The latest edition of the Journal of Place Management and Development has been published by IPM and Emerald, and is available now to Institute Members (login to access). The new issue covers a broad range of international topics, from over-tourism…
For the first time since the pandemic, the Local Government Association hosted its Annual Conference and Exhibition in person in Harrogate on 28th – 30th June. Described as the “biggest event in the local government calendar”, hundreds of local authority…
7 July 2022 ____ The Institute has welcomed a new team member, Allison Herbert, CEO of Bath Business Improvement District who has joined IPM in a part-time strategic development role today. Allison, a highly respected place leader, will work with…
For many members of the Institute of Place Management, especially those in the UK, the last 72 hours have been hard to believe. Resignation after resignation from Boris Johnson’s cabinet and a very public revolt from Conservative MPs culminating in…
by Iain Nicholson MIPM | Fri 27 June 2022 __ Proactive partnership working is at the heart of the Institute’s approach to place management and leadership, and is always a priority message we share with local authority, BID, business, property…
7th June 2022 ___ On the 19th May, IPM hosted a policy roundtable on High Streets Rental Auctions (HRSA), as announced in the recent Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. We were joined by the team responsible for HRSA policy at…
How can BIDs create safe and secure public spaces? What does the Protect Duty and the post-covid landscape mean for BIDs and their levy payers Thursday 14 July | 2pm – 3.30pm (register) Speakers include:Tim Edwards, Group Profit Protection Director,…
Iain will take role of Development Lead, ensuring IPM members have the support, standards and structures they need. Appointment part of continued role of the professional body to define and support best practice. __ 30th May 2022 The Institute has…
Powers to allow councils to ‘force’ landlords to let highstreet premises that have been empty for more than a year, have been outlined in the Queen’s Speech. A parliamentary bill allowing councils to hold a ‘Compulsory Rental Auction’ to find…
It was with huge sadness we learnt of the death of Dr Heather Skinner a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Place Management, on the 30th April 2022. Heather died from cancer. Heather was a colleague of ours at at…