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High streets and town centres in 2030 inquiry

Inquiry by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, 30 April 2018 to 21 October 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 10 September 2018: Professor Cathy Parker, Professor of Marketing and Retail Enterprise, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chair Institute of Place Management, William Grimsey, Chairman, The Grimsey Review and The Grimsey Review 2, and Dr Andres Coca-Stefaniak, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, Events and Tourism, University of Greenwich.
  • 9 October 2018: Tom Ironside, Director of Business and Regulation, British Retail Consortium, Edward Woodall, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Association of Convenience Stores, and Andrew Goodacre, Chief Executive, Bira; Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive, British Beer and Pub Association, Tony Sophoclides, Strategic Affairs Director, UK Hospitality, and Joe Harrison, Chief Executive, NMTF (at 4.45pm).
  • 22 October 2018: Edward Cooke, Chief Executive, REVO, Mark Williams, Director, Hark Group, Roddy Bushell, Estate Director, Fitzwilliam Malton Estate, and Dominic Williams, Director, Hewdon Consulting; Harry Burchill, Planning Policy Officer, Royal Town Planning Institute, Craig Rowbottom, Development and Planning Manager North West, Birmingham City Council, and Dr Julian Dobson, Director, Urban Pollinators (at 4.45pm).
  • 12 November 2018: Peter Geraghty, Chair of the Planning, Housing and Regeneration Board, ADEPT , Richard Roe, Corporate Director of Place, Trafford Council, and Liz Philpot, Growth Programmes and Policy Manager, East Riding of Yorkshire Council; Ojay McDonald, Chief Executive, Association of Town and City Management, Christina Rowe, Director of Operations, Bedford BID, and Jonathan Newman, Town Centre Manager, Great Yarmouth Town Centre Partnership (at 5.00pm).
  • 3 December 2018: Mike Ashley, Chief Executive, Sports Direct Group; Tony Ginty, Head of Public Affairs, Marks and Spencer, Richard Collyer, Chief Financial Officer, New Look , and Martin Foster, Managing Director, Lakeland Leathers Limited (at 4.30pm); Maria Horn, Chief Operating Officer, Nando’s, and Simon Emeny, Chief Executive, Fuller’s (at 5.15pm).
  • 17 December 2018: Lesley Smith, Director Public Policy, UK & Ireland, Amazon UK, Andy Mulcahy, Strategy and Insight Director, IMRG, Julie Howkins, eCommerce Development Manager, Hive.co.uk, and Clayton Hirst, Group Head of Corporate Affairs, John Lewis Partnership; Katharine Wynne, Director of Investor Relations, Debenhams, Kevin Frost, UK Property Director, Cineworld, and Tim Richards, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Vue International (at 4.45pm).
  • 19 December 2018: The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and Mike Williams, Director of Business and International Tax, HM Treasury.
  • 8 January 2019: Sir John Timpson, Chair, Expert Advisory Panel on High Streets; Jake Berry MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (at 4.30pm).