Martyn’s Law: protection and practicality A BID Foundation webinar in response to the Martyn’s Law consultation on ‘standard tier’ premises (closing 18th March) and the responsibility for public premises to protect the British public. With:Nick Aldworth, former DCS in Counter…
Conservative MP Jack Brereton, representing Stoke-on-Trent South, has introduced the High Streets (Designation, Review, and Improvement Plan) Bill, with members debating how to support high street renewal and referencing the findings of the High Streets Task Force. IPM resercher Alessandro…
An opportunity to join an established Business Improvement District in a great northern city with big plans for the future. Wakefield has a plan for new development, including a new square outside its historic cathedral which has been shaped by…
The BID Foundation Public Realm Working Group has met to discuss the range of projects being delivered by Business Improvement Districts, and the future of high quality public realm as local finances make investment a key challenge. The group, led…
2024 marks the 20-year anniversary of Business Improvement Districts in the UK, the organisations that have invested over £1billion in local services and events to deliver better towns and cities for all. To celebrate this landmark, a commemorative logo has…
Tom Whittington, Director Commercial Research, Savills and Fellow of the Institute of Place Management The themes Tom discusses here will be part of an upcoming IPM webinar in the autumn on ‘The Sustainable High Street’. Look out for details later…
In the first of a new series – Place Leaders in Focus – we talk to Sally Gillborn MBE, Chief Executive at North Notts BID about the organisation and its work, her role, the challenges and opportunities, and how she…
What makes a place special? Uniqueness? Heritage? Assets? Indeed, to say boldly “This is the place I’m proud to call home” is a definition of choice. IPM Partners, We Are Staffordshire, launched their new quality of life offer this year…
21st January 2024 Through a series of working groups, Business Improvement Districts have set out priorities for safe, vibrant and well-managed high streets in 2024. BID leaders continue to spearhead discussion on place strategy, identifying challenges for the year to…
15th January 2024 Year after year the media laments the decline of our high streets. To change this narrative, local authorities need to ditch a model that’s running out of road, argues Matt Colledge FIPM __ This article relates to…