Category Archives: News Centre

How many of your town or city centres have empty units that have been like that for ten years or more…? Are you on the road to getting them used again…? I was lucky as part of a visit to … Continue reading →

One of the (many) joys of this job is getting to spend time with the really good people working hard and together to make their places the best they can be. And so to the city of Bath to spend … Continue reading →

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 →

“You could aim to halve your headline highstreet vacancy rate in 18 months. Some places will go further, faster.” If you’re a council or BID team thinking to start the tackling vacancy journey or could use help on tricky challenges … Continue reading →

Broken windows, graffiti, old signage, patchy hoardings, peeling paint, crumbling roof, bushes growing out of gutters and so on. What do the empty units in your town or city centre look like…? Do they look a state…? Or… Has the … Continue reading →

If you were allowed just one word to describe your town or city centre, what would it be…? Do please let me know yours. It’s not easy, huh…? The challenge wasn’t my idea and it’s not one I’d come across … Continue reading →

“It’s a good idea. Seems obvious. So how come we hardly if ever hear any examples.” It is the option for a place – a town or city centre – to commission its own commercial property agent to work on … Continue reading →

Which brands do you most want to see taking up empty units in your town or city centre… …and importantly, are you working, as a team, to try recruit them…? Typically there are a number of ways places develop their … Continue reading →

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. … Continue reading →

“It just feels like a really important time to be having these positive but also very practical conversations about our high streets.” So, reflecting on another insightful, inspiring, heartening day with HighStreetPositives LIVE. Hosting a three-hour event with 8 panellists, … Continue reading →