Fifteen areas across England have been awarded a confirmed £255 million from the Future High Streets Fund. A further 57 areas have received a provisional funding offers totalling up to £576 million and we will be working with them to finalise their proposals. The 15 places who are receiving full funding are: Tamworth Town Centre
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On December 26, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick announced an £830 million funding boost for high streets, to be targeted at 72 areas in England to help towns recover from the effects of the pandemic and create thousands of jobs. The funds are intended to enable the delivery of ambitious regeneration plans, drawn up by places,
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Consumer watchdog, Which? has found that independent retailers and services have taken precedence over multiple retail giants and department stores on British high streets. The watchdog analysed some 1.5 million Ordnance Survey records comparing British retail and services between 2014 and 2019, finding that specialist retailers, markets, HoReCa businesses and experiential services are enjoying a
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has announced that an additional 50 towns will benefit from the £1 billion Future High Streets Fund. Towns across England – from Dudley to Dover and Scarborough to Stockport – will join 50 successful areas already shortlisted to develop plans to reinvent their high streets. The funding
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The CBI and EC Harris today unveiled a package of measures for the public and private sectors to work together to unlock local growth, overhaul business rates and rejuvenate the UK’s towns and cities. In a new report, developed with leading built asset consultants EC Harris, the CBI is calling for strong local leadership to
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Independent Retailer Month is a global ‘shop local’ campaign that runs annually throughout July to highlight the important role smaller, local, independent retailers play in the communities they serve, the local economy to which they contribute, and in the retail sector as a whole. For every pound you spend in a local independent shop or
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