Supported by: Liz Smith*, Bill Bowman*, Miles Briggs*, Alexander Stewart*, Peter Chapman*, Margaret Mitchell*, Bill Kidd*, Ruth Maguire*, Joan McAlpine*, Alison Harris*, Richard Lyle*, Maurice Corry*, Ash Denham*, Ben Macpherson*, David Torrance*, Clare Haughey*, Jeremy Balfour*, Donald Cameron*, Edward Mountain*, Annie Wells* *S5M-06728 Lewis Macdonald: Aberdeen Inspired Named Best BID in Europe That the — Parliament congratulates Aberdeen Inspired on being named the best Business Improvement District (BID) in Europe; recognises that the organisation was named European BID 2017 at an awards ceremony in Berlin, organised by the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry; understands that the delivery of the successful Nuart Aberdeen street art festival in April 2017 played a major role in the judges naming Aberdeen Inspired as the best BID in Europe; acknowledges that Aberdeen Inspired also won the Innovation Award at the recent Association of Town and City Management in Britain and Ireland Awards in June 2017, and commends all the Aberdeen Inspired staff and partnership organisations involved in delivering projects to improve Aberdeen city centre.