Welcome to Advancing Aberystwyth

Advancing Aberystwyth ar y Blaen are a business led organisation set up to manage the Business Improvement District for Aberystwyth. Our aim is to work collectively in representing the businesses to ensure that the town truly is a special place to live, work and visit.

So, if you are a business owner or are simply passionate about Aberystwyth, we would welcome your support in helping us to deliver exciting projects that can truly have a long lasting and positive impact on our town.

Our Latest News

Fiver Fest a huge success

Oct 26, 2020

Our first ever Fiver Fest proved to be a great success with around 50 local independent businesses taking part. The 2 week festival between October 10th-24th helped us to celebrate the fabulous local independent shops we have in Aberystwyth. Manager Matthew Newbold...

WG funding secured for new outdoor areas

Oct 2, 2020

We are delighted to announce that we have been successfully in receiving a grant of £20,000 from Welsh Government and Ceredigion County Council’s Transforming Towns COVID-19 fund. The grant has allowed us to develop new Café Quarter areas in town, which are currently...

Support given to help businesses re-open safely

Jun 17, 2020

With Aberystwyth's businesses making plans to re-open, in recent weeks Advancing Aberystwyth have been supplying FREE Re-opening Protection Kits - including hand sanitiser products, face masks, face shields, and bilingual social distancing notices to its businesses,...