Today we held our inaugural place perspective event on the occasion of our 15th birthday ‘Place: what’s the future?’ and I was delighted to be

I was delighted to be part of the recent Institute of Economic Development webinar on ‘Our High Streets and Town Centres: what’s the story?’ focusing

Amazingly, it’s 15 years since the thinkingplace journey began to help places develop a shared sense of purpose, pride and prosperity. Many people said we

In the third of our series of best practice webinars looking at how places have responded to Coronavirus in partnership with the Local Government Association,

In June we hosted a very thought-provoking webinar with the Institute of Economic Development with Martin Reeves, CEO of Coventry City Council; Tom Stannard, Corporate

We are still gripped by the most significant crisis many of us have ever experienced and it is being played out in places across the

It’s now six years since then Chancellor George Osborne unveiled a new initiative for the North. The Northern Powerhouse was supposed to create a focus

A week on from my most recent Solace (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives) Masterclass I was reflecting on the ever inspirational CEO of Coventry

The figures tell a powerful story. The Centre for Retail Research estimates there are around 50,000 fewer shops on our high streets than just over