Shop owners in the Chapel Street area said that Hull Business Improvement District (BID) had neglected them, despite firms being forced to fund the organisation.

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More than two thirds of firms in the area voted in favour of a Business Improvement District (BID) earlier this year.

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The study associated a median increase of 118.5 percent in this area with a 10 percent increase improvement in the intelligence of business data.

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Gerry Widdicombe, the downtown business-improvement district's economic-development director, predicts that given current trends, the downtown and surrounding area will be built out in 12 to 15 years.

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