Asking national chains to keep their patch of high street clean and tidy
Even national chains have a responsibility: Boots hope to reassure concerns over street cleanliness Boots hope to reassure concerns over street cleanliness
Even national chains have a responsibility: Boots hope to reassure concerns over street cleanliness Boots hope to reassure concerns over street cleanliness
From Radio Exe news: UK’s ‘healthiest’ High Streets revealed Friday, November 2nd, 2018 By Sam Sterrett Exeter has ninth healthiest street in Britain Exeter… Read More »Exeter has ninth “healthiest High Street” in Britain
Posted today by the East Devon Watch blog from the Sunday Telegraph: “RIP UP PLANNING LAWS TO SAVE THE HIGH STREET” “Coalition of retailers and… Read More »Coalition of retailers and landlords: rip up planning laws to save the high street
We have serious issues over the future of our high streets – as reported regularly on this blog: Sir Hugo meeting shopkeepers Sidmouth loses another… Read More »High Streets Hub > lessening the burden of the unfair business rates system, the dwindling bank branch and ATM networks and the lack of adequate parking facilities in town centres
Sidmouth, like other East Devon towns, is haemorrhaging shops: Sidmouth loses another high street shop And like other East Devon towns, it seems to be haemorrhaging… Read More »Sidmouth loses another high street bank
The future of the UK’s high streets is under official scrutiny: Government to launch review into high street crisis in Britain’s town centres With the… Read More »The government has appointed a panel of experts to help revitalise and overcome the challenges facing Britain’s high streets
Sidmouth’s high street is not doing so well: Sidmouth loses another high street shop As chronicled on the FF blog: High Streets @ FuturesForumVGS But… Read More »Businesses in Honiton are ‘seriously considering their future’ amid pressures facing Britain’s high streets
As the Herald says: Sidmouth has seen a number of businesses announce closures over the past few months including Hospiscare, NatWest Bank and Carinas. Pure… Read More »Sidmouth loses another high street shop
“Our School Streets programme tackles the congestion, poor air quality and road safety concerns.” [Sustrans] . Five years ago, county councillors were faced with the… Read More »School Streets and Play Streets
“Supporters of the Low Traffic Neighbourhood say it makes for cleaner residential streets, but protesters say it is just sending the traffic elsewhere, causing congestion… Read More »How are we going to reduce congestion on Exeter’s streets?
LTNs can delay emergency vehicles by up to 45 seconds… but “streets feel safer and more sociable without traffic” [Oxford] . As reported in the… Read More »How are we going to decarbonise Exeter’s streets? Cameras rather than bollards?
“Another week passes and more divided views are vocalised over the changes in residential streets in Exeter.” [Devon Live] . How are we going to ‘decarbonise’… Read More »How are we going to decarbonise Exeter’s streets?
… following on from research into the history of the policy, and into the comment from the Town Council, the Chamber of Commerce and social… Read More »Do we want street trading in Sidmouth? Submission from VGS to EDDC consultation
East Devon District Council consultation closes on Sunday 26th February 2023 at midnight. Over the years there have been many ‘consultations’ about having street trading… Read More »Do we want street trading in Sidmouth?
“The cobbled streets really give it an old-fashioned feel.” . A piece in yesterday’s Devon Live showed that Exeter’s high street is not doing very well: All the… Read More »The attractive shopping streets of Sidmouth