20th July To get the most impact from billions of pounds of government investment and truly level up the UK, the private sector must share risk with local authorities, argues Paul Wright from the Whatifgroup and Senior Fellow of the…
18th July As high streets and town centres continues to face multiple pressures, Professor Cathy Parker, the research lead for the Government’s High Streets Task Force, explains in a new podcast why partnerships are essential to managing change. This is…
FOR Cardiff have developed Cardiff Arcades which has aimed to bring a stronger local identity for residents and businesses alike. By conducting preliminary research, it became evident that the Victorian and Edwardian arcades, were an underused asset which had great…
On Monday 26th June, IPM Fellow and co-founder of The Teenage Market, Joe Barratt, met with the Minister for Levelling Up, Dehenna Davison MP, and officers from her Department at a roundtable event to discuss the future of markets and…
Researchers from the Institute of Place Management travelled to the vibrant and green city of Ljubljana, Slovenia, to present their latest research about place at the Regional Studies Association (RSA) Conference. The theme of the RSA Conference this year was…
23rd Jun 2023___ The Institute of Place Management (IPM) has welcomed new government proposals to take control of long-vacant high street properties but warned that tackling vacancy across England requires more local partnerships to be formed. The Institute, based at…
20th June 2023 __ On the 19th June, The BID Foundation chaired the latest meeting of the Sector Leaders Groups, joining colleagues from DLUHC and a range of leading membership bodies to share priorities for the high street and town…
17 June 2023 Institute of Place Management Chair, Professor Cathy Parker has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday honours. The honour was awarded in recognition of services to education and to place management. It is the first time…
While the Eurovision Song Contest itself took place over three days, Liverpool, as 2023 hosts, organised a two-week cultural festival between 1–14 May – the first of its kind from a Eurovision host city. As fans from across the world descended on Liverpool,…
This week, PwC published the 2023 edition of their Good Growth for Cities, in partnership with Demos. Amongst its findings are some very sensible recommendations for a new type of devolution as part of an ‘agenda for action’. “Effective devolution…