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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.

New Ordnance Survey Data shows High Street continuing to evolve with more food, drink, health and beauty; but with less department and fashion shops.

On the 17th, The BID Foundation will convene its membership online for a session to respond to the autumn statement, analysing the key decisions made and how they will affect BIDs, levy payers and wider communities over the coming months

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 IPM are pleased to announce that Christian Spence will be joining the team at Manchester Met, in a visiting position.

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 UK economic policy.

Announced in the 'mini-budget', investment zones are all about growth and investment, and they include deregulation. Find out the IPM view from Kevin Parkes, Paul Wright and Cathy Parker.

What does the cutting of support for consumer energy bills to a period of 6 months (not the 2 years originally proposed) mean for high streets?

Recently, the team at IPM met with Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communites to discuss progress of the High Streets Task Force, and place management and leadership in the UK more generally.

IPM Chair, Professor Cathy Parker finds a subdued Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, where levelling up is still on the agenda but potential future cuts pose problems for the high street.