We offer a range of place-based services designed to guide towns and high streets through regeneration – delivering insight, clarity, and practical action at every stage.

Each service links to a stage of our Rethinking Regeneration Framework, a five-stage framework that supports places through a structured yet flexible journey from “Regroup” to “Revitalise” via “Rescope”, “Rethink” and “Refocus”.

Regroup: Stakeholder & Partnership Development

Matt Colledge speaking at a consultation event

We bring together local authorities, businesses, community groups, and other key players to build strong, collaborative partnerships that form the foundation for successful place transformation.

Our work in this area includes:

Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Consensus-building workshops
Working with landlords and commercial agents
Governance support
Partnership development.

Rescope: Town Centre Health Checks & Place Diagnostics

Our detailed audits uncover the real story behind your town’s performance, using data and insights to identify challenges, opportunities, and strategic priorities.

Our work around place diagnostics includes:

Vacancy and occupancy analysis
Property and ownership data mapping
Sector performance reviews
SWOT & opportunity mapping.

Rethink: Visioning & Strategic Planning

We work with communities and stakeholders to co-create a shared, inspiring vision that reflects your town’s identity, and sets a clear course for regeneration.

We can help your town with:

Place-based vision development
Place planning workshops
Stakeholder action planning
Strategy alignment with funding opportunities.

Refocus: Place Branding, Communications & Marketing

We ensure your town’s story is clear, compelling, and consistently communicated across all channels -helping build identity, attract investment, and foster civic pride.

Ways we can help include:

Place narrative and branding
Stakeholder communications planning
Campaigns and marketing toolkits
Public engagement strategy.

Revitalise: Delivery Support & Activation

We help turn plans into action – supporting delivery of high-impact projects that boost the local economy, enhance public spaces, transform underperforming markets, and bring your town’s vision to life.

Our input can include:

Governance and partnerships support
Activation strategies for town centres
Supporting stakeholder project design and delivery
Evaluation and impact reporting.

Let us help in your place

All our services are fully customisable to suit the unique needs, scale, and context of your place – whether for an individual town, high street, or across a borough.

Drop us a message and we’ll be pleased to have an initial conversation about how we might be able to help where you are.

Our services