Heritage and the High Street

Heritage and the High Street

IHBC North West Branch

Day Conference
Wednesday 17th October 2012

Liverpool Medical Institution
114 Mount Pleasant
Liverpool, L35 SR

Programme
9:30 Registration and coffee
9:45 Welcome – Paul Hartley, IHBC NW Branch Chair
Chair for the day: Professor Ian Wray, University of Liverpool

Setting the Scene: Government Policy and Initiative
09:55 Policy and the High Street – John Pal, Manchester Business School



10:20 A Portas Front-Runner – Graeme Vout, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council



10:45 What does the retailer want? – Stephen Proudley, Tushingham Moore



11:10 Coffee

Mixed Use: Case Studies
11:30 Achieving Uplift Through Partnership – Helen Brownlie, Allerdale Borough Council



11:55 Townscape Regeneration – Paul Drinnan and Stephen Smith, Fylde Borough Council



12:20 Public Realm – Pete Swift, PLANIT



12:45 Discussion and summary
13:00 Lunch

High Streets in Action
13:50 Tours
  • A Bold Street – led by Mike Stubbs, FACT and John Hinchliffe, Liverpool City Council
  • B Renshaw Steet and Lime Street – led by Wendy Morgan and Anne-Marie Piedot, Liverpool City Council
  • C Liverpool One – led by Rob Burns, Liverpool City Council
15:00 Tea

Practicalities
15:20 IHBC NW Conservation 2012 Award Presentation



15:30 Business Improvement Districts – Ged Gibbons, Liverpool City Council



15:55 The Question of Parking – Kelvin Reynolds, British Parking Association



16:20 Discussion and summary
16:40 Close