Town Centres –Public Private Partnerships providing opportunities for the whole of society to grow together!
Happy New Year to all and all the very best for 23 from WhatifGroup.io! Town Centres –Public Private Partnerships providing opportunities for the whole of society to grow together! This is really the first post I have made on LinkedIn related to WhatifGroup. It is now just over 2 years since I left NewRiver REIT […]
2023 New Year, New Ventures.
At the beginning of 2022 The WhatIf Group never fully realised all it would achieve. Building on existing relationships and creating New Friends, New Partnerships, New Ventures , has enabled us to end this year on a very positive note. We have created strong foundations that will hold fast into the coming New Year and enable us […]
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS!
WISHING ALL OUR PARTNERS, AFFILIATES, COLLEAGUES, AND FRIENDS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS PICTURE COURTESY OF JESIWN THOMAS
Turbulent times! The UK is under financial pressure and human stress.
Will the “Levelling up”programme now be possible? Local government is creaking under further austerity. Social care makes up onaverage 50% of local government spending and is ringfenced. That means even deeper cuts to non-ringfenced services – further town centre service cuts! Schroders launches £1bn Impact Fund aimed at UK’s most deprived towns-Finally, an awakening? A […]
TOWN CENTRES – WHATIF… YOU CAN ALL BE PART OF YOUR BETTER FUTURE. MOVE ON – THE OLD SYSTEM IS BUSTED !!
At WhatifGroup we believe in doing things differently- not because we want to be awkward, but because the old way is obsolete. We want to create a new future in town centres where everyone wins. Capitalism can still play an important part, but with the prefix ethical required for a sustainable future. At least a […]
Investment Zones- the Institute of Place Management article by Kevin Parkes AIPM, Paul Wright SFIPM (both founders of the WhatIf Group) and Cathy Parker SFIPM.
https://www.placemanagement.org/news/posts/2022/october/investment-zones-the-ipm-view/
Shared Prosperity Fund Priority 3 – People and Skills
The Government has 3 investment priorities of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which relate to 7 of the 12 Government Levelling up Missions. These are the priorities that Local Government Agencies must consider when planning for the future of their Towns and Cities. The plan of this objective is to help remove the barriers to […]
Shared Prosperity Fund Priority 2 – Supporting Local Business
The Government has 3 investment priorities of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which relate to 7 of the 12 Government Levelling up Missions. These are the priorities that Local Government Agencies must consider when planning for the future of their Towns and Cities SME’s account for 99% of the UK economy , providing three fifths […]
Shared Prosperity Fund Priority 1 – Communities & Place
The Government has 3 investment priorities of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which relate to 7 of the 12 Government Levelling up Missions. These are the priorities that Local Government Agencies must take into account when planning for the future of their Towns and Cities. Pride in place is key – are people satisfied with […]
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
This fund is the replacement to the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) which runs out in 2023. The Government has released pre-launch guidelines (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus/delivery-geographies) and a prospectus, which prioritise specific geographical areas of the Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority, and lower tier or unitary authorities elsewhere. The Government recognise the role of […]