Regeneration
Culture change
As retail struggles, new models for our high streets are emerging. Ivan Tennant assesses some creative approaches to town centres.
The difficulty facing many high streets was highlighted with the appointment of Mary Portas to carry out an independent review earlier this year. On appointment, she said she wanted to identify what high streets should be ‘in the future’.
It’s time to dispel a few myths around outsourcing
Before councils rush to outsource public services they should ask themselves why those who tried it years ago are now bringing them back in-house, says Paul O’Brien
Is outsourcing on a wholesale basis the best way of delivering public services? Based on experiences over the past couple of decades, mainly in England where there is a much more mixed economy of provision, I would have to say the answer is no.
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