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40% of visibly vacant town or city centre units, on average, have no agent board. Iain Nicholson explains why this is a problem and what place leaders and managers might do to intervene and mitigate it.

To get the most impact from billions of pounds of government investment and truly level up the UK, the private sector must share risk with local authorities, argues Paul Wright from the Whatifgroup and Senior Fellow of the IPM.

As high streets and town centres continues to face multiple pressures, Professor Cathy Parker, the research lead for the Government’s High Streets Task Force, explains in a new podcast why partnerships are essential to managing change.

FOR Cardiff demonstrates the effectiveness of a well-run and led BID which can transform and develop High Streets and Town Centres.  This study focuses the attention on the transformation of the arcades which have boosted footfall, engagement, and local pride in the city. 

IPM Fellow Joe Barrett met with market sector leaders and the Minister for Levelling Up to make the case for markets as critical to the activation of UK towns.

Researchers from the Institute of Place Management travelled to Ljubljana, Slovenia, to present their latest research about place at the RSA Conference.

New report - the Institute of Place Management welcomes new government proposals to take control of long-vacant high street properties.

On the 19^th June, The BID Foundation chaired the latest meeting of the Sector Leaders Groups, joining colleagues from DLUHC and a range of leading membership bodies to share priorities for the high street and town centres.

Professor Cathy Parker has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday honours, in recognition of services to education and to place management

Early footfall data and figures from Merseyside Police suggest an additional 500,000 visitors came to Liverpool during the two weeks of Eurovision and EuroFestival.