Two more brands published on Friday a list of locations they’d like to open up in.
One listed 19 locations plus another 20 inside the M25. The other featured 22 UK possibles plus 17 more in Central or Greater London.
Is your town or city centre on either list…?
Are you looking out for these ‘requirements’…
…and, importantly, are you geared up as a ‘place partnership’ to connect with agents and property directors when they share these, and do you have details of all empty and available units in your location so you can quickly send them suitable options.
As it’s often the case that the ‘target locations’ list is longer than the number they’ll actually open, this can be a competitive thing, rewarding places that are quick off the mark, most proactive and supportive.
It’s one of the roles we identify for local ‘place partnership’ teams we’re supporting on tackling highstreet vacancy, alongside the work they’re doing to identify vacant units, understand why they’re like that, how the barriers to let can be overcome and which partner needs step up to make that happen.
We’re really interested to see some of the different ways they’re going about that too.
It’d be great to hear from other council and BID teams who are on the case…
