Portas' High Street proposals adopted

The government has announced it has accepted “virtually all” the recommendations from Mary Portas in its bid to rejuvenate UK High Streets.

These will include dedicated “town teams” to manage High Streets…

On the back of Ms Portas’ recommendations, the government has drawn up plans to:

• Launch a High Street innovation fund with £10m of taxpayer money focused on bringing empty shops back to life
• A National Markets Day to incentivise entrepreneurs to try out new ideas and encourage visitors to town centres
• A £1m Future High Street fund to be awarded to towns that deliver the most effective rejuvenation schemes in a year’s time
• A further £500,000 fund to help towns access loans

BBC coverage

Daily Telegraph article

UK Govt site: Review documents