Portas Pilots don’t deliver the revolution
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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Pop Up People – one year on
A year ago, Revolutionary Arts published Pop Up People, a report into the pop up movement and the people behind it. The report was based on visits to towns and cities […]
The Portas review, one year on
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 […]
The high street isn’t dead; Dan Thompson at Townstock
The High Street is dead. I know because Mary Portas has told us – she says ‘The days of a high street populated simply by independent butchers, bakers and candlestick […]
Empty Shops Network 