Booking Terms and Conditions – TownFunder event
By booking a delegate place through this website, you are entering into a legally binding contract and will be subject to the following terms and conditions. Event Fee The event fee includes all...
View ArticleBooking form – TownFunder – 5th March 2013, Birmingham
TownFunder Conference BVSC, central Birmingham 5th March 2013 1. ATTENDEE DETAILSPlease complete a separate booking form for each person attending Title First Name(required) Surname(required)...
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Consumer revolution, retail evolution, innovation
Portas one year on: 2 – consumer revolution, retail evolution, innovation Clare Rayner, The Retail Champion One of the statements that really angered me when the Portas review came out was the...
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Planning and community rights in a post-Portas world
Portas one year on: 3 – Localism, neighbourhood planning and community rights Alison Eardley and Euan Mills consider neighbourhood and community led planning and the community rights, post Portas The...
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Taxing the high street out of existence?
Portas one year on: 5 – business rates It was the year when ministers talked about “bringing back the bustle to our high streets”, then taxed many small businesses out of existence, writes Paul...
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From me towns to we towns – a vision of the future
Portas one year on: 6 – beyond Portas From me towns to we towns – a vision of the future Julian Dobson, Urban Pollinators One year ago, the Portas Review of the high street echoed our vision that the...
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Empty shops, and a pop up paradox
Portas one year on: 4 – Empty shops and a pop up paradox Using empty shops for whatever reason, be it cultural attractions, community projects or business start-up, should only ever be part of the...
View ArticleNot just for Christmas. A year from the Portas Review, high streets need more...
Press release, 12 December 2012 Not just for Christmas. A year from the Portas Review, high streets need more than decoration Call for central and local government to demonstrate focused, informed and...
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Legislating for localism
Can you legislate for localism? By Chris Wade, chief executive, Action for Market Towns As the Localism Bill passes through parliament and is immersed in a quagmire of amendments and technical debate,...
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Community-led development in England’s small towns: the Market Towns Initiative
19.12.2012 The Market Towns Initiative (MTI) was a community-led development programme which operated throughout rural England from 2000 until 2005/6. It was designed to help local people, with...
View ArticleTown Centre Solutions Workshop, 5th February, Holyhead, Wales
When: 5th February 2013 Where: Holyhead Sea Cadets, Anglesey, LL65 1YA With a backdrop of enormous interest from communities, towns, from media and from policymakers in the Wales and UK Governments in...
View ArticleTown Team Initiatives Morpeth – Booking Form
TOWN TEAM INITIATIVES TOWN HALL, MARKET PLACE, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 1LZ TUESDAY 26th FEBRUARY 2013 1. ATTENDEE DETAILSPlease complete a separate booking form for each person attending Title...
View ArticleGetting to Grips with Community Rights – Gloucester – Booking Form
THURSDAY, 14TH MARCH 2013 G3 HUB, CHELTENHAM ROAD EAST, CHURCHDOWN, GLOUCESTER, GL3 1HX 1. ATTENDEE DETAILSPlease complete a separate booking form for each person attending Title First Name(required)...
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Stone Advent Windows
This innovative project brings together shops, schools and other organisations to create a giant Advent Calendar. A new window on a Christmas theme opens each day between 1 December and Christmas Eve,...
View ArticleCar Parking Research: How parking can be managed in Yorkshire’s market towns
Dealing with parking problems – such as a lack of supply or the dominance of parked cars in beautiful locations within our towns – is often important in achieving a town’s Renaissance objectives....
View ArticleCall for Government town centre action from LGA as survey results published
21.12.2012 The Local Government Association – which today published its annual Christmas town centre survey – is calling for the Government to take action to help councils revitalise town centres....
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Season’s greetings from AMT and best wishes for a happy and successful new year
21.12.2012 We would like to wish members, friends, supporters, stakeholders, and all readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all at Action for Market Towns. Our office...
View ArticleTown Team Initiative Workshop, Morpeth, Northumberland
When: Tuesday 26 February 2013 Where: Morpeth Town Hall, Market Place,Morpeth,Northumberland,NE61 1LZ Action for Market Towns works with small and market towns, helping them to understand and improve...
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Merry Christmas! Case Study of the Week: Stone Advent Windows
In suitably festive fashion, we’re looking at an innovative project that brings together shops, schools and other organisations to create a giant Advent Calendar. A new window on a Christmas theme...
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Carol Chapman Tribute
22.01.2013 It is with sadness that we report the death of Carol Chapman, a former voluntary board member of AMT and well known “community stalwart” in Market Drayton who died last week at the age of...
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