Category Archives: Case Studies

Kirkcaldy on the case…

Posted on September 26, 2026 by Iain Nicholson

Just back from a positive and heartening visit to Kirkcaldy… …with a strengthening sense that this is one of the places that will be able to make a significant difference to its headline highstreet vacancy rate. “…it was great on … Continue reading →

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A PLATFORM for town centre revival…

Posted on September 22, 2026 by Iain Nicholson

“The exhibition of local art now arriving at PLATFORM:ONE is…” …the latest brilliant example of how arts & crafts, creative, community uses are making a big difference to our town and city centres. PLATFORM is a really encouraging highstreet story … Continue reading →

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A place for community…

Posted on September 14, 2026 by Iain Nicholson

It’s an inspiring community highstreet story but also a really valuable case study for other places to draw on… On Saturday Her-Place Charitable Trust opened their Women’s Centre in Crewe town centre. “This isn’t just a building. It’s a place … Continue reading →

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“Floored the world”

Posted on September 3, 2026 by Iain Nicholson

“Our first time in Kirkcaldy yesterday and your mural was the first thing we saw as we drove in – it looked amazing!” I’m really looking forward to seeing this IRL on our next visit later this month, but it’s … Continue reading →

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Tredegar latest and the why of wall art…

Posted on August 8, 2026 by Iain Nicholson

I’ve been really looking forward to seeing this one completed… Now it is. A brilliant addition to an awesome set that’s making such a positive impact in Tredegar. I’ve only seen it on a post but am excited for my … Continue reading →

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“A significant milestone” for Tredegar…

Posted on July 10, 2026 by Iain Nicholson

So here’s one I think is a really positive tackling town centre vacancy story… We’ll always give local teams we’re working with to reduce the number of empty units and improve the mix of uses in their town or city … Continue reading →

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The Lang Toun makes 46…

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Iain Nicholson

Really enjoyable and heartening first visit to our latest tackling highstreet vacancy commission… Kirkcaldy is our 46th location for The Vacant Shops Academy and we’ve now made a start on the ‘audit, engage’ stage by mapping empty town centre units … Continue reading →

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Crewe’s journey learning…

Posted on April 28, 2026 by Iain Nicholson

“There’s a really interesting tackling town centre vacancy story emerging here.” When we ran our ‘audit’ in August 2024, Crewe town centre had 24 vacant units out of 141 so a headline vacancy rate of 17% and above the national … Continue reading →

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“It will lift the town”…!

Posted on March 26, 2026 by Iain Nicholson

I’ve been checking in on this building every time I’ve been in town and watched as the community-led team have slowly, carefully brought it back into play. Now – as you can see from our lead image – it’s no … Continue reading →

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Talking Upper Floors…

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Iain Nicholson

In London via Oxford to help showcase a pathfinding project from Aberdeen… …but it’s an approach that we reckon could be taken up by many of the town and city centre teams that were represented at the Association of Town … Continue reading →

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