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City development and producing urban experience

Just as the success of a photographic image relies upon not just the choice of subject but also how it is rendered, so successful cities and neighbourhoods rely upon the 'how', and not just the 'what', of human experience. How...

Pop-up and Pamper your city

Here are some gorgeous images from the very first stage of an evolving, long-term economic development initiative that we have been advising, as creative lead, in Tikhvin, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Working with a talented team from Streka Institute for Media,...

Social venturing and "lean forward" entertainment

"Lean forward" entertainment is a combination in media of interactivity, immediacy and immersion - something which captures your full attention and causes you to lean forward to get even closer. Earlier this year, I stood down from the Board of...

A place is an experience, and not a brand

At a recent conference on The Art of Placemaking at NLA, London, the air was thick with talk of “branding” and “curating” real estate and "programming" opportunities in the built environment for people to socialise. The event was timely, since...

Reach for the Skies

With the arrival of new government legislation in the form of the Localism Bill, improvements to neighbourhoods in the UK that are popular, small-scale and fit in to larger plans for their area are likely to become simpler to achieve,...

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People's Supermarket update

Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:21pm 2 Comments

Image by Haarala Hamilton Photography - Liz and Max (Members of TPS)

Since the support of Meanwhile Space CIC in early 2010, The People's Supermarket has…

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The People's Supermarket: 100 Days

Posted on October 31, 2010 at 9:00pm 0 Comments

In no small part due to the initial support of Meanwhile Project and the DTA, The People's Supermarket remains up, running and thriving at Lamb's Conduit Street in Camden, London - and just wanted to update the home team on our performance.



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- we now have over 305…

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The People's Supermarket: London's Future 500

Posted on August 3, 2010 at 5:36pm 0 Comments



Eight weeks old, 250 members and growing, just wanted you to be the first to know that this week the first of sixteen new employees has started working at The People's Supermarket. They have a job for six months, 25hrs/week, mentored by social enterprise Striding Out, under the Future Jobs Fund, administered by Social Enterprise London in a programme… Continue

The People's Supermarket, London. Follow us....

Posted on May 8, 2010 at 7:30am 0 Comments



This is a (slightly) spooky image of an empty shop premises in Camden, London. It's about to become the location of The People's Supermarket, a new community owned, co-operative shop that will open in just a few weeks time. (After a year and a half planning our start-up, we signed the lease last week!) The new social enterprise is occupying a premises that has been empty for years. We are a… Continue

Colliers CRE Research on Vacant Retail Units

Posted on December 30, 2009 at 12:20pm 1 Comment

Sorry for clumsy PDF upload but attached to this post is an article from a recent supplement to property magazine Estates Gazette ('Centre Retailing 2010') that quotes some useful research by property advisors Colliers CRE that brings dimension to why some areas, rather than others, suffer retail voids. (esp useful to those trying to occupy spaces in London and finding it tricky! er, like me!).



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- in some parts of the country, vacancy rates are not as high as the… Continue

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At 4:08pm on July 9, 2009, Emily Berwyn said…
Hi David, hope you're well? Have you seen Eddie's post about funding:
http://meanwhilespace.ning.com/forum/topics/bis-funding-a-few-days-left

Thought it may be useful for you guys - to do with adult learning and specifically mentions using empty shops...only a few days to go though so not sure how flat out you are!

Be in touch soon
all the best, E
At 10:32pm on November 28, 2012, james said…

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