All Mary Portas: High street review articles – Page 6
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OpinionIt's been a bad few weeks for the high street
The collapse of Game and the closure of nearly half its shops summed that up starkly.
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NewsPortas Pilots to feature in Channel 4 TV series
Mary Portas is to front a new show on Channel 4 covering the progress of the Government’s town centre improvement pilot schemes.
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NewsConsumers reluctant to play part in improving high streets
ICM poll suggests consumers have little interest in helping to turn around high streets.
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OpinionHigh street still in clear and present danger
Momentum is the lifeblood of successful change. And, the more I reread the Government’s response to the Portas review, the more I’m convinced it has failed to harness the spirit and passion behind the Queen of Shops’ initial intentions.
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NewsMP to raise "unfair" allocation of Portas funds in Parliament
Labour MP for Rochdale Simon Danczuk is to raise in Parliament what he has claimed is the “unfair” allocation of money from the Government’s High Street Innovation Fund.
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NewsShapps slams critics of Government Portas response
Housing minister Grant Shapps has called critics of the Government’s response to the Portas Review “misinformed”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What does the Portas response mean for the High Street?
Mary Portas is fiery, controversial and determined. Whether the Government’s response to her High Street Review reflects any of these characteristics is questionable.
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NewsGovernment criticised for lack of ambition on Portas Review
The British Retail Consortium has slammed the Government for “its lack of bold vision” in executing Mary Portas’ plan to revitalise British high streets.
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NewsGovernment launches Portas Plus plans to rescue failing high streets
The Government has pledged almost £13m to save suffering high streets as it is this morning expected to accept the “vast majority” of recommendations made by the Portas Review.
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NewsVacancy rates reach record high
Vacancy rates on the high street hit a record 14.6% in February.
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Retail sales fall in February
The value of retail sales fell 0.4% in February, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsDigital may not kill high street, says BskyB boss
Digitalisation does not have to mean the death of the high street, says BskyB finance boss Andrew Griffith.
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NewsPrisk promises business-led retail strategy in summer
Business minister Mark Prisk has promised a “clear, business-led” strategy to spark retail growth in the summer.
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OpinionCan a reality TV star save our high street?
Ian Middleton is the Managing director and co-founder of Argenteus.
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NewsHigh street must ‘shrink’ warns Sainsbury’s boss
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King is to call for a shrinking of the high street and for empty shops to be converted to housing.
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NewsBRC disagrees with Portas' "exceptional sign off" recommendation
Secretary of State sign off for all new out of town developments would be “extremely problematic” if it was agreed by the Government, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) is set to say when it responds to the Portas Review next week.
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NewsGovernment launches Portas pilot to revive high street
The Government has today launched a £1m competition to help turn-around failing high streets on the back of the Portas Review.
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NewsHigh street crisis ‘irreversible’, Wrigley warns
The former boss of New Look, Phil Wrigley, has sounded the death knell of the traditional high street, and described Mary Portas’s review as the “right diagnosis, wrong prescription”.
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OpinionCustomers want convenience
Martin Newman has extensive e-commerce experience, having been involved in multichannel retailing for over 25 years. He is the founder and chief executive of Practicology.
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News‘Energetic’ response to Portas Review promised
The Government minister charged with overseeing a turnaround of the UK’s ailing high streets has welcomed aspects of the Portas Review, but warned that more is needed to tackle the decline.