Reinventing the high street: how to breathe new life into towns and cities

How to save the high street: 10 quickfire solutions

Positive News — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:25:56 +0000

As another retail giant collapses, many people are asking: what can be done to save UK high streets? Here are some ideas

Lucy Purdy — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:00:53 +0000

A suburb in Manchester let artists loose on shop shutters and walls. Now it hopes to inspire other towns to do the same

Lucy Purdy — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 08:50:33 +0000

Across the UK, shops that have been abandoned by big chains are becoming hubs for tackling the climate crisis

Lucy Purdy — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:32:00 +0000

Chains and empty shops dominate many high streets. A new model offers an alternative vision, one led by creatives and small businesses

Nicola Slawson — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:01 +0000

An empty shop in England has been turned into a hub, where people are inspired to achieve sartorial satisfaction beyond fast fashion

Lucy Purdy — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:50:45 +0000

When big retailers abandoned a town in England, locals got creative. Now its high street is anything but dead

Hannah Partos — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:43:59 +0000

The UK now has hundreds of refill shops, helping people reduce packaging. Now supermarkets are getting in on the act

Lucy Purdy — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 10:31:25 +0000

A Library of Things allows people to borrow stuff they only need now and then. Hundreds are in planning, can they save the high street?

Robin Eveleigh — Mon, 30 May 2022 11:59:38 +0000

Can a neglected shopping arcade in West Yorkshire become a blueprint for the high street’s (much-needed) revival?

Gavin Haines — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:52:32 +0000

Can ‘fixing factories’ tackle the climate crisis and reduce waste? Campaigners think so – and want to open one on every UK high street