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1April

Supermarket Forum: lessons from the day

On Wednesday 23 March 2011 over 100 delegates gathered at the Point, Lancashire County Cricket Club, for the Places Matter! Supermarket Forum.

29November

It's good to talk

We’re all in the midst of a technological whirl of twitter, linked-in, apps and skype, conference calls and blackberries, flat, smart, touch and wipe. More than ever if colleagues are h

21October

Poor Design Comes At A Price

In the light of the much anticipated Comprehensive Spending Review many people from all walks of life will be emerging feeling bruised personally and professionally.

3September

Nice to get to know you

Earlier this summer Places Matter! undertook an online customer survey to find out more about you, our audience, and what you think of the activities we offer.

26August

The Community Secretary Eric Pickles MP and his colleague Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State for Transport have written to local authority Chief Execs encouraging them to reduce the proliferation of unnecessary bollards, street signs, street furniture and other clutter on our streets.

4August

Cornered Shops

Cornered Shops...

7June

Paying the cost of bad design

Planning magazine recently published an article (Scene Set For Cuts 28 May 2010) that looked at the implications of reducing the number of local authority planners nationally and in the North West

2June

Resilience Required

Amidst current uncertainties linked to public sector funding for projects and organisations it comes as a something of a relief to think beyond the next few months to a time beyond the budget and t

24May

Framing the Region

The Northwest Design Review has now been operating for three years and has looked at the full range of development proposals from masterplans to detailed designs for individual buildings and spaces

11May

‘Round the Block

Spring is trying to get itself underway, and like all good migrating species I am now back at Places Matter!

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