Rewriting The High Street: Recent Episodes
Catherine Price
A podcast about how town and city centres are changing, evolving and responding to the current economic climate. Each episode will feature a roundup of recent news relating to the high street.
This episode looks at the increase in retail sales in January, the call for the Government to reform the Apprenticeship Levy system, and the shopping centres trialling dog-friendly centres, with mixed results.
This chapter looks at the announcement about shared banking hubs in locations where all the banks have closed, retailers that have bounced back after going into administration, and the difference in caffeine levels in high street coffee chains.
This chapter looks at the swathe of banks closing their branches, the Springboard Footfall Review of 2022, and the increase of Quiet Hours across stores and shopping centres.
In this episode we look at the impact of inflation on Christmas sales, the levelling up funding announcements, and retailers looking to expand their businesses.
This episode retail and online sales in the run up to Christmas, the latest Government support for business energy bills, and the pandemic entrepreneurs starting out on the high street.
A roundup of recent news relating to the high street. This episode looks at the rate of shops closing in 2022 (doom), the new office working week and the towns that are faring well post pandemic (zoom towns) and big brand sales increases in December (boom).