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This note provides a brief guide to the system of non-domestic rating, better known as ‘Business Rates’. This note focuses on the operation of the Business Rates system in England. It provides comparisons to the devolved Business Rates systems in Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland. A property’s rateable value is set by the Valuation Office…
Intelligent Mobility is the hidden innovation that will be behind so many improvements to transport service in and between our towns and cities. Want to know more? This Traveller Needs study from the Government-backed technology and innovation centre for intelligent mobility, the Future of Transport Systems Catapult, is a good place to start. Intelligent mobility brings…
The uses of this 2016 survey of BIDs nationwide are multiple. The survey’s authors outline how it holds up a mirror for the BID industry to look at itself by enabling: an annual snapshot to be taken of the BID community in the UK and Ireland for policy makers; chief executives of BIDs to benchmark themselves against…
I love the quote -so true! This report produced by the Institute of Place Management is a must-read for anybody involved in influencing High Street vitality and viability. This report outlines how town centre managers should focus on the factors identified as ‘micro’ that impact on vitality and viability. These are the factors that could…
The changing face of the High Street and the current policy and retail context is considered in detail in this report published by English Heritage (now known as Historic England). It considers what this might mean for town centre regeneration over the next few years. Its case studies demonstrate what town centre regeneration can achieve through an innovative approach…
This new report published by the British Retail Consortium , Retail 2020, sets out how the retail workplace landscape is expected to change in the coming years. It suggests that store closures on UK high streets and town centres could exacerbate the impact on employment in already fragile communities with weaker regions and the most…
Town Centre Investment Zones -Getting investment back into the High Street: Summary report of the Fragmented Ownership Group published by the British Property Federation This newly published report gives a great overview of one of the big ideas that could help re-invigorate our town centres. Town Centre Investment Management and Zones involves the pooling of a…