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🔍Cutting-edge research into marketing and consumer behaviour underpins much of our teaching in the MIBT department at The Manchester Metropolitan University ✍️ Featured in a new MIBT blog post, led by Leah Gillooly, is some of the research being done by members of the department underpinning the Level 5 Consumption Behaviour module and the Institute of Place Management Postgraduate Programme into Place Management and Leadership. 📱From selfie-editing and rental fashion consumption to high street revitalisation and place experience. 📖 You can read about some of the latest research you can learn about on our MIBT programmes here: https://lnkd.in/e-UEu987 #researchinformedteaching Emma Moore Riccardo De Vita Hannah Holmes

🎄✨ Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all members and friends of Institute of Place Management and colleagues at The Manchester Metropolitan University As we approach the end of another year, it’s time to reflect - we’ve navigated challenges, celebrated successes, and we are still here! The dedication of these guys is truly inspiring, and it's a privilege to be part of a much wider dynamic network of people that make better places Institute of Place Management Here we are celebrating another year. Here’s to a peaceful festive break to recharge our batteries for 2025! #MerryChristmas #Friends #Family

Up in delightful #Ramsbottom today with Bury Council to talk about high streets and undertake a Place Quality Audit, where we benchmark a centre against the Institute of Place Management 25 Priority interventions. Merchandising in Ramsbottom gets a top score. Most businesses have created attractive and welcoming displays with a festive theme. 👏

New Report Highlights Health Challenges in Cities: Today, the Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2024, titled Health in Cities, was launched, drawing attention to the unique health challenges faced by urban populations in England. With a significant proportion of the population living in cities—many in conditions of deprivation or poverty—this report calls for urgent, targeted action to improve health outcomes in these areas. Cities are dynamic environments with high population turnover, entrenched deprivation in certain areas, younger and student populations, older residents, and significant ethnic diversity. These characteristics present both challenges and opportunities for place management and urban health strategies. The report identifies several key health challenges specific to cities: - Poor housing quality and affordability negatively impact physical and mental wellbeing, contributing to health inequalities. - "Healthy food deserts," particularly in deprived areas, exacerbate obesity and related diseases, undermining efforts to ensure good health and well-being - Barriers to exercise, including limited green spaces and infrastructure, hinder opportunities for physical activity and community well-being . - Concentrated emissions from transport and heating in cities contribute significantly to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, directly linking health challenges to climate action . - the report also highlights how urban populations engage with healthcare differently from those in rural areas. The transient nature of some groups requires adaptable and responsive healthcare delivery models that account for mobility and diversity. The Institute of Place Management recognises that addressing these challenges requires integrated, multi-stakeholder place-based strategies tailored to the unique characteristics of each city. Collaborative action from policymakers, the NHS, and local communities is essential to develop solutions that reflect the realities of urban life. We would welcome hearing from IPM members on their views about how place-based approaches can help tackle these pressing challenges. This report serves as a stark remind that we need to encouraging stakeholders to work together to create healthier, more equitable, and sustainable urban environments. you can read the summary and report at: https://lnkd.in/dhXwFHrD

Loqiva's newest Digital Town Hub is the most northerly city in the UK, the capital of the Highlands, and one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. It's also packed full of history, character and unique local retailers. Where else but Inverness? Congratulations to Inverness BID Limited, including their management team of Lorraine Bremner McBride and Margaret Laws. It has been a pleasure to share a vision of what our technology can achieve, namely "to strengthen the connections within our community by bringing people together." https://lnkd.in/euDaCK_R Scotland's Towns Partnership British BIDs Association of Town & City Management Institute of Place Management

Looking at this below, we believe we have made the right appointment with Ian Harvey SFIPM FRSA joining us full-time in January. Ian has already made it clear that he is keen to meet as many IPM members and partners as possible. If you are an IPM member and would like the opportunity to discuss all things place-related, do get in touch. To see the conversations he has been having, check out the hashtags #ipmnetwork and #ipmengagement.

🎉 Celebrating 10 Years of the IPM Vital and Viable Scattergram! 🎉 Today marks a significant milestone as we celebrate a decade of the Vital and Viable Scattergram, a groundbreaking tool that has transformed our understanding of place management, as well as its practice. We did it because this is what Institute of Place Management members asked us to find out. So, it also marks a decade of #engagedscholarship. Doing research that people want, as well as designing and disseminating that research in partnership with users. 10 years ago we set out to establish all the factors that influence the vitality and viability of a town centre. We wanted to know how many factors there were, how much impact each one had, and also how much influence local partnerships could have over the factor. Thanks to the ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council for funding this research! Thank you to my #coinvestigators and #coresearchers Nikos Ntounis SFIPM Steve Millington Simon Quin and Fernando Castillo Villar for You can read the published article here: https://lnkd.in/e4b8yAZJ #IPM #VitalAndViable #PlaceManagement #happybithday #scattergram

Wonderful to see the East Lindsey market towns featured in this important work focusing on the future of our high streets and town centres. It’s been a pleasure to work with the Institute of Place Management and have continued inspiration from Cathy Parker MBE, SFIPM Markets & Teenage Markets, meaningful engagement with our communities, working with businesses, and investment into culture and events has helped us create partnerships that has brought our market towns to life. Special thanks to our fabulous Place team’s leadership of the Vital & Viable programme, particularly Kate Giffen and Samantha Phillips Looking forward to what further investment can bring with the new East Lindsey District Council Invest Fund! Saul F. Charli Baty Matthew Hogan john cairns #Horncastle #Lincolnshire #culturalregeneration #towncentres #highstreet #highstreettaskforce

I was delighted that Graham Galpin was able to find time to visit me and the Institute of Place Management team in The Manchester Metropolitan University this week. Graham is someone I’ve had the privilege of knowing for many years, and he has played a significant role in my career—both championing and challenging me in equal measure. I have wanted the chance to speak in person with Graham for a while, so I was very appreciative of his visit and the time he gave me to reflect on his incredible contributions to place management and to discuss our shared vision for the future. Graham has a long-standing history of involvement in places and a deep understanding of what it takes to make them thrive. In recent times, he was closely involved in the #PortasPilot in Ashford, where he often reflects that it wasn’t the funding that made the biggest difference—it was the focus that came from being named a Portas Pilot, bringing the town together around a shared purpose. His impactful work in Ashford led to his appointment to the #timpson Review of High Streets led by industry titan Sir John Timpson, by instigated by the then High Streets Minister, Jake Berry. The work of the #TimpsonReview played a significant role in the creation of the #HighStreetsTaskForce. He then became a High Streets Task Force expert supporting places throughout the programme. I think it is fair to say Graham has had a significant impact on places, both locally and nationally. Graham said he is a passionate supporter of IPM because he sees equipping place leaders and managers with the necessary skills and supported with lifelong learning as the key route to creating better places. Graham strongly believes that while local authorities need more capacity, capacity alone is not enough. He said that IPM should be setting a standard and saying to have a job in this sector, you must be IPM accredited. He also said that he is keen to support early career place professionals with advice and guidance, something I think the sector needs more of. Graham’s insights and passion for creating better places always challenge my own thinking. I also know that, as he has done throughout my years at Civic Voice, Graham will be the first person to champion me and what I do well, but equally, he will be the first person to tell me where I need to improve. This is exactly the kind of relationship we need with members if we are to establish IPM as the international professional body that we both believe it can and should be. #ipmfellows #ipmengagement #ipmnetwork

This morning, I joined Steve Millington and Rachel Nickeas, who were up bright and early to meet with Dr Lynette Washington , a Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. Australia continues to be a key player in the evolution of the place management discipline, with significant investments in town centre management, placemaking, and Main Street initiatives over recent years. From Adelaide to Melbourne, the region’s approaches are paving the way for meaningful urban transformation. IPM first connected with Lynnette at the Regional Studies Association Conference in Florence, where we discovered our shared interests in place management and community development. Lynnette is a qualitative researcher specialising in context and power through techniques like narrative analysis, with her work spanning urban and regional development, leadership, gender, labour economics, and the arts. Her overarching aim is to support communities to be socially, culturally, economically, and environmentally safe, vibrant, and inclusive. Institute of Place Management has a strong history of collaboration in Australia, hosting sessions prior to the pandemic, and this meeting signals the restart of that work. Together, we are planning initiatives to further cross-regional knowledge exchange and to spread the principles of place management even further. In the New Year, we will be planning a joint webinar to connect place management networks across Australia, Asia, and beyond, while also building momentum for more physical events in 2026. We will be issuing a call for papers shortly. If you are in Australia and interested, let us know. Collaborating with Lynnette in Australia is just one part of IPM’s international work. Our next IPM bulletin will provide more details, but recent highlights include: Cathy Parker MBE, SFIPM Parker’s chairing a session on town centres for the OECD countries; Steve Millington recently gave a keynote speech at the International Place Branding Association (IPBA) conference in Thailand, and Nikos Ntounis SFIPM and Dr Jenny Kanellopoulou’s recently hosted a European Regional Studies Association webinar on engaged scholarship. International connections matter. Whether you are reading this in #Birmingham, #Bangkok, or #Brazil, your involvement with the Institute of Place Management at The Manchester Metropolitan University strengthens the global profession of place management. By being part of a wider professional community, you gain access to unique research and case studies that are always rooted in local contexts but universally relevant for place managers everywhere. That is the beauty of place management and IPM: we provide evidence of what works in the real world and, through our decision-making frameworks, help you and your local partnerships apply these lessons to your place. If you’re passionate about making better places, wherever they are, IPM is the home for you. #IPMInternational #IPMengagement #ipmnetwork