Recently, the team at IPM met with Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to discuss progress of the High Streets Task Force, and place management and leadership in the UK more generally. As well as discussing recent place policy…
Iain Nicholson writes about IPM’s recent visit to Waterloo __ “We are a very action-oriented BID, and we wanted to ensure that our projects were being planned out thoroughly and strategically. Alongside that, we had also recently become attuned to…
(above: Cathy with Ojay McDonald, CEO of ATCM, and Marcus Jones MP) On Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd October, IPM Chair, Professor Cathy Parker attended the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. A quiet conference It is hard to get accurate…
Last month, the Leeds International Festival of Ideas brought world-leading thinkers, creators and pioneers to share new ideas with audiences across different venues in the city. IPM Fellow, Joe Barratt visited the Festival to find out more and take in…
Bradford Business Improvement District Ltd are looking to appoint an experienced and successful BID consultant to work alongside the Bradford BID Team and Operating Board from February 2023 and to deliver a successful “yes” result at ballot in September 2023…
Today’s announcement by the Chancellor breaks with tradition, aims to take the brakes off growth but could crash the economy. As we have come to expect with this Government, new policies are widely leaked ahead of their official reading to…
The Institute of Place Management has joined a collective of organisations representing the high street in writing to the Prime Minister to request further support for businesses that face ‘spiralling operating costs’. The letter calls for help to secure the…
The government’s announcement of a unit price cap on energy for the next two years (which will result in the average household’s bills being around £2,500 per year) will provide some welcome certainty in terms of budget planning. This cap…
By Prof. Cathy Parker Last week, I joined BBC Breakfast to discuss the latest six-monthly summary of UK multiple store openings and closures, published by PwC and the Local Data Company. The report concludes store closures are “at (the) lowest…
The Fitzrovia Partnership is looking to appoint a new Head of Environment and Place, to deliver sustainable improvements to the public realm and work to support local businesses. This is a key strategic role at the Partnership, a Business Improvement…