There’s a 30-year old dead rabbit in Seven Sisters tube station For over thirty years, a dead rabbit has hung inside Seven Sisters tube station, and thousands of people walk past it every day without noticing.

For over thirty years, a dead rabbit has hung inside Seven Sisters tube station, and thousands of people walk past it every day without noticing.

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Pride in Place programme expanded to 40 more communities As Pride in Place extends to 284 UK communities, The High Street Consultancy is taking bookings to support locations with their first steps.

Pride in Place programme expanded to 40 more communities

As Pride in Place extends to 284 UK communities, The High Street Consultancy is taking bookings to support locations with their first steps.

TV retail expert Graham Soult invites Eastbourne businesses to final High Street Boost workshop Retail consultant Graham Soult invites Eastbourne businesses to the final High Street Boost workshop on 17 March, sharing practical ideas to attract more customers.

TV retail expert Graham Soult invites Eastbourne businesses to final High Street Boost workshop

Retail consultant Graham Soult invites Eastbourne businesses to the final High Street Boost workshop on 17 March, sharing practical ideas to attract more customers.

John Lewis pays out bonus to ‘partners’ for first time since 2022. A sign that the tanker is being turned around.
But it’s just 2% of pay – equivalent of a week’s pay. In the past it has often been above 10% and even hit 20+% in 1980s.

Minniear-Goulding sounds like a service you'd get in Claire's Accessories

Looking forward to being in #Hastings tomorrow evening delivering my free High Street Boost workshop for local businesses.

Simple, practical ideas for attracting more customers to your shop, café or salon.

📍 Jackson Hall, Portland Pl
🕠 Wed 11 March, 5.30-7pm

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/attract-mo...

Nine regional and country winners of The British Book Awards 2026 (#Nibbies) Independent Bookshop of the Year have been revealed today, all with a "through-line of energy, innovation, entrepreneurship" ✨

Read more here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/news/...

I'm in #Bexhill tomorrow evening delivering my free High Street Boost workshop for local businesses.

It's great to see a good mix of traders already signed up. If you run a shop, café, salon or other customer-facing business locally, do join us!

Details:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/high-stre....

Tram turning from Manor Road onto De La Warr Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex c.1906. #Bexhill #Sussex #Transport #Tram #History #1900s

Retail expert highlights visible progress in Eastbourne town centre ahead of business workshop After exploring Eastbourne town centre, retail expert Graham Soult highlights investment, independent retail strength and opportunities ahead.

Retail expert highlights visible progress in Eastbourne town centre ahead of business workshop

After exploring Eastbourne town centre, retail expert Graham Soult highlights investment, independent retail strength and opportunities ahead.

TV retail expert Graham Soult bringing free High Street Boost workshop to Hastings TV retail expert Graham Soult brings a free High Street Boost workshop to Hastings to help independent businesses attract more customers.

TV retail expert Graham Soult bringing free High Street Boost workshop to Hastings

TV retail expert Graham Soult brings a free High Street Boost workshop to Hastings to help independent businesses attract more customers.

Full text: Graham Soult’s speech at the Loughborough Town Deal Impact and Opportunity Business Lunch, 4 March 2026 A speech by retail consultant Graham Soult reflecting on Loughborough Town Deal and the future of UK high streets, including vacancy, independents and perception.

Full text: Graham Soult’s speech at the Loughborough Town Deal Impact and Opportunity Business Lunch, 4 March 2026

A speech by retail consultant Graham Soult reflecting on Loughborough Town Deal and the future of UK high streets, including vacancy, independents and perception.

No through road street sign saying “No access to Borough High Street” with another sign underneath it saying “Except for access”

⛔️🤔🤷‍♂️

@grahamsoult.bsky.social
Enjoying the way that #SpaldingBID has been playing their cards this year. They have more up their sleeve than we could ever guessed in those early days of court challenges against the founding vote. Let's hope one day we have a town centre of which we can be truly proud.

Free High Street Boost workshop announced for Bexhill businesses Independent businesses in Bexhill can sign up for a free High Street Boost workshop on 10 March and follow-up one-to-one retail support.

Free High Street Boost workshop announced for Bexhill businesses

Independent businesses in Bexhill can sign up for a free High Street Boost workshop on 10 March and follow-up one-to-one retail support.

Retail specialist featured in national TV documentaries to host Lewes workshop Free High Street Boost workshop at Lewes Town Hall on 24 February to be followed by one-to-one support visits.

Retail specialist featured in national TV documentaries to host Lewes workshop

Free High Street Boost workshop at Lewes Town Hall on 24 February to be followed by one-to-one support visits.

Retail expert talks 'sadness' over Binns closure - but Darlington is still 'vibrant' A retail expert has branded Darlington’s House of Fraser closure as a “moment of sadness” - but argued that the town remains “vibrant"

👀
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2584255...

#darlington #retail #highstreet #highstreets

We all Makkah mistake like that from time to time!

Hero of the day. Tony Slater, who rummaged through discarded McDonald’s litter on verge, found a receipt, contacted the local environmental health officer. Who contacted McD, who used CCTV to work out the car responsible.
Result: £500 fine. 💥
(Via @thetimes.com)

Great to see #Spalding BID having a positive impact! I'll have to check out Hello Spalding myself 👀

I don't often lavish praise but this #HelloSpalding app is the best promotional tool for the town that I've ever seen! I need to lie down now to get over the excitement!
#Spalding #SHollandDC #SpaldingBID #SarahFletcher
@lincsonline.bsky.social
@spaldingvoice.bsky.social
@grahamsoult.bsky.social

East Sussex high-street businesses 👇

Free workshops + one-to-one support are on the way. Dates soon. Register interest:
www.cannyinsights.com/high-street-...

#HighStreetBoost #HighStreets #EastSussex

I'm not sure how this is a good idea - BrewDog is one of those businesses, like Wetherspoon or Dyson, where people like the product but still dislike the big personality who embodies the brand.

"Performative W**ker" would be a great Substack title, actually 😁

Leatherhead: first impressions at a moment of change Seeing Leatherhead through fresh eyes highlights both its strengths and the opportunities ahead as a new BID prepares to get started.

Leatherhead: first impressions at a moment of change

Seeing Leatherhead through fresh eyes highlights both its strengths and the opportunities ahead as a new BID prepares to get started.

You've just given me a new merch idea, Felicity... 🧂

I'm not sure it's a name that really works for the UK market, though!

#retail #highstreet #highstreets | Graham Soult FIPM | 17 comments This morning I was invited on to BBC Radio Cumbria to talk about the collapse of the Modella Capital-owned Claire's and The Original Factory Shop, and was deliberately a little more provocative than u...

🛍️ Staying with LinkedIn, 💯 hard agree with @grahamsoult.bsky.social here... The failures of Claire's and TOFS have less to do with the "health of the high street", and more with the lack of health (and, indeed, lack of relevance) of those two retailers...

Marking 10 years of buildingourpast.com - 100 posts focusing on historic shops and retail history.
Today's offering: Saxone shoe shops. buildingourpast.com?p=11352&prev...

After seeing your post I now can't stop myself imagining you calling your own son Achilles, Harry - "Achilles Wallop" would sound like some kind of sporting injury 😉