Belfast City Council has recently implemented the Vacant to Vibrant Capital Pilot Grant which aims to tackle high vacancy rates in the city centre and to revitalise the high street. Through this programme, the council has aimed to improve the…
A fantastic opportunity to lead one of the UK’s leading Business Improvement Districts (BID) – FOR Cardiff – which is seeking an ambitious person to drive it forward. FOR Cardiff is based in Wales’s capital city and is the 6th…
IPM has recently submitted a bid in excess of £3m to lead a new kind of innovation network. Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (LPiPs) are a new initiative from UK Research and Innovation. The overall £20m programme will build capacity and…
New Ordnance Survey Data shows High Street continuing to evolve with more food, drink, health and beauty; but with less department and fashion shops. In early December, BBC News released its analysis of two years of British high street data, from the…
The BID Foundation: Webinar – 17th November | 3pm-4pm Autumn Statement – analysis and discussion Register ___ The UK is waiting for November 17th for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, to find out the extent of public sector spending cuts…
Members of The BID Foundation select Co-Chairs Nadia Broccardo, Executive Director of Team London Bridge, and Michele Wilby, Chief Executive of Colmore BID. The new Co-Chairs will lead representation and evolution of the BID sector, which has contributed over £1bn…
Jeremy Hunt, the new (and fourth this year) Chancellor of the Exchequer, sought to calm markets and reassure both international investors and the public of the need to provide confidence and stability in the light of a chaotic month in…
At a time when barely a day goes by without some dramatic economic news, the IPM are pleased to announce that Christian Spence will be joining the team at Manchester Met, in a visiting position. __ 18th October 2022 Many…
This morning the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced a series of u-turns on tax and spending commitments made in the ‘mini budget’. Amongst the reversed tax cuts, the most surprising measure was a decision to limit support…
After a summer of uncertainty, we enter the autumn with a new political mantra – levelling up gets left behind, overtaken by the drive for growth. Out with the old and in with the new. As The BID Foundation Members…