THE Okehampton BID (Business Improvement District) team is inviting the town's business people and any interested residents to the White Hart on Wednesday March 14 for the first public meeting on the scheme.

Tim Beavon from the DR Company is working with the Okehampton BID team. He said: 'The BID gives businesses in the town the chance to say what is really important for their business and to work with others to make things happen.

'Over the next nine months the Okehampton BID Association will be working with local businesses to develop a five-year plan to improve business conditions in Okehampton.'

'It will be based on the ideas of local business people so it is important that as many as possible get involved.'

The meeting runs from 6pm to 8pm.