Institute of Place Management

UK High Street Footfall

Daily analysis based on footfall benchmarks from Springboard

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The BID Foundation

Supporting Business Improvement Districts to transform towns and cities in the UK

Latest news

Learning and Unlearning Placemaking: uncovering educational placemaking practice

The IPM will be hosting the third event in the Handbook of Placemaking series on 14th October.

22 Sep 2021

The BID Foundation chairs Sector Leaders Group on high street recovery

The BID Foundation hears from high street sector leaders on trends in towns and cities following COVID-19 restrictions.

20 Sep 2021

IPM study finds bookshops are vital for high street regeneration

Bookshops are playing a vital role in the recovery and regeneration of high streets in towns across the UK and Ireland, early findings from IPM research has found.

Working with the Booksellers Association of UK & Ireland (BA), IPM asked over 150 bookshop staff to gauge how bookshops bolster the community.

13 Sep 2021

Research

Supporting the people that serve places

Latest work

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Creating and managing better places after lockdown

Towns and cities have a great opportunity to show the way to ‘building back better’. Find out how we're working with our Membership to help make this a reality.

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Video

Dr. Steve Millington introduces Tactical Urbanism

On the IPM Pre-Recovery webinar, Steve introduces the idea for community-led, low-cost and scalable place-based interventions.

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Our work

Strategy for Manchester's district centres

IPM's work has been recognised by the City Council.

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