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Business Improvement Districts representing towns and cities around the UK have joined together to form influential working groups that tackle key issues in town and city centres.

The professional body for place leaders and managers has urged the Government to carefully manage possible changes to business rates regulations so as not to risk damaging high street investment.

The Journal of Place Management and Development (JPMD) proudly announces the winners of the 2023 JPMD Literati Awards, a prestigious recognition of excellence in the field of place management and place making.

This is a case study provided by the BID in Waterloo which has developed and produced a placemaking strategy for their area.  This study provides context, a list of challenges that were involved alongside the short term and long-term achievements and advice for anyone wanting to produce their own strategy.

With anti-social behaviour and crime continuing to act as a major barrier holding back UK high streets, Joe Barratt asks what role placemaking should play in making our streets safer?  

40% of visibly vacant town or city centre units, on average, have no agent board. Iain Nicholson explains why this is a problem and what place leaders and managers might do to intervene and mitigate it.

To get the most impact from billions of pounds of government investment and truly level up the UK, the private sector must share risk with local authorities, argues Paul Wright from the Whatifgroup and Senior Fellow of the IPM.

As high streets and town centres continues to face multiple pressures, Professor Cathy Parker, the research lead for the Government’s High Streets Task Force, explains in a new podcast why partnerships are essential to managing change.

FOR Cardiff demonstrates the effectiveness of a well-run and led BID which can transform and develop High Streets and Town Centres.  This study focuses the attention on the transformation of the arcades which have boosted footfall, engagement, and local pride in the city. 

IPM Fellow Joe Barrett met with market sector leaders and the Minister for Levelling Up to make the case for markets as critical to the activation of UK towns.