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How to save the high street: 10 quickfire solutions As another retail giant collapses, many people are asking: what can be done to save UK high streets? Here are some ideas Economics Society
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‘It’s changed how the village feels’: the artists brightening up shop shutters A suburb in Manchester let artists loose on shop shutters and walls. Now it hopes to inspire other towns to do the same Arts Culture Society
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The New Look shop that became a climate emergency hub Across the UK, shops that have been abandoned by big chains are becoming hubs for tackling the climate crisis Environment Society Wellbeing
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The entrepreneurs challenging ‘copy and paste’ high streets Chains and empty shops dominate many high streets. A new model offers an alternative vision, one led by creatives and small businesses Economics Society UK
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The future of high street fashion? A hub where you mend, make and swap clothes An empty shop in England has been turned into a hub, where people are inspired to achieve sartorial satisfaction beyond fast fashion Environment Lifestyle Society
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Can art save our high streets? In Yorkshire, it’s already happening When big retailers abandoned a town in England, locals got creative. Now its high street is anything but dead Arts Economics Society
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Refill shops: the once-niche trend that’s going mainstream The UK now has hundreds of refill shops, helping people reduce packaging. Now supermarkets are getting in on the act Economics Environment Lifestyle Society
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The Library of Things: coming to a town near you 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? Economics Environment Society
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This abandoned arcade is set to become the UK’s first community shopping centre Can a neglected shopping arcade in West Yorkshire become a blueprint for the high street’s (much-needed) revival? Economics Innovation Society UK

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