The heavyweight retail experts are starting to pile in with their sector’s overview of what can be done to regenerate business across UK high streets including Justin King, boss of Sainsburys, reported to be highlighting the need for schooling to be integrated into high streets, along with Harold Tillman, boss of Jaeger & Aquascutum, Chair of British Fashion Council and London Fashion Week, whose talking a relaxation of visas for Chinese visitors to the UK, highlighting the enormous growth by this sector and the value of their three times spend compared to other overseas tourists. With a bumper year of mega events – The Torch Relay across the UK, The Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations and London 2012 – the debate appears to be starting on how sectors view development of the famous British High Street.
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February 15, 2012 | Categories: Brighton & Hove, British Exports, British Manufacturing, Business Innovation & Skills, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Department of Business Skills and Innovation, Department of Culture Media Sport, Fashion, Hove & Portslade, Jake Leith, LOCOG, London Olympics 2012, Made by Britain, Mike Weatherley MP, Retail, Shopping is Great, The London Games 2012, The Queens Diamond Jubilee | Tags: 2012, Aquascutumn, Bespoke, BFC, Brighton & Hove, British Manufacturing, Business Innovation & Skills, Chartered Society of Designers, Clothing & Textiles, Couture, Creative Industries, DCMS, Design, designer, designers, Harold Tillman, high street, Hove, Jaeger, Jake Leith, Justin KIng, LFC, LOCOG, London 2012, Made by Britain, Mary Portas, Mike Weatherley MP, retail, Retail & Business Crime, Sainsburys, shopping, The Queens Diamond Jubilee | Comments Off on Saving Our Famous British High Streets
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