A vote is to be held asking hospitality businesses in Liverpool city centre if they wish to adopt a new tourism-based levy.
Following a formal request from the Liverpool Business Improvement Company, for a levy alteration ballot for the Accommodation BID, Liverpool City Council has assessed the request against the legal requirements and has determined that they have been complied with.
The Council has therefore now organised the ballot for the four weeks leading up to and including the day of the ballot on Thursday, 24 April 2025.
All of those businesses which will be covered by the amended levy (if approved) will be entitled to vote in the ballot and will receive ballot papers shortly.
If approved in the ballot, the alteration would change the existing BID levy based on rateable value to a £2 nightly levy per occupied hotel room or serviced accommodation unit.
At present the amended levy would be payable by any hotel or serviced accommodation hereditament, with a rateable value of £45,000 or above.
The Council will hold the ballot in accordance with the legal requirements, and has appointed Civica Electoral Services (CES) to deliver it on the Council’s behalf.
The ballot will be taken entirely by post, with votes to be returned to CES by 5p.m. on Thursday, 24 April 2025.
The published notice of the ballot can be accessed at https://liverpool.gov.uk/bidlevyballot