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Taking the power back: why the future of town centres is in our hands with Professor Leigh Sparks

Taking the power back: why the future of town centres is in our hands with Professor Leigh Sparks

Update: 2023-02-20
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This week we're talking the power of localism, collaboration in retail and why a bleak future isn't inevitable for the high street, as we sit down in conversation with Professor Leigh Sparks - Professor of Retail studies and Deputy Principal of University of Stirling. 

In this fascinating episode, Leigh talks brilliantly about the choices that have brought us to where we are, and how we too can choose a different future for ourselves when it comes to reinvigorating town and city centres - as we discuss systemic change, holding multinationals to account, community action and why Starbucks’ drive-thrus aren’t all they’re cracked up to be…

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Taking the power back: why the future of town centres is in our hands with Professor Leigh Sparks

Taking the power back: why the future of town centres is in our hands with Professor Leigh Sparks

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