This report identifies four key reasons why high street vacancy rates vary so much from city to city and how to improve their fortunes.
Not all high streets are struggling, but it is the economy that is the root cause for those that are.
As Labour marks its first year in Government, we look at its record to date in supporting the growth and productivity of the UK’s largest towns and cities.
This briefing sets out why planning committees should not be able to block development on sites allocated in local plans.
The Government will this year publish its English Devolution Bill. This will be the latest staging post in England's gradual move to having more power held at the level that an economy operates...
The UK doesn’t just have a national housing crisis, but there is a housing crisis in our most unaffordable cities. How can homes be built where they are needed?
As well as providing a deep dive into the latest economic data on the UK’s cities and largest towns, Cities Outlook 2024 looks back at how cities have fared since 2010.
Cities Outlook 2025 has a focus on the variation in wages across the country, and what policy will need to do to raise living standards.
Average annual workplace wages in London are nearly £20,000 higher than in lowest-paid parts of the UK, Cities Outlook 2025 finds.
Cities Outlook 2025 takes a look at what drives differences in wages across the country and what this means for local and national strategy.
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Paul Swinney, Director of Policy and Research, to discuss the findings of our flagship report 'Cities Outlook’, our annual health check of the economic...
Join Centre for Cities for the launch of a new report on the health of high streets around the country.
After a year in Government, how is Labour translating its manifesto commitments to policy, and which policy areas have seen the biggest announcements?
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Paul Swinney, Director of Policy and Research, to discuss the findings of our latest report 'Checking out: The varying performance of high streets across the country'.
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Tom Aubrey, Founder of Credit Capital Advisory and Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE, and Maurice Lange, Analyst at Centre for Cities.
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