Consultancy Programmes
The “Builder” programmes are to put something new in place, either a partnership or a strategy.
The “Review” programmes look at what has gone before and this will help to refine, direct and re-energise.
Partnership Builder
A one day programme to enable a new partnership to start up or develop in your location.
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Strategy Builder
Together, we can create a “Strategy Map” in one day establishing what’s important to your group.
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Partnership Review
Bringing in someone with a fresh perspective to help you look at what you have achieved always pays dividends.
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Governance Review
Getting governance right can make a huge difference to the effectiveness of a partnerships performance.
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Strategy Review
Taking a step back and asking if your current strategy is fit for purpose is often the basis for moving forward.
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About
Ged Gibbons
The town centre trading landscape is changing at an frenetic pace. The last few years has been compared to the industrial revolution, as a period of “creative destruction”. Old ways of doing business are no longer as effective and new opportunities are emerging. One thing is abundantly clear, businesses working together have a much better chance of succeeding than trying to act alone.
After 20 years working in and around business partnerships, including starting a local town centre partnership from scratch to being CEO of the Association for Town and City Management (ATCM), Martin Blackwell is able to share his experience and expertise in support those looking to grow business either by setting up a new group or building on an existing one.
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Blog
Revitalising Town Centres
Back in January 2017 the House of Commons debated on the future of town centres and high streets. The LGA briefing at the time set out some of the challenges facing High Streets and town centres, stating, The future looks bleak as retail spending on high streets continues to decline, leading to an over-supply of[…]
A City Shared…
The term ‘sharing city’ is being adopted by a growing number of location across the world. However, understanding what this means and looks like can be difficult. The phrase seems mean different things to different people and it as if there is an overlap between what makes a ‘sharing city’, a ‘smart city’ or a[…]
How Well Is Your Board Working?
This is always a good time of year to take a step back and looks at how well your board is working. Are you getting the support you need and the best from its members? No board is perfect. The chances are there is always something that could be better. If you’ve had your board[…]
Tackling Business Crime
As many people will be aware, I’ve been working on a new set of standards for BCRPs for over a year. I am delighted to say that these are complete and have been adopted as national standards by the National Business Crime Centre and supported by Secure By Design, the official UK Police flagship initiative[…]
Apple has announced that it is renaming all its 500 stores worldwide as “Town Squares”.
Wow! I am really looking forward to going into my local store to see the Christmas lights being switched on this year. Anyone who thinks a true “public space” can be found online needs to get out more. Are Apple really in that much trouble, with stagnating growth and another hugely overpriced Apple phone the[…]
Market Towns: Harnessing the Power of the Collective
Smaller towns and High Streets can harness the Power of the Collective by working together; and we do need to work together. The years since the Millennium have been described as a period of “creative destruction” as old ways of doing this change radically and at a pace never seen before. When I was CEO[…]
Safety & Security in Town Centres
The phrase “digital disruption” is one that you are going to hear more of. I first got involved in the Cross-sector Safety and Security Communications (CSSC) way back in 2012 in the run up to the Olympics in London. The idea was that the place management community, especially BIDs could as Industry Sector Leads to[…]
Have Your Say on the New National Business Crime Centre
Over the past year I have been working with various Business Crime Reduction Partnerships (BCRPs), and latterly the new National Business Crime Centre, NABCP and others to draft, for the first time, an agreed nation set of standards. Pressure for this has come from businesses that want to be sure that they are supporting the[…]
Casebook Events: Mystery of the Star Eaters
Bringing “Experience” to your town centre SHOW SHOWING Rugby, 18 March Leamington Spa, 1 April Lincoln,8 April Mansfield, 22 April BOOKING FROM MAY ONWARD NOW BEING TAKEN It has long been recognised that just offering shopping alone doesn’t cut it for town centres. If people just want to shop, they will probably go online,[…]
BIDs and the 2017 Business Rates Revaluation: A Guest Blog
As proposals to allow 100% retention of business rates reform and Property Owner BIDs outside of London (or “to confer power on certain local authorities in England to impose a levy on persons with certain property interests in a business improvement district to finance projects to be carried out in the district” as the government[…]