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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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
