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since gone on to retire from Hammerson and also serve as president of the British Property Federation in 2010. Richards believes that a cross-industry consensus approach
should matter to organisations because it matters to government. “Government interest is in what is impacting industry,” he says.
“It is far less interested in what’s impacting individual companies. For organisations that do lobby an aggregated voice that presents a cohesive picture of the challenges the industry is facing and, also, a unified voice to counter competing arguments, is critical. And crucially that ‘voice’ should not simply be directed at
Government Ministers complaining about current legislation/policy/ taxes but perhaps more importantly to the civil servants who will be writing the briefing papers and drafting future legislation to help them achieve their objectives while avoiding unintended adverse consequences.
The Association of Town Centre Management (ATCM) also
celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. ATCM chief executive Martin Blackwell says that organisations face an ever-changing and challenging commercial and legislative environment. “David Cameron, launching the Mary Portas High Street Review
said, ‘The high street should be at the heart of every local community’ and that is what we have been working towards for two decades,” Blackwell says. “Almost 90 per cent of the UK population live and work in
towns and cities and nearly everyone depends on them for access to shopping, entertainment, leisure, culture, public services and transport. They also generate up to 80 per cent of the nation’s wealth creation, and act as a focal points for government and public administration, hubs of regional infrastructure and natural locations for trade and commerce – it is therefore difficult to overstate their importance. “In a very real sense, they are everyone’s neighbourhood and their
active management is central to the prosperity and well-being of the whole of society.” “I think the property industry is definitely doing better than it
was 20 years ago,” says Richards, who is now a senior advisor to the $7bn+ US distressed debt fund Värde and looking to exploit real estate based opportunities across Europe. “In the first instance you now see high-quality permanent staff
at more organisations which are headed up by a top-quality CEO. The benefit of that is that successive presidents can help harness the skills of the committee and use them to turbo charge the business but not at the cost of losing sight of the big and important issues that require continuity. Secondly, those professional staff have an understanding of how to work with other organisations for joined – up thinking where there is common cause and purpose.”
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The organisations involved in influencing the retail landscape are:
Accessible Retail DATE FOUNDED: 1995 MEMBERSHIP: 900 CHAIRMAN: John Maddison CEO: William McKee ORGANISATION’S ETHOS/REMIT: Accessible Retail (AR), represents the property interests of the retail park and retail warehouse sector of the retail industry. Its 900 members comprise owners, investors, developers, retailers and advisers and include most of the major companies active in the sector. The majority of the member’s interests are located in out-of-centre locations. It stages regular events together with an annual conference and raised over £40,000 for charity. WEBSITE:
www.accessibleretail.co.uk CURRENT ISSUES:“Accessible Retail has four principal activities: lobbying government on town planning, tax and financial issues; providing professional development and support; organising dialogue and communication opportunities; and raising funds for charitable purposes,” says CEO William McKee. “Its main lobbying campaign is to persuade Government to
relax current planning policy which restricts new out of town retailing in the mistaken belief that per se it is damaging to town centres. Independent research commissioned by AR into the causes of town centre decline and prosperity shows that this is not invariably the case and greater flexibility could be allowed without compromising the protection of town centres. In support of this, a second campaign seeks to persuade
Government to give greater recognition and weight in policy to the significant contribution made by the sector to growth in GDP, employment and competitiveness.”
Association of Town Centre Management (ATCM) DATE FOUNDED: 1991 MEMBERSHIP: 600 Organisations NAME OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Martin Blackwell CHAIRMAN: Alexander Nichol ORGANISATION’S ETHOS/REMIT: ATCM is the only professional organisation representing all town centre stakeholders working with over 700 centres including Town Centre Partnerships, BIDs and Evening Economy Partnerships. WEBSITE:
www.atcm.org CURRENT ISSUES: “The ATCM members’ survey is just being analysed and one of the issues of grave concern is that 55 per cent of TCM respondents said that their post is under review in the current budget round,” says CEO Martin Blackwell. “At the recent All Party Parliamentary Group of MPs (the best
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Bingley’s 5Rise shopping centre opened on December 3.
Morpeth’s £32m Sanderson Arcade.
Joanna Lumley cut the ribbon on
The Rock, a 620,000 sq ft retail and leisure scheme in Bury, near
Manchester, opened.
Land Securities’ One New Change opened fully let in the City of London.
www.shopping-centre.co.uk November 2011 SHOPPING CENTRE
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