Ian Ferguson’s blog When towns and cities are grappling with re-invention from retail destinations to community hubs to meet the needs of their catchment, those managing ‘places’ don’t have unlimited time or resource, so how they use it really matters.…
The Institute of Place Management will bring together academics, policymakers, practitioners, local authorities, Business Improvement Districts, community organisations and researchers from across the UK and internationally for the IPM Place Symposium 2026 on Wednesday 10 June at Manchester Metropolitan University…
A new article published in the Journal of Place Management and Development (JPMD) explores how digital tools can support stakeholder engagement, co-creation, and place attractiveness in small- and mid-sized cities. The latest EarlyCite paper, “From administrative tools to place attractiveness:…
The Journal of Place Management and Development has achieved a major milestone after being ranked as a Q1 journal in Urban Studies in the latest Scimago Journal Rankings. Members of the Institute of Place Management can access the Journal as…
The Institute of Place Management and the Regional Studies Association hosted the latest in their joint webinar series, this time focusing on what place managers can learn from the Netherlands. The session brought together Dutch practitioners working across city centre…
The Institute of Place Management (IPM) at Manchester Metropolitan University has collaborated with Telemarksforsking on a new report exploring the future development of the town centres of Lunde and Ulefoss in Nome municipality, Norway. The report, Downtown Development in Lunde…
By Professor of Place Management Steve Millington, High streets across the UK continue to grapple with declining footfall and changing consumer behaviour. While public debate often focuses on parking as the solution, evidence tells a different story. As part of…
Realistic, achievable changes to the way that greenfield housing developments are planned and delivered are urgently needed to ensure that housing quality does not suffer in the government’s ambitious plans to build 1.5 million new homes within the current parliament,…
With the UK Government expected to publish a new High Streets Strategy later in 2026, the Institute of Place Management is convening sector roundtables and evidence-gathering initiatives to help inform the national conversation on the future of town centres. One area of…
Leaders from industry, government, academia and civic organisations came together on 25 March at Manchester Metropolitan University for the Made in Greater Manchester event, highlighting the city-region’s role in driving the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy. Delivered in partnership with Greater…