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Are we there yet? Leeds, a city transforming
My LeedsBID Experience
Leeds – A city centre recalibrating and growing
High Streets have seen many changes over the years with well established brands disappearing and new ones making an entry.
Places without People are not the same
Seems an obvious thing to say, but you can have the best place in the world but without the people, there is no ambience, no magic and no atmosphere.
Have our high streets capitalised on the 2021 ‘Staycation’?
The word staycation is now embedded in our vocabulary and came to prominence in the early 2000s. It is defined as ‘a holiday spent in one’s home country rather than abroad, or one spent at home and involving day trips...
Getting High Streets and Town Centres back on track – a view from a Business Improvement District perspective.
There are over 320 Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the UK. These are not-for-profit, non-political organisations which by their very raison d’etre are only interested in the ‘improvement’ of the place in where they are located. During the pandemic BIDs...
Is there a crisis on the High Street or has COVID-19 simply accelerated the changes we are now seeing?
In 2009 I recall the outcry as Woolworth closed its 807 stores across the UK. Jobs were lost and large noticeable empty units became a regular sight on high streets across the country. Back in 1971, 70% of high street...