Resilient Retail?
Two influential themes run through the general media coverage and more specialist analysis of the economic downturn in Britain. The first theme focuses on the uneven impact of a downturn; that the recession is having very different repercussions in different parts of the country. The second theme relates to town centres; that economic recession is generating specific problems for town and city centres across the country.
By Garreth Bruff, formerly Town Centre Manager in Barnsley, now works as Policy and Programme Manager, AGMA
This paper uses local experience in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, to examine the implications and responses to both themes of recession in Britain today.
The paper demonstrates the importance of local authority interventions aimed at supporting the high street and describes the measures being taken in Barnsley and their role in mitigating the impacts of the recession. This demonstrates how the recession has implications for long-term and aspirations in towns as well as short-term problems.
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