Coronavirus

Professor Cathy Parker, Co-Chair of the Institute of Place Management, has told UK Government that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a ‘profound impact’ on high streets, but that the crisis provides an opportunity to reconsider the liveability and leadership of our future town centres.

IPM Director Dr Steve Millington has been discussing the findings of the most recent High Streets Task Force report on footfall with the BBC

New research by High Streets Task Force shows smaller district centres saw comparatively smaller fall in visitors of 34.5%

The article reflects on the last few months and what we have done to support members through the coronavirus pandemic

The High Streets Task Force is renewing the business resilience survey for government, to help them understand how the situation has changed and to respond to the economic impact of the pandemic in England.

The webinar brought together place managers and leaders from Amsterdam, Athens, Manchester, the cities of Varaždin- Čakovec (Croatia), and Vilnius, who are all engaged in the Interreg project ABCitEs 

IPM Co-chair Cathy Parker and Fellow of the Institute Christain Spence explore what the announcements in the summer statement mean for place managers and leaders.

IPM members involved in 6 weekly discussions hosted by the Malta Tourism Society and the Institute for Travel Tourism and Culture at the University of Malta to develop a sustainable tourism model for Malta.

Join us for the third international facilitated discussion, looking at different approaches to Covid-19 around Europe

The IPM research team at Manchester Metropolitan have worked with colleagues at Cardiff University to establish the lower bounds of area required to social distance across common town centre environments