Vote on plan to create pot of cash for Dorking traders could take...

Dorking traders are still divided over a plan to make the town centre's businesses pay thousands of pounds a year to create a Business Improvement District (BID), as a vote on the proposal looks set to go ahead.A ballot on the controversial idea could begin as soon as March and retailers remain split on whether the town needs one.A BID is a business-led and business-funded body formed to improve a defined commercial area that can only be formed if the majority of traders decide to vote for...

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