Help shape the future of Trafford park – business voices needed

Groundwork Greater Manchester is inviting businesses across Trafford Park to take part in a vital consultation aimed at shaping a more connected, supportive, and thriving business environment. With over 40 years of local presence, Groundwork is leading a new initiative to explore new collaborative models, including the potential for a Business Improvement District (BID) or alternative model that could empower businesses to pool resources and influence positive change. Your insights and ideas are crucial to this process.

Get Involved – Share Your Views and Make an Impact

Businesses are encouraged to contribute by:

1. Attending in-person or online workshops throughout November,
2. Completing a short 10-minute online consultation,
3. Logging issues or improvement ideas on an interactive map.

Whether it’s infrastructure, connectivity, or community engagement, your feedback will help identify key priorities and opportunities for collective action. Groundwork is also happy to meet in person or virtually to hear your thoughts directly.

Take the Next Step – Be Part of Trafford Park’s Future

Click here to register your interest, book a workshop, or complete the consultation. For direct engagement, contact Karen McKean at [email protected] or call 07703 345302. The consultation is open until the end of November 2025, don’t miss this opportunity to help shape a stronger, more vibrant business community in Trafford Park.

Trafford Park BID Feasibility: Challenges and Opportunities Consultation
About this project:

• The Trafford Park BID Feasibility Study has been commissioned by Trafford Council, which has appointed a Groundwork-led consortium of regeneration and economic development experts, including architects MCAU and international placemaking specialists Fourth Street. The study is exploring whether a BID or an alternative model could help drive investment, sustainability, and coordinated improvements across Trafford Park.
• As one of Europe’s largest industrial estates and a vital part of Greater Manchester’s economy, Trafford Park has a strong business community with huge potential. This project aims to build on that strength by exploring different models to ensure the area continues to evolve as a thriving, sustainable, and well managed place to do business.
• This commission originated from the Greening Trafford Park project and seeks to further explore the interest from companies in playing a role in taking these plans forward for Trafford Park. The Greening Trafford Park study, produced by Arup in 2023, recommended that a BID could be a viable mechanism to address elements of the long-term sustainability challenges Trafford Park will face.
• Furthermore, the Siemens Low Carbon Trafford Park 2038 study, conducted at a similar time to the Arup report, sets out a series of interventions for reducing carbon emissions across the park. It highlights engaged stakeholders and the unique opportunity to develop collaborative groups with the Council. This study emphasises the potential to cultivate a low-carbon community within the park, leveraging collective action to achieve shared sustainability goals
• Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) have been championed by Groundwork for over 20 years. Through their work with businesses across the North West, Groundwork has empowered business communities in towns, cities, and business park locations to take positive action to improve local trading environments. Whether it’s hosting events to activate high streets or implementing security and environmental enhancements to regenerate industrial estates, businesses have embraced and supported BIDs in a variety of locations across Cheshire, Lancashire, Manchester, and Merseyside.
• Since 2005, Groundwork has supported more than 35 business communities in creating and developing fiveyear, private sector-led investment plans. These plans drive place-based transformation for the benefit of businesses, communities, and wider stakeholders.