Many cities struggle to attract business investment and have high vacancy rates on their high streets. How can they improve their attractiveness to business and boost the vibrancy of their city centres?
The best way to create resilient town and city centres with a strong demand for local services is to encourage broader jobs growth
We must create the conditions that will bring people, businesses and work back to our city centres, rather than focusing on flagging retail alone
Thriving city centres offer more of a premium retail experience than those struggling to fill empty shops
What is the supply and nature of urban space within cities, and what does that mean for the industrial strategy?
What's the right mix of commercial space and residential in the heart of a city? What can places do to attract more business investment and people to city centres?
City centres have become great places to live, work and play, but in some of our most vibrant city centres, there is not enough land to suit the needs of everyone.
Our new data dashboard has the answer
Denser neighbourhoods would offer UK cities many advantages — but delivering them poses great challenges
Nightclubs and venues are at risk from planning laws restricting the expansion of cities.
Often blamed for the high street's woes, business rates need wholesale reform so they can support cities' growth.
How the Government can make business rates system more efficient and make the most of devolution
Another high street report prescribes business rates reform and again fails to recognise the real blame lies in the weak economies of many UK cities
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Join us in Birmingham for an event to discuss the role of civic and business leadership in delivering place- shaping strategies for city centres.
Big data has much to tell us about how city economies work. Our Manchester and Sheffield case studies shed light on city centres as places of consumption
In many places workers, not leisure shoppers, are the key to high-street success
Another high street report prescribes business rates reform and again fails to recognise the real blame lies in the weak economies of many UK cities
The best way to create resilient town and city centres with a strong demand for local services is to encourage broader jobs growth
Thriving city centres offer more of a premium retail experience than those struggling to fill empty shops
The recent focus on struggling high streets ignores the success of well-performing city centres and misdiagnoses the real problem: a lack of high-skill jobs
2019 looks set to be a momentous year for the UK – Andrew Carter examines the biggest issues facing urban policy makers over the next twelve months.
It’s easy to think all high streets are in crisis. Headlines constantly broadcast the struggles of big brands and the blight of boarded-up shops, and now even John Lewis has issued a profit...
Parts of Hammond’s plan could help cities reshape their high streets, but underlying economic weaknesses must be addressed for long-lasting change
