Marketing Intelligence for Black Friars Local Businesses
Located in Leicester (East Midlands), Black Friars takes in the LE3 postcode district and neighbours Western Park, Rowley Fields and Glenfield. Leicester's market has traded on the same site for over 700 years, first recorded in 1298 though possibly named centuries earlier as 'Cheapside' in the Domesday Book, and today it's Europe's largest covered market. Away from the modern Highcross shopping centre, the narrow Victorian arcades of The Lanes still hold independent shops and coffee houses tucked into the old street pattern.
BID Leicester funds a business-led programme to keep the city centre clean, safe and attractive for the traders inside it; Leicestershire's own chamber of commerce, founded in 1918, merged into the three-county East Midlands Chamber in 2017 and now serves over 12,000 businesses across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire together. Official ONS figures counted 13,905 VAT and/or PAYE registered businesses here.
Leicester's population changed by 5% over the five years to 2024 (ONS). That's the size of the audience marketing intelligence is working with in this area.
About Marketing Intelligence
Marketing Intelligence is our monthly report for owners who have the figures but rarely have the time to sit down and read them. We bring your business profile together with the information available from your connected accounts, and turn it into plain English next steps.
How it works, start to finish
Step 1: Your profile
We use your business details, services, areas and goals to give the numbers context.
Step 2: Connect
You authorise read-only access to the accounts you want included, such as website, search, social or advertising.
Step 3: Monthly report
We bring the available information together: what changed, what worked and what needs attention.
Step 4: Recommendations
Prioritised actions in plain English, so you know what to do next without deciphering a spreadsheet.
Areas we cover around Black Friars
Nearby areas
- Western Park
- Rowley Fields
- Glenfield
- Braunstone Frith
- New Parks
Postcodes
LE3
Questions from Black Friars businesses
Is Marketing Intelligence available to businesses around Black Friars and Braunstone Frith?
Yes. There's nothing about Black Friars's own postcode (LE3) that changes how we deliver this - the same goes for businesses in Braunstone Frith too.
Why does marketing intelligence matter for a Black Friars business specifically?
BID Leicester funds a business-led programme to keep the city centre clean, safe and attractive for the traders inside it; Leicestershire's own chamber of commerce, founded in 1918, merged into the three-county East Midlands Chamber in 2017 and now serves over 12,000 businesses across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire together. Official ONS figures counted 13,905 VAT and/or PAYE registered businesses here. Knowing what works is worth more than doing more. That's the market you're competing in across the Leicester travel-to-work area.
Marketing Intelligence in Black Friars: how it works
Step 1: Your profile
We use your business details, services, areas and goals to give the figures context.
Step 2: Connect
You authorise read-only access to the accounts you want included.
Step 3: Monthly report
We bring the available information together and send you a report with clear next steps.
£32.99/month — one plan, read-only access
What Marketing Intelligence could do for your business
- One in-depth report each month, not another dashboard you never open
- Know what is working and what is quietly costing you money
- Recommendations in priority order, not just numbers
- Read-only access: we look, we never change anything
- Missing information is clearly identified, never guessed
- One plan, £32.99/month, and you can cancel whenever you like
Useful local links for Black Friars
- BID Leicester
The city centre's Business Improvement District, giving Leicester businesses a strong collective voice.
- R W Hemmings & Co
40 Hinckley Road, Leicester, LE3 0RB
- Jones & Duffin
6 Upperton Road, Leicester, LE3 0BG
- Bradshaw Hollingsworth
19 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 6TE