All Manifesto for the high street articles
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NewsNew organisation launches in bid to rejuvenate British high streets
A new organisation will launch today in a bid to breathe new life into UK high streets as they grapple with turbulent trading conditions.
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NewsGovernment appoints Marcus Jones MP as new high streets minister
The government has appointed Marcus Jones MP the new minister for high streets as part of its post-election re-shuffle.
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NewsVacancy rate on Scotland's high streets falls to 13.7%
The number of empty shops on Scotland’s high streets has fallen in the past year to 13.7%, according to a new report.
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NewsUK high street vacancy rates fall at fastest rate for 8 years
The number of empty shops on UK high streets is falling at the fastest rate for at eight years.
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NewsFootfall slumps in December as shoppers desert the high street
Footfall slumped on the high street in December as shoppers made fewer festive trips and spent online in greater numbers.
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NewsGrimsey calls for dedicated high street minister at retail inquiry
Former Focus DIY boss Bill Grimsey has made renewed calls for a dedicated minister for town centres and urged for joined-up thinking between local authorities and the Government.
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OpinionComment: Retail needs a better deal on rates
When we set out to publish an alternative review of the high street we all had one thing in mind. We wanted to start a conversation about change and kick-start a different debate about the future of the high street.
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OpinionComment: The high street needs more than good weather to succeed
For years it’s been sinking to new depths, but the sudden change of weather, allowing Britain to enjoy the best summer in years, has caused a striking turnaround. Or so it appears.
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NewsPaphitis puts his backing behind next week's Independents' Day
Retail entrepreneur Theo Paphitis has put his backing behind next week’s Independents’ Day, which encourages shoppers to buy from local shopkeepers.
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AnalysisIn numbers: The LDC's shop vacancy rates 2012
The Local Data Company has today announced its latest high street vacancy rates. Retail Week takes a look at the numbers.
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OpinionComment: Stupidity Inc - a high street shoots itself in the foot over Space (NK) invader
High Streets may have empty units, but it may be their own fault.
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NewsRochdale MP Simon Danczuk wades into shop vacancy data row
Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has defended shop vacancy figures published by the Local Data Company, after the Association of Town Centre Managers criticised them as being “fatally flawed”.
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NewsShop vacancy rates return to record high
Shop vacancy rates increased to their highest recorded level in June.
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NewsNew Portas Pilots set to be unveiled tomorrow
The second round of Portas Pilots will be announced by government tomorrow.
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OpinionTime for new thinking on old stores
The rate of growth in store vacancy rates has slowed, but that’s little consolation to those towns where nearly a third of shops are empty.
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OpinionThe land of plenty?
The supermarkets seem to think there’s unlimited opportunity to open convenience stores. But is there?
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OpinionThe unsustainable growth in property costs
Rents may not be rising at the speed they were, but the growth in overall costs of occupying retail property is still out of control.
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Opinion
A lesson in Anthropologie
Writing from Virgin Trains’ woeful standard class on my way to Retail Week’s conference on the future of the high street in Birmingham.
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AnalysisShoppers hit out at high street neglect
It’s not just retailers who are angry at the neglect of UK high streets. In an exclusive ICM poll, shoppers tell us what they want to see happen to their local shops, and we report on Retail Week readers’ views
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AnalysisWhere did it all go right?
With the fate of many UK high streets hanging in the balance, Mark Faithfull looks at five very different towns that are striving to prove there is still a place for local shopping — Derby, Rotherham, Morpeth, Plymouth and Ludlow