by Stephen Lochore According to a recent talk on Sustainable Development in World Heritage Cities, urban heritage has not been adequately addressed by existing multinational agreements designed to guide approaches to sustainable development. Examples of such agreements include the outputs ....
by Dorothy Laing Has the town centre first policy failed in its attempt to restore vitality to Britain’s failing high streets? Town centres and high streets across Britain have been suffering from the combined effects of the increase in online ....
by Brelda Baum It is estimated that tourism has the potential to generate $2 trillion globally by 2020 – as the economic situation improves and the ‘Great Recession’ is deemed all but over, let’s take a look at the evidence ....
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” (Jane Jacobs, The death and life of great American cities, 1961) by Morwen Johnson Last week’s devastating fire in Glasgow School ....
by Alex Addyman Our latest infographic highlights research on UK high streets including recent research by Deloitte which suggests a rosier picture for their future. The infographic was produced to coincide with the Future High Street Summit on the 26th & 27th ....
by Brelda Baum Training and skills remain perennial issues for the tourism industry. Therefore, the recent call by UK Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock at a Work Foundation conference on skills, held on 3rd March 2014, for a move from a ....
by Alex Addyman The Winter Olympics in Sochi have attracted great controversy from around the world with regards to a range of political and human rights issues as summed up well by Gevorg Mirzayan in The Telegraph: “allegations of widespread ....
“High streets are the heart of towns and communities. They have been for centuries. People are passionate about high streets.” Mary Portas (2011) As the quote from Mary Portas above suggests the British high street is something cherished by communities around ....
