Strategy Bulletin
‘Strategy’ is Action for Market Town’s new quarterly newsletter aimed at those wishing to find out more about what is happening in the world of market town policy.
Autumn 2009 - Focus on Prosperous Places Campaign with the draft Policy Position Statement for this area
Summer 2009 – Focus on the recession; Community Led Planning
The next issue of Strategy is due out in late November.
If you would like to contribute to Strategy, please email Alison.Eardley@towns.org.uk. We would be pleased to receive questions, ideas for articles, or examples of best practice you can share with others.
If you are not currently a member of Action for Market Towns, and would like to find out more about what we offer, please take a look at our Membership page.
Market towns have been hard hit by the recession, with unemployment overall rising by a third more than in the nation as a whole. Shop vacancies have increased and empty shops are getting harder to let.