Policy

The BID Foundation (TBF) has informed the Home Office that it does not support any future expansion of the late night levy, the discretionary power enabling licensing authorities in England and Wales to collect financial contributions from businesses that sell alcohol at night.

IPM has recently submitted a bid in excess of £3m to lead a new kind of innovation network.

Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (LPiPs) are a new initiative from UK Research and Innovation.

On the 17th, The BID Foundation will convene its membership online for a session to respond to the autumn statement, analysing the key decisions made and how they will affect BIDs, levy payers and wider communities over the coming months

Jeremy Hunt, the new (and fourth this year) Chancellor of the Exchequer, sought to calm markets and reassure both international investors and the public of the need to provide confidence and stability in the light of a chaotic month in UK economic policy.

Announced in the 'mini-budget', investment zones are all about growth and investment, and they include deregulation. Find out the IPM view from Kevin Parkes, Paul Wright and Cathy Parker.

What does the cutting of support for consumer energy bills to a period of 6 months (not the 2 years originally proposed) mean for high streets?

IPM Chair, Professor Cathy Parker finds a subdued Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, where levelling up is still on the agenda but potential future cuts pose problems for the high street.

Today’s 'min-budget' announcement by the Chancellor breaks with tradition, aims to take the brakes off growth but could crash the economy.

The Institute of Place Management has joined a collective of organisations representing the high street in writing to the Prime Minister to request further support for businesses that face ‘spiralling operating costs’.

Welcome certainty for individuals but still future help needed for businesses and in reacting to falling consumer confidence.