Back to the future as Sarah Gibson returns to the waterfront

Sarah Gibson has been re-appointed to lead Plymouth Waterfront Partnership, five years after she left.

She's been appointed as CEO in charge of the Business Improvement District (BID) for Plymouth’s waterfront - which encompasses businesses from Bretonside to the Royal William Yard and includes the Mount Batten peninsula.

Sarah will be a familiar face to many, having held the role previously from 2010 to 2020.

The Plymouth Waterfront Partnership Business Improvement District (BID) has been in operation since April 2012 and is delivered through Plymouth Waterfront Partnership Ltd, a not-for-profit organisation. The BID encompasses more than 960 businesses (approximately 560 Voting Levy Payers and 400 Basic Level Businesses) across four square miles of the Plymouth waterfront.

Every five years, in 2017 and 2022, Plymouth Waterfront businesses voted in favour to renew the BID and it now operates until the end of March 2027.

Projects outlined in the current Business Plan are focused around four key themes: Business Voice, Environmental Excellence, Vibrant Tourist Attraction, Transformational – Creating The Waterfront Of Tomorrow, Today.

Sarah returns to Plymouth’s waterfront straight from her most recent role as Manager of the Tamar Valley National Landscape.