notice
Chairman’s Statement
Video of current year’s activities
Minutes of AGM 16th December 2021
Official BID members received a voting card via Royal Mail for use to vote on the resolution: to Agree The Annual Accounts 2020/2021 and To Agree the Appointment of the Directors.
The directors below are stood for election/re-election at the AGM. Please click on the names below to access their individual bios.
Resolution 1: To appoint Burhan Choudhry
Resolution 2: To appoint Rhys Owen
Resolution 3: To re-appoint Tony Murray
Resolution 4: To re-appoint Stuart Broadbelt
The BID board elections closed 14 days before the AGM at 5pm on Wednesday 1st December 2021.
Details on the application process and board sectors available are on the website https://www.totallystockport.co.uk/jobs/
BID levy payers who would like to become an official BID member and be eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting, were invited to download a membership form from https://www.totallystockport.co.uk/about/get-involved/ and return to lisa.noel@totallystockport.co.uk or post to Stockport Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID) Ltd by Wednesday 1st December, 14 days prior to the meeting (to be approved by the office).
For official BID members who were unable to attend, a proxy was used to appoint either the Chairperson or a third party to attend, speak and vote at the meeting on members’ behalf. Proxy forms were sent or delivered to the Stockport Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID) Ltd, 15 Great Underbank, Stockport, Cheshire, SK1 1LF, to be received no later than Friday 10th December 2021.
Confirmation of attendance and questions were submitted by Friday 10th December.
Minutes from Board meetings are available upon request by emailing info@totallystockport.co.uk
We welcome your ideas and input. If you are interested Get in touch please email the bid.
Contact Totally Stockport’s BID Office Manager Lisa Noel – lisa.noel@totallystockport.co.uk
Call the Totally Stockport office on 0161 537 9382 or call in to: Suite G1.3, STOK 43-59 Prince’s Street, Stockport SK1 1RY
