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Comment: Portas Pilots and the Queen of the High Street

May 6, 2013by danthompson33 2 Comments

 “They’re bound to show all the bad bits and make them look really bad, and even if nothing gets better, they’ll have to make it look as if it has.” […]

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Portas Pilots don’t deliver the revolution

May 3, 2013by danthompson33 Leave a comment

Freedom of Information requests have revealed that the second wave of 15 Portas Pilot towns have spent only 13% of the £1.5million they were granted by government. One town spent […]

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The Portas review, one year on

December 12, 2012by danthompson33 Leave a comment

There’s a paradox at the heart of the pop up movement; how can something temporary be a permanent solution? Right now, we have more empty shops than ever before and […]

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Guest Blog: Bedminster’s Portas Pilot

August 13, 2012by danthompson33 1 Comment

I live within 15mins walk of the North St/ East St area of Bedminster where the new investment is destined – it’s what we class as our local shops and […]

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