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Tamebay article – The High Street is Dead MORE
‘The High Street is Dead, Long Live the High Street’ Watch the debate
The Times – High Streets revival has been total failure More
The Future of Retail – BBC 5 live More
Bill Grimsey speaks at St. Michael’s Church, Macclesfield More
The New Statesman – How relieving a millions small businesses would help the high street. More
The Independent – Retail Veteran says plans to save High Streets are failing More
Independent – Government U turn on business rates appeals More
Minister abandon plans to tighten business rate appeals More
BBC – English Councils propose ‘Tesco Tax’ More
Borehamwood Times – Butchers boy receives Honorary Degree More
Bristol Post – Bill Grimsey receives Honorary Degree – More
Bristol Post – Shoppers Champion receives honorary degree More
Bristol Post -‘ Water slide leads the way!’ More
Retail Champion Bill Grimsey visits Bristol High Street with Darren P Jones as part of the LabourBIS Review More
Chesterfield Town Centre – the future needs to start now! More
Business Rates – the North South divide – Read more
The Independent – Poundland Nation Read more
National Federation of Retail Newsagents article Read more
Multifunctional towns for the 21st Century – interview on AMT (Action for Market Towns) Listen here
The great high-street swindle: betting shops, bookies and burgers – Guardian Newspaper November 13th Read more
Local Government Executive – Hard talk for the high street. Read more
Independent Newspaper – Small shops to pay while supermarkets save £1bn. Read more
Bill Grimsey seeks support for the business rates petition Read more
Brandon Lewis appointed minister for the High Street Read more
Local Government Executive. Hard Talk for the High Street. Read more
This is Scunthorpe. Is the town centre extinct? Read more
ASC Finance website ‘Why we need a plan for the British high street’ Read more
Business Reporter – Retail/High Street Feature pages 8 and 9 Read more
How the government is killing the high street. Yahoo
Channel 5 – ‘Car parking reforms are a smoke screen’ Watch programme
Financial Times September 26th “Shops hit with excessive business rates” Read More
Nottingham Post – Drag weary old shopping centres into 21st Century Read more
The Guardian “Ed Milliband pledges help over business rates” Read More
The Grocer – Labour plan to cut business rates welcomed Read more
The Morning Advertiser – Labour would cut business rates. Read more
Property Week – Milliband promises to freeze business rates. Read more
Retail Week – Milliband plans business rate freeze. Read more
Daily Telegraph – Coffee shops and charity shops replacing traditional stores. Read more
Mail on Sunday store – High Street business rates are sky high Read more
Guardian Newspaper Sept 11th Read more
Guardian Newspaper September 8th Read more
Daily Mail September 7th Read more
Manchester Evening News September 6th Read more
Estates Gazette – The Grimsey Review Read More
Channel 5 News Watch video
We need a High Streets Minister View YouTube
Article in The Guardian 4th September Read more
This is Money – 20,000 High Street shops on the brink Read more
The Daily Mirror – 20,000 shops to shut. Read more
Independent Editorial – Time to rethink the High Street Read More
Independent Newspaper – Special Report on the High Street Read More
Independent Newspaper Bill Grimsey and Mary Portas in High Street Battle mary-portas-and-bill-grimsey-in-high-street-battle-8793781.html
Article in Estates Gazette July6th 2013 EGA_060713_058-059
Article in Estates Gazette August 3rd 2013 EGA_030813_028-029
Bill Shakes up Braintree and Witham Read more
Channel 5 News 19th August Watch video
Daily Telegraph August 6th “Lack of strategy means the future of the High Street is descending into farce” Read more
Daily Telegraph “Shops could become home, said minister” Read more
Independent Today August 5th 2013 “Plans for High Street flawed” Read more
Retail Guru shines spotlight on town – Totnes Times article
ERT Online – Interview with Bill Grimsey – Watch video
Daily Telegraph Saturday 20th July Read more
Interview with Bill Grimsey on ERT online July 15th “How will your high street review differ from the Portas Report?” Read more
Scottish Sun Newspaper 9th July Read more
Huffington Post ‘If town centres are going to have a future they can’t rely on retail’ Read more
The Grocer – July 1st. “Where are they now?” Read more
Drapers Today – June 28th What’s in a name? How does Grimsey differ from Portas? Read more
Drapers Today – Fashion retail creditors lose out nearly £900m Read more
Daily Telegraph – High Street failure creditors owed £2bn – Read more BBC Online
BBC Radio 4 “You and Yours” 18th June – play from 41 minutes in. CLICK HERE
Review into high streets attacks Portas plan for ‘false hope’ Read more
We are all to blame for the decline of our high streets – Ham & High – David Grimsey book review – 30.1.13
Daily Telegraph June 19th ‘It’s the end of the road for the High Street’ Click here
Estates Gazette article “High Street stuffed by frivolous fluff” EGA_080613_052-53
Estates Gazette article Click here
BBC Radio 4 You and Yours “The future of our High Streets” featuring Bill Grimsey Click Here
Rochdale Observer Article “£100m town centre plan ‘not needed’ says Bill Grimsey Rochdale Observer article
Bill Grimsey and Radio 4 come to Bedford. Read the full story in Bedford Today – Click Here
Listen to Bill on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio Click here
Bill Grimey talks about the future for Macclesfield View video
Bill Grimsey features in Jackie Sadek’s blog in Estates Gazette Click here
Interview on BBC Radio Sheffield Monday February 25th Click here to listen
BBC World interview – February 2013 BBC Global food interview with Bill Grimsey
BBC Newsnight Interview February 14th Click here to view
BBC Radio 4 Interview – Thursday 24th January “You and Yours” interviews Bill Grimsey on The Macclesfield Development. Click here to listen to the programme
Listen to Bill Grimsey’s interview on Wake Up Macclesfield – Click here to listen
“Sold Out will make uncomfortable reading, but if you are at all serious about making your High Street a better place, the solution starts here.”
“Bill Grimsey offers a practical and realistic vision for the future of the High Street, which can cater for the needs we really have today.”
“If retailing needs a “Big Bang” moment, then this is a hand grenade of a book” – Joe Cushnan
If you are at all serious about making your High Street a better place, the solution starts here.
In recent years, campaigns have been galvanised to ‘save the High Street’. It seems everyone has a view about how we can revamp our down-at-heel towns and cities. But are they all missing the point?
Veteran retailer Bill Grimsey argues that it is already too late. The High Street as we have grown to know it, is good as dead already. So what happens next?
