With discussion often focused on the carrot and stick approach of High Street Rental Auctions, we look at the two aspects side-by-side. With procedures and funding well documented for the formalities of Rental Auctions, we question what are the equivalents for the softer, persuasive side. Pilot approach receives cash boost High Street Rental Auctions (HSRAs)…
DetailsHow much of national policy and local practice in revitalising neighbourhoods, town and city centres comes down to achieving a simple aim of …’getting more smiling faces in places’? At the People & Places Partnership, we have adopted this simple mantra to provide a focus for our work with councils and communities and commercial interests. …
DetailsThe interesting aspect of the recent announcement for the Visitor Levy in England, is not the decision made that it is going ahead -that’s been a foregone conclusion since last year’s Budget. The key decisions are the ones still to be made by Strategic Authorities about how they will be making the most of the…
DetailsWe realise that these are uncertain times for communities faced by what seems an ever-deepening set of issues and institutional uncertainty with the roll-out of devolution and local government reorganisation. At the national level, there seems to be increasing mention of the importance of ‘place’ and murmurings about community empowerment, without a readily available route…
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