All Mary Portas: High street review articles – Page 2
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NewsFailed town centre retail focus has added £1,000 a year to cost of living, study shows
The Policy Exchange has called for retail powers to be removed from failing councils to allow competition to improve the shopping experience.
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NewsImproved roads and cheap parking will save the high street, says Next boss Wolfson
Next boss Lord Wolfson believes improved road access and cheap parking is key to resuscitating the UK’s struggling high streets and branded other initiatives as pointless gimmicks.
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NewsMary Portas admits Portas Pilots cannot "truly succeed" without full Government support
Mary Portas, the retail expert and TV star, has admitted that the Portas Pilots could “never truly succeed” without full Government action on her 28 recommendations to save the high street.
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NewsWestminster to launch inquiry into the high street following Portas hearing
The select committee for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is set to launch an inquiry into the high street, it is understood.
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OpinionComment: Relieving rates burden would be real retail fix
Bill Grimsey and Mary Portas may have more in common than either would care to admit. Both have passionately articulated the vast challenge that faces high street retailers.
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NewsMary Portas hits back at criticism of the Portas Review in Westminster meeting
Mary Portas believes Government reviews should come with a “health warning” after she received “a bashing” for her work to try and save UK high streets.
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NewsPickles throws weight behind town teams in high street revival campaign
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has thrown the Government’s weight behind town teams, an idea championed by Mary Portas to offer training and support to revive ailing town centres.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How do the Grimsey and Portas reviews compare?
Former Focus boss Bill Grimsey has revealed his 31 recommendations to save the high street. But how does the “alternative” review compare to retail expert Mary Portas’s 28-point review for Government published in 2011? Retail Week takes a look.
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NewsGrimsey Review warns 20,000 stores face closure
Twenty thousand stores face closure over the next 12 months, with five or six big names at risk, according to analysis in the Grimsey Review of the high street.
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NewsEric Pickles attacks ‘draconian’ parking rules
Eric Pickles has attacked local councils for “draconian” parking policies that have caused motorists to abandon the high street.
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NewsSteep rent decline highlights out of date business rates system
The dramatic fall in rents over the past five years has put into sharp focus how out of kilter onerous business rates increases are with the market, according to new data revealed by the Grimsey Review.
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NewsGrimsey Review into Britain's high streets to be published next month
Former Focus boss Bill Grimsey will unveil his review on how to save Britain’s struggling high streets next month.
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NewsOne in seven English businesses summoned to court over missed rates payments
One in seven business premises in England were summoned to appear in court last year after falling behind on business rates payments, according to estimations from the Grimsey high street review.
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NewsMary Portas to face questions in Westminster over high street review
Retail expert Mary Portas will face questions from a select committee in September over the progress of her work to help struggling high streets.
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NewsPortas Pilots "valuable" but will not solve struggling high streets, Government says
The Portas Pilots have been a “valuable testing ground” but the Government has stressed they were never meant to solve the problem of the struggling high street.
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NewsMary Portas demands a meeting with Cameron over ‘tepid’ high street response
Retail expert Mary Portas has demanded a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron to challenge him on his commitment to saving the UK’s high streets.
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NewsFormer Focus boss Bill Grimsey to lead ‘alternative’ high street review
Bill Grimsey is to lead an “alternative review” into the high street after claiming retail guru Mary Portas gave sector “false hope”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Have the Portas Pilot towns succeeded?
It’s been just over a year since the first 12 Portas Pilot towns were named, but has the project worked? Matthew Valentine assesses its progress.
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NewsBusiness rates drive tax burden increase for retailers
Retailers are struggling under the weight of a tax bill that has rocketed by 65% since 2005 amid rising business rates, corporation tax and property taxes.
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Analysis
In numbers: The state of the high street in 2018
A new report from the Centre for Retail Research predicts a dire future for the state of the UK retail, estimating that more than a fifth of high street stores will close over the next five years.