It’s a Yes!
We’re delighted to announce that businesses across Cardiff have voted yes to a new five-year term for FOR Cardiff, delivering the best BID ballot result ever recorded in Wales.
With 92% of businesses voting ‘yes’ by number and 97% by rateable value, this record-breaking result is a huge vote of confidence in our work and what we can achieve together.
From December 2026, we’ll begin an exciting new chapter as we expand to include Cardiff Bay, bringing together two of the capital’s key commercial destinations under one shared vision. Together, we’ll continue to champion our business community, invest in the places that matter most and deliver projects that make Cardiff an even better place to work, live and visit.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to every business that took the time to vote. Your support, engagement and belief in our vision means we can continue working on behalf of businesses across the city for another five years.
We’re incredibly proud of everything we’ve achieved together over the last decade, and we’re even more excited about what’s to come. We can’t wait to get started on delivering our ambitious plans.
More FOR Cardiff, Together 2026-2031 Business Plan
As the BID for the Capital City of Wales, we’re very proud of the work we have done in our first two terms and we hope our members will continue to allow us to carry on this important work at a time when Cardiff is set to rejuvenate itself and thrive for both residents and businesses.
In order to understand what our members want to see from our third term we have carried out an extensive consultation process, which has identified six priorities:
1. A MORE WELCOMING CARDIFF
Making the capital safer, cleaner, and greener, delivered through:
• Marshals, cleansing and rapid-response services
• Safety partnerships and anti-crime initiatives
• Lighting, signage and public-realm enhancements
2. A MORE CONNECTED CARDIFF
Making it easier and more enjoyable to get around and explore all the city
has to offer, delivered through:
• Advocacy on transport hubs, active travel, and accessibility
• Wayfinding improvements
• Promoting the city centre-Bay connectivity
3. MORE REASONS TO VISIT
Increasing footfall and enhancing people’s experience of our vibrant
capital, delivered through:
• Events, animation and seasonal campaigns
• Support for local arts & culture
• Greening, seating and place improvements
4. MORE FOR THE FUTURE
Supporting a more resilient and competitive capital, delivered through:
• Delivering the city’s ESG Strategy
• Providing carbon reduction support
• Circular economy and biodiversity pilots at a whole-city level
5. MORE SAY FOR YOU
A confident, independent voice for corporate Cardiff, delivered through:
• Lobbying on business rates, retail crime and city centre resilience
• Policy engagement at city, Wales and UK levels
• Using data and insight to better understand member feedback and
inform our advocacy and policy engagement
6. MORE FOR YOUR PEOPLE
Developing skills, inclusion, wellbeing and employee benefits, delivered
through:
• Funded training and skills programmes, including practical digital skills
and confidence in the workplace
• Talent retention partnerships
• Inclusion, wellbeing and community-building through The Card and other
benefits
Haven’t posted your ballot yet? Check the How to vote section below to book a free courier pick-up or request a replacement ballot.
Ballot Timeline For your 2026 diary
Contact Us info@forcardiff.com
Here are the simple steps that you need to follow to vote for FOR Cardiff
Due to the heatwave and the postal service experiencing delays, we advise that in this final week any remaining ballots are NOT POSTED and instead our free courier service is used. Let us know where your ballots are by emailing info@forcardiff.com – an independent courier will pick up your envelopes on the 2nd July and ensure they reach the relevant authority before the deadline.
How to vote:
- You should receive one ballot paper for each property (hereditament) that you are eligible to vote for by post.
- Please check that each ballot paper has its own return envelope.
- Complete the ballot paper by putting a cross (X) beside your choice to retain the FOR Cardiff for another five-year term or not.
- In block capitals, write your name and position in your business, and sign your ballot paper.
- Each ballot paper must be returned in its own separate envelope. Please do not put multiple papers in one envelope.
- The BID arrangements outlined in the business plan will come into force if the following two criteria are met: more than 50% of hereditaments that vote cast that vote in favour; and that total rateable value of the hereditaments that vote in favour is over 50%
- Make sure our team knows where the courier needs to pick up your ballot(s) from on Thursday 2nd July.
Is my vote confidential?
- The ballot return process is managed independently so FOR Cardiff does not see how any business or organisation has voted.
Voting Yes? Shout About It.
We’re very proud of the work we have done over the past five years to support Cardiff city centre through its most challenging period, and we hope you will be voting yes to FOR Cardiff so we can continue with this work.
If you intend to vote yes before the close of the ballot on 2nd July please let your colleagues and friends across the BID area know, by sharing the simple message: ‘I’m Voting Yes to FOR Cardiff’ on your website and across your social media channels.