[Image: Sloane Square, London with lights in trees year-round] The night time economy is back on the government’s radar, but there is something missing from the current debate, writes The Assembly Line’s Diane Cunningham. Many of our high street projects include an element of night time activity,...
As part of the Placed Better Together conference (write-up), there was a fringe event in Liverpool where Real Worth and Baltic Creative CIC hosted a walk around the district. Social value in the Baltic Baltic CIC was set-up 15 years ago to support the growth of...
June saw the launch of north-west based social enterprise, PLACED's first conference titled Better Places Together focused on social value and engagement in place projects.The event posed questions on rethinking engagement and social value from tender to legacy and how meaningful engagement can enable less-heard voices...
How Huyton Village went from having the worst Christmas tree to a huge Christmas light switch on. Huyton Village went from being mocked for the ‘worst Christmas tree of the year’ (over many years) to 2,500+ people turning out for a Christmas light switch-on, When we...
As another year draws to a close, there is time to reflect and give some thought to how the year ahead might start. 2024 saw us working on projects across the country; reviving high streets, guiding partnership structures, considering the future of markets and interim roles...
Earlier this month we headed to Coventry to attend the ReStitch Conference. Having launched in 2022 when the conference took place in London and Halifax, this year it was hosted in one location only, being Coventry.This year’s conference was billed as collaborative effort (in an...
The Fabric District CIC is working to develop the area a few minutes walk away from Lime Street station in Liverpool. It is home to historic buildings, indie businesses with a growing hospitality and creative sector and an international food offer.Its neighbours include University of Liverpool, The...
The image shows an unchanged view of Liverpool over the years yet the city and this area has changed enormously. The view is not about looking back but in considering how the old and new work together. Particularly post-Covid it’s not all about reinvention and...
Back in January 2019, our director, Diane embarked on an MSc in Place Management and Leadership with the Institute of Place Management based at Manchester Metropolitan University.Diane has now reached the final stage of the course which is the dissertation. This has been through various development...
As a trustee at The London Society, we hosted a panel discussion last week on London’s high streets. We know that the lockdown has affected current patterns of working, shopping and eating out. Local high streets are reporting some recovery, but central areas are still seeing footfall...