Today on the FreeThinking Podcast, we have Bill Grimsey, legendary retailer with 45 years experience - from butcher’s boy to CEO of Wickes and Iceland. In 2012 he wrote 'Sold Out: Who really killed the High Street’, and since then through his highly influential ' The Grimsey Reviews' he has been leading the debate on the future of the high street.
Bill talks about localism on steroids, practical steps to creating magnetic high streets, and his new review 'Against All Odds' on the importance of nurturing independent businesses which came out last week!
30: Nigel Coates, Architect & Designer
29: Roger Black, Ballymore Property Group
28: James Parkinson, Greater London Authority
27: Suzana Bishop, Fed Square
26: Beth Hise, Sydney Living Museums
25: Sophie Travers, Collingwood Yards
24: Neil Schneider - former Chief Executive at Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
23: Will Chamberlain, Creative Wick & the Cultural Interest Group
Ep 22: Ben Gattie, Triple P Group & The Working Capital
Ep 21: Simon Pitkeathley, The Camden Highline
Ep 20: Kate Willard OBE, Thames Estuary Growth Board
Ep 19. Penny Cameron, Stanhope PLC
Ep 18. James Scroggs and Christy Traore, New Working Class
Ep 17. Rumi Bose, Regeneration Project Manager, Southwark Council
Ep 16. Kat Hanna, Masterplan Strategist, Lendlease
Ep 15. Tara Poole, Coordinator of City of Ballarat‘s ”Creative City” Strategy
Ep 14. Chris Levine, World-leading Light Artist
Ep 13. Sally Curtain, CEO, Bendigo Kangan Institute
Ep 12. Tom Dyckhoff, Historian, Writer, Broadcaster and Educator
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