16 Jun Exploring Thailand’s markets
Markets in Thailand offer a bustling cultural experience. With their vibrant, carnival like atmosphere, the markets offer a huge array of goods to browse and in many cases meeting both...
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High street talking points
Our founder, Diane Cunningham, discusses issues affecting high streets, markets, town centres and small businesses. We love exploring new places and revisiting old ones with a new angle.
Here you can find interviews with clients and colleagues, events and research. There may also be observations from what we learn on projects and when out and about.
13 Jun A strategy for Westminster’s street markets via public consultation
This project involved oversight of a 13-week public consultation, working with the council’s Insight Team to devise a trader and customer survey, run drop-in sessions and use the response data...
05 Jun A place marketing programme for an independent high street
The traders’ and residents’ association for Chatsworth Road in Hackney, east London was founded in 2009, when a group of shop owners (most of whom were also residents) got together...
18 May High Street losses – It’s not just about shop closures…what about the services being lost?
While we read daily about shops closing down and major retailers going into administration, there isn’t the same coverage on the services and amenities disappearing from our town centres.On a...
02 May Manchester’s model to increase city centre living, fast
Whether you know Manchester or not, this is worth a listen - BBC Radio 4 - Manhattan-chester. 20 years ago (around the time I left Manchester…) few people lived in the city...
11 Apr The Stronger Town Fund launches in the UK
The government has launched a UK fund in an attempt to boost struggling towns. The £1.6bn ‘Stronger Towns Fund’ is due to be allocated using a needs-based formula, which communities...