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Why place apps fail
Somewhere in a council office is a slide deck. On it, a town centre map…
28th May 2026
We need to own our data
In the intellectual history of the free market, few ideas have been as infl…
30th April 2026
Independents vs Chains (for the soul of the high street)
I recently sat in a meeting with a Place Manager to discuss how technology…
31st March 2026
No Parking Required: What driverless cars could mean for our High Streets
Take a look at photos of the high street in a British town in the 1960s…
2nd March 2026
The Case for Paid Loitering
Let’s start with a hypothetical, because hypotheticals are where we prete…
31st January 2026
How Chicken Beat Fish
“We’d have chippy supper four, five times a week,”…
2nd January 2026
Digital Town Hub highlights of 2025
From elf trails to heartwarming videos, from business awa…
1st December 2025
Rearranging the deckchairs on the internet
“Honestly, I don’t know why I bother” is a phrase familiar…
29th October 2025
The Future of the Third Place is a Platform, Not a Place
The term “third place” was coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg in 1989 to describ…
30th August 2025
Everything in St Andrews is Now Just a Tap Away
A new Digital Town Hub is launching in the Home of Golf, as BID St Andrews partners with…
18th August 2025
The Price of Takeaway Food
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31st July 2025
The Bristol Pound was the right idea at the wrong time
In 2012, Bristol launched the UK’s most ambitious local currency experime…
30th June 2025