Making Places is a new podcast hosted by the Insitute of Place Management. In this first edition, Cathy Parker MBE, SFIPM, Chair of the Institute of Place Management, speaks to Matt Baker, founder of Rise Associates, about our latest report, ‘Making…
The Journal of Place Management and Development starts its 17th year with a standard issue that consists of seven articles. In the first article, IPM research associate Alessandro Graciotti, along with Morven McEachern, explore the debated and ambiguous concept of…
Councils urgently need to develop multi-stakeholder partnerships to prevent future ‘levelling up’ investment from being wasted, a new report has warned. It follows the launch of a new report identifying some of the key challenges the High Streets Task Force,…
The Liverpool Strategic Futures Advisory Panel, which was setup to plan for Liverpool’s revival as a city following a series of critical reports into the city council’s governance and operations in 2021, has released its initial findings in an interim…
In his first blog for the IPM, Dr. Michael Sewell, explores UK heritage in the context of place-making and management. Michael joined IPM as a Research Associate in January this year and specialises in History, Heritage and Place. Before that,…
If you missed the headlines from the Autumn Statement last week, you can find a summary below of the policies and what they mean for UK places. If you want to take a deeper dive into the trends and context…
Leaders of Business Improvement Districts will meet in London on 8th November to discuss new ways to manage ‘safe and social’ spaces in towns and cities around the UK. The BID Leadership Network, run by The BID Foundation and Institute…
“We won’t succeed by doing the same things that we have for the last 50+ years only a little less badly. If we don’t change course more radically it will be too late.” The words of Prof Leigh Sparks MA,…
“BRAVO. Really inspiring!” “I get so much learning and inspiration from IPM webinars, this one was top notch!” Just two of the very positive feedback comments on our latest IPM professional development webinar: ‘Public Art: How to do it well.’…
Our high streets are too important to be left in the hands of a limited pool of policy makers and we need bigger place partnerships to unlock their potential, argues Cathy Parker __ It’s been a challenging year for many…