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By: Alison Cork

Alison Cork is an entrepreneur and ambassador to the BIPC.

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  • Don’t let London become a Donut: Crowded on the outside, empty in the middle

    London risks suffering from the Donut effect: an empty city centre

    As a Londoner born and bred, I am acutely sensitive to the ebb and flow of people travelling in and out of London on a daily basis — the human tide of our capital. Despite various pleas and edicts, right now the centre of London is pretty much empty. The tide went out abruptly at [...]

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  • On-the-shelf idea: Time to get our libraries booked for business

    There has been much debate around the demise of the high street. Big brands are going under, and there is an increasing number of empty shops littering the retail landscape.  As a passionate retailer and entrepreneur, I find this a depressing sight. But in all the debate around business rates, the threat of online, and [...]

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