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The Institute of Place Management is pleased to confirm that Manchester Metropolitan University Professor, Steve Millington, will be representing IPM at the UK Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) 2025, taking place in Leeds. Professor Millington will be joining a panel discussion titled “Building Now, For Tomorrow – Futureproofing Development”, where lea ...

The Institute of Place Management is proud to partner with Visa and Stonehaven to host two special lunchtime webinars celebrating the winners of the Visa #LetsCelebrateTowns Awards. These short, engaging sessions will spotlight the towns leading the way in creating vibrant, inclusive, and resilient places. Hosted by Ian Harvey SFIPM FRSA, Head of IPM and one of the judges for t ...

On 15 May 2025, the Institute of Place Management was proud to represent our work at Manchester Metropolitan University’s first-ever Parliamentary Showcase, held at the Houses of Parliament. The event brought together MPs, peers, and policymakers with senior academics, researchers, and professional staff to highlight the University’s wide-ranging contributions to national prior ...

New recommendations for the future of the British high street have been revealed, following the completion of a five-year programme; the High Streets Task Force. The task force found that a collaborative and structured approach to high street regeneration, underpinned by quality research and independent expert advice can lead to improvements in high street performance. The prog ...

The Institute of Place Management is proud to support Community-Led High Street Innovators, a new 12-month learning partnership launched today by Power to Change. To find out more about the funding for the five Innovators, visit: www.powertochange.org.uk. Led by Power to Change - the independent trust supporting community businesses in England - the programme will support five ...

We were delighted to represent Manchester Metropolitan University at the #RSA2025 conference in #Porto this month. The four-day event brought together academics and policymakers from across the world to share insights and research on regional studies, economic development, policy, and planning. It was a pleasure for our colleagues Dr Nikos Ntounis SFIPM and Dr Jenny Kanellopoul ...

The latest episode of the Navigate Now podcast explores the relationship between people and places, with host Jon Docksey and guest Professor Steve Millington. Drawing on his work with the High Streets Task Force, Steve shares his insights from supporting 150 locations, focusing on skills, capacity-building, and inclusive place management. He emphasises the importance of design ...

Dr Ilze Mertena, Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and a member of the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (ECRN), has been awarded a grant from the ECRN Seed Fund 2024 to lead an exciting new project that places independent high street businesses at the heart of the experience economy.

On 28 March 2025, a group of Institute of Place Management members convened an online closed-door discussion to explore the evolving landscape of devolution in England. Chaired by IPM Fellow Graham Galpin, the session brought together senior voices from across academia, regeneration, local government, civic society and consultancy to engage in a candid conversation on the futur ...

To mark World Health Day 2025, the Institute of Place Management is pleased to share this guest blog by Esther Worboys, IPM Fellow and experienced place practitioner, reflecting on how the places we live, work and shop in can directly shape our health and wellbeing. This year, the World Health Day theme is maternal and new-born health – an issue of global urgency and deep local ...