As we move through the lockdown roadmap’s greenlights and bottlenecks, how can we plan for the long-term return of customers to our town and city centres? How can we set-about welcoming town customers back for good? An evolving response As town centres and their businesses emerge from a third national lockdown, we believe the response…
Like place-leaders and businesses across the country, at People & Places, we will be watching and influencing how returning customers will vote with their feet over the coming months. We know that it will be important to track customers’ returns to old habits and haunts. It will also be crucial to understand their new patterns…
Research recently commissioned by LOVE Loughborough BID helps in understanding Loughborough’s town centre footfall and foot-flow during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research gives in-depth insights into the impact of lockdowns and restrictions on the use of Loughborough town centre whilst also offering positive signs about the potential to recover. The findings offer insights for other…
The People & Places Partnership is working with Proximity Futures on behalf of North Tyneside Council to guide the short-term recovery and revitalisation of Fish Quay over the longer-term. This page provides access to up-to-date resources created as part of this work, as well as links to related guidance. Surveys seeking local stakeholders’ views Working…
The People & Places Partnership is teaming-up with Proximity Futures to combine the two companies’ expertise on how customers are using town and city centres, as they reopen and seek to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Case studies showing potential Joint work on case studies on tracking Nuneaton’s footfall through the COVID-19 pandemic and quarterly…
The People & Places Partnership is working with Proximity Futures on behalf of North Tyneside Council to guide the short-term recovery and revitalisation of Forest Hall over the longer-term. This page provides access to up-to-date resources created as part of this work, as well as links to related guidance. Surveys seeking local stakeholders’ views Working…
With the Governments’ roadmap out of lockdown in England published for all to navigate, what are the potential greenlights and bottlenecks that this signals for town centre place managers and businesses? The initial analysis undertaken by the People & Places Partnership of the lockdown roadmap’s greenlights and bottlenecks, indicates that town centre place managers and…
In summer 2020, the then Selby District Council faced the challenge of charting Selby’s route to recovery and revitalisation. In a case study on reopening and revitalising Selby, prepared for the Local Government Association (LGA), the People & Places Partnership summarises how this is being achieved in a safe and welcoming way while adding to…
The winter extension of Oxford’s alfresco hospitality is a great example of how many town and city centres have responded creatively to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the latest in our series of national case case studies prepared for the Local Government Association, Oxford’s on-street alfresco hospitality offer is another great example…
The People & Places Partnership is working with East Suffolk Council, Halesworth Town Council, Halesworth Town Centre Group, Halesworth Business Connections, Halesworth Tourism Group & Halesworth Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group and other local partners in revitalising Halesworth town centre. This page provides access to resources created as part of this work, as well as links…