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Support for non Portas Pilot towns

A multi-million pound package of support for towns and cities not selected by the government as one of the 27 Portas Pilots will begin being delivered by the Association of Town Centre Management next month. This next phase of the government's initiative will start on 5 September with a meeting in London organised by the ATCM and the Centre for...

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Mary Portas' pilot to roll out to another 15 towns

A second wave of Portas Pilots have been announced by local government minister Grant Shapps with each town centre selected due to be given extra cash for regeneration projects following a review by Mary Portas. Ashford, Hatfield, Royal Leamington Spa, Morecambe, and the Waterloo area of central London, are among the second set of town centres...