Sara Whelan announced as speaker at our Coventry event

We are excited to announce that Sara Whelan, Hemel Hempstead Place Strategy Manager, will be speaking at our not-to-be missed best practice event on Tuesday 15th November.  Sara has been an integral part in taking forward the development and transformation of Hemel Hempstead and works closely with a range of stakeholders to deliver the Hemel… Continue reading Sara Whelan announced as speaker at our Coventry event

Episode 2 of ‘Right place, right time’ out now!

In this podcast we are delighted to catch up with Clare Dewhirst, the founder and director of City Nation Place, the global forum for place branding and place marketing. City Nation Place creates connections and shares best practice between country brands, regional brands, and city brands around the world and Clare has a really insightful… Continue reading Episode 2 of ‘Right place, right time’ out now!

Fourth time lucky for helping you with your place pizzazz!!

Making your place the hero: best practice advice from leading-edge thinkers!   I’m sure, like ourselves, you’ve been frustrated by the delays to this event and the arranging and cancelling of plans.  You may even have felt a little sorry for us! Not to be deterred, we have secured a new date of Tuesday 15th… Continue reading Fourth time lucky for helping you with your place pizzazz!!

We’re going to City Nation Place UK on Wednesday 9th Nov 2022

We’re happy to announce that we’ll be partnering with City Nation Place for #CNPUK22 this year. It’s a great opportunity to connect with place leadership teams from across the UK and to discover how local authorities, BID teams, destination marketing organisations, and economic development teams are working together to build more sustainable, attractive place economies. City… Continue reading We’re going to City Nation Place UK on Wednesday 9th Nov 2022

Episode one of our podcast now available!

EDITORIAL USE ONLY Cofa's Tree an installation of coloured ribbons, printed with the hopes and aspirations of the city and flags that have been created by local children from 76 schools in the city, part of Coventry UK City of Culture's signature event. Picture date: Saturday June 5, 2021. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Doug Peters/PA Wire

The first episode of our place podcasts is with leading place thinker and provocateur Professor Martin Reeves, CEO of Coventry City Council. Coventry has undergone a massive transformation programme, including winning UK City of Culture 2021, and for the last 13 years Martin has been at the helm.   When it comes to ‘place’ his views… Continue reading Episode one of our podcast now available!

Only two weeks to go until our best practice event!

It’s now only two weeks until our FREE best practice place marketing and place branding learning event where you can hear from leading thinkers about all things place but there’s still time to book your place! A fantastic jam-packed agenda and the chance to meet up and chat with like-minded colleagues, with topics covered such… Continue reading Only two weeks to go until our best practice event!

Les Ratcliffe joins the Coventry event line up

We are delighted that Les Ratcliffe, Chair of Coventry And Warwickshire Place Board – Champions is able to contribute to our forthcoming FREE learning event ‘Putting the pizzazz in your place’ on Tuesday 13th September 2022 which is for anyone involved in promoting and shaping their place. Les has been chair of the Coventry and… Continue reading Les Ratcliffe joins the Coventry event line up

Looking forward to UKREiiF

At thinkingplace, we’re getting ready for UKREiiF from the 17th to the 19th May and alongside the busy conference agenda, we are looking forward to meeting up with people also visiting the Leeds event. Myself and fellow Director Sarah Perry would love the opportunity to introduce ourselves and our work to you whilst there. We… Continue reading Looking forward to UKREiiF

Join us for the ‘Magic of Place’!

thinkingplace, the UK’s leading place branding, place marketing and place making specialist, recently working with clients such as Staffordshire, Surrey, Hampshire, Torbay, Hemel Hempstead, Wakefield, Lowestoft, Reading, Eccles and Gloucester invite you to . . .   The Lamb & Flag, 1 Church Row, Leeds, LS2 7HD (less than 5 mins walk from The Royal… Continue reading Join us for the ‘Magic of Place’!