BBC Money Programme | Mary Portas | Save our Shops – Watch now while its still available to view
Posted by KHSmod in Reports, Superstore News Watch on 26. Jun, 2009 | 0 Comments
Mary Portas for BBC 2’s Money Programme looks at the health of the High Street & visits Dunstable to see the effects of an out-of-town-superstore & recession. Please view asap before the file is removed from BBC iPLayer
Bye-bye High Street – The destruction of communities and jobs | Article by www.corporatewatch.org
Posted by KHSmod in Reports on 07. May, 2009 | 0 Comments
In their Ghost Town Britain reports (2003), the New Economics Foundation (NEF) revealed that between 1995 and 2000 we lost roughly one fifth of our local shops and services including post-offices, banks, butchers and grocers. Furthermore, over the five years to 2002, around 50 specialist stores closed every week. More >
Campaigning against Supermarkets | Document | Friends of the Earth
Posted by KHSmod in Reports, Resources on 01. May, 2009 | 0 Comments
All over the country, communities are showing that by building alliances with other local groups, good communications and working with decision-makers in their area, it is possible to oppose and stop bad developments.
