CREATING RESILIENT TOWN CENTRES TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015 HILTON TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON SE1 2BY
CREATING RESILIENT TOWN CENTRES TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015 HILTON TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON SE1 2BY
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CREATING RESILIENT TOWN CENTRES TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015 HILTON TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON SE1 2BY
PM Agenda: 13:30 – 14:40
Plenary: The Right Ingredients (Tower B+C)
14:50 – 15:50
Breakout 1: Local Economy (Tower B+C – stay here!) Breakout 2: Integrating Housing (Tower A) Breakout 3: Management & Partnerships (More London Suite) Coffee break
16:00 – 16:30 16:30 – 17:00 17:00 – 18:00
Report back & discussion (Tower B+C) Closing Thoughts & ‘Future-proofing’ (Tower B+C) Networking drinks reception (Foyer)
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CREATING RESILIENT TOWN CENTRES TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015 HILTON TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON SE1 2BY
Plenary: The Right Ingredients Chair:
Claudette Forbes, Director, CAF Consulting Ltd.
Panel:
Alison Mayer, Senior Project Officer, GLA Regeneration Team Matthew McMillan, Inward Investment Manager, LB Croydon Andy Godfrey, Public Policy Manager, Alliance Boots; Chair, Local Government Policy Advisory Group, British Retail Consortium Arlene van Bosch, Projects Director, Cathedral Group
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CREATING RESILIENT TOWN CENTRES TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015 HILTON TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON SE1 2BY
The Right Ingredients Alison Mayer Senior Project Officer, GLA Regeneration Team
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HIGH STREET LONDON Alison Mayer S e n i o r P r o j e c t O f f i c e r, R e g e n e r a t i o n
PROACTIVE S T E WA R D S H I P Guiding the changes ahead.
S T I M U L AT I N G ACTIVITY Designing high streets that attract people.
Kingston
OCCUPYING E M P T Y S PA C E Ensuring a diverse and desirable mix of uses.
A C C O M M O D AT I N G GROWTH Recognising the role of high streets in development and intensification.
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CREATING RESILIENT TOWN CENTRES TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015 HILTON TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON SE1 2BY
The Right Ingredients Matthew McMillan Inward Investment Manager, LB Croydon
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CREATING RESILIENT TOWN CENTRES TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015 HILTON TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON SE1 2BY
The Right Ingredients Andy Godfrey Public Policy Manager, Alliance Boots; Chair, Local Government Policy Advisory Group, British Retail Consortium #FoLTownCentres
Creating Resilient Town Centres Andrew Godfrey Corporate Affairs, Boots UK
Member of Walgreens Boots Alliance
Boots UK
• 2,476 stores, 604 Boots Opticians practices • 16 doctors’ surgeries located in our stores • 88% of population within 10 minutes of a Boots store
• 45% order online and collect in-store •
c. 60,000 Boots UK colleagues with more than 6,700 pharmacists
• 17.9m Boots Advantage Card members
• 60m visitors each year to boots.com •
c.2.5m visitors a month - BootsWebMD.com
Retail’s Contribution to the UK economy
Retail Sales Mix by Location
Growth rates of online retail spending 2007-2013%
Growth in UK Online Buyers, by Age 2013-16
Average number of food shopping trips PA, 2004-12
Grocery Top-up
Customer journeys are more complex
So what needs to be different?
• High streets at the very heart of communities • Managing the pace of change. Shared purpose and ownership • Incentivise new developments & ongoing investment • More effective business support and reduced cost of operating
Where to next ‌
CREATING RESILIENT TOWN CENTRES TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015 HILTON TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON SE1 2BY
The Right Ingredients Arlene van Bosch Projects Director, Cathedral Group
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ARLENE VAN BOSCH PROJECTS DIRECTOR CATHEDRAL GROUP
CREATING RESILIENT TOWN CENTRES TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015 HILTON TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON SE1 2BY
The Right Ingredients DISCUSSION #FoLTownCentres Please go to Breakouts in time to start at 2:50 PM