REPAIR Research

Real Estate, Place Adaptation & Innovation within an integrated Retailing system (REPAIR). @ESRC funded research project based @UofGlasgow & @sheffielduni

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The REPAIR team published a paper today in the Journal of Urban Affairs that examines the de-malling practices employed in UK purpose-built shopping centres. #HighStreet https://t.co/eaNeg1mpSQ

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HIGH STREET JOKE ALERT “Nationwide must have looked pretty silly when they opened their first branch” (William Stone) 😆😆😆 (Top Ten joke at Edinburgh Fringe) https://t.co/Q7hA1zNX2D

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Westminster City Council partnership offering 6-month rent-free shops on Oxford Street to small on-line businesses who want to launch their first physical store. Deadline for applications: 30 August 2023. https://t.co/YJcflb0GB1

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Glasgow City Council and its appointed consultancy team will present a draft new Vision and Plan for Glasgow's Golden Z at a stakeholder event scheduled 14th August 2023, 11.30-1.30 #HighStreet https://t.co/YuOf2qz3qn

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“Poole was our pilot” say Legal & General, owner of approx £36 billion in real estate, after they allowed 10 shops to operate rent free for 2 years in Kingland Crescent: allowing them to data gather, think about what worked and about replication elsewhere. https://t.co/S5lrXG4iLg

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Another blow for UK High Streets. Boots to close 300 pharmacies over the next year. #highstreet
https://t.co/FzDDsbooKZ

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Down to 5,000 UK banks & building societies (from 10,000 in 2015), the Nationwide has pledged to stay put on the High Street until at least 2026 - part of their social responsibility to help customers in the cost-of-living crisis https://t.co/HK642wjz1p

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"Positive change is needed and, our research shows, is possible, to save our city centres." Cath Jackson, University of Sheffield, in her RTPI Blog discusses how to save our city centres. #citycentres #highstreet #planningresearchmatters https://t.co/xSqF8eyfxQ

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New article by Cath Jackson, Victoria Lawson, Allison Orr and @DrJTWhite: ‘Repurposing retail space: Exploring stakeholder relationships’.
https://t.co/4ECMzmQKXR
@ResearchREPAIR #StakeholderRelationships #assemblage

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📣 Article alert! 📣

Excellent new piece on experience economy & the 'death of the high street' from our very own @DrJTWhite, Allison Orr, @RichardsonRobK & colleagues James Hickie & Cath Jackson 👏🤩

#OpenAccess in @USJ_online now 👇 https://t.co/me4LBAVl9y

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£76m scheme to repurpose Glasgow city centre’s former Marks & Spencer store into student accommodation (634 residents) submitted for planning consent - a development aimed to help address Glasgow’s shortfalls in student housing https://t.co/cAC5bZPuPx

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One for all our Stockport followers - ‘meanwhile use’ plans for Council-owned former Debenhams: film studios and SME ‘quasi shipping container type workspace’ as part of Levelling Up bid https://t.co/xxwr0aZnvz via @PlaceNorthWest

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BAE Systems has acquired 80,000 sq ft of former retail, including a Debenhams, for refurbishment/use as a submarine engineer training centre (Barrow in Furness) to inject much needed activity into the town centre https://t.co/rSZqdIW4DK via @PlaceNorthWest

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More shop closures on the way as causalities of the cost of living crisis and surging operational costs fall on the #HighStreet; #retail https://t.co/OZrVtL9sRd

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The REPAIR Team tried axe-throwing last night @ #HatchetHarrys. Just one of the experiences emerging on the High Street that we discuss in our Urban Studies paper published yesterday. https://t.co/wlKpdCubB3

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David Lonsdale, Director of the Scottish Retail Consortium, discusses the latest shop vacancy data from the Scottish Retail Consortium and Local Data Company. #HighStreet #retail
https://t.co/o50tQdWG6u

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Combating the ‘old-fashioned attitude’ that High Street charity shops are a sign of decline: a new multi-charity department store opens in London’s Brent Cross. https://t.co/vSmmeT5YQD

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The REPAIR Team reflect on what their findings mean for the future of the High Street #HighStreet https://t.co/sVgz7xINJC

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The latest research publication #HighStreet from the REPAIR Team can be found at
https://t.co/jJJ7xzUDvY

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The report from The Scottish Government Economy and Fair Work Committee inquiry into Retail and Town Centres in Scotland has now been published. #HighStreet https://t.co/MX8wXuLwAY