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REVIVE & THRIVE’S 4 Market Retail Manager – ADC376 £26,556 - £29,033 p.a. Do you have what it takes to transform our Market scene? We are seeking to appoint a selfmotivated, hands on Retail Manager who will plan, co-ordinate and take a lead in implementing a programme of action for both our Indoor and Outdoor Markets in Ashfield. Being able to demonstrate service and retail management experience in a commercial environment, including, maximising financial performance, you’ll be commercially aware with a strong focus on improving the customer experience in all areas. As our Markets Retail Manager you will be responsible for the management of employees and serve as the primary contact for all markets operations, and all health and safety issues; being flexible and committed to the role weekend working will be essential to this post. If you have excellent interpersonal skills, a minimum of 3 years prior experience in retail management, developing businesses, marketing, together with managing employees, and have an HND or equivalent qualification in retail management, we want to hear from you. If you would like to discuss this opportunity further on an informal basis please contact the Corporate Manager for Locality and Community Empowerment, Mrs Theresa Hodgkinson on 01623 457588 or email t.hodgkinson@ashfield-dc.gov.uk To apply, please visit: www. mansfieldandashfieldjobs.co.uk Canvassing of Members of the Council (directly or indirectly) for any appointment shall disqualify the candidate for that appointment. Applicants should disclose if they are related to a Member or Officer of the Authority. Closing date: 21st November 2016 Interview dates: 29th November 2016 Ashfield District Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the Community. Apply Today >>
<strong>PLACE</strong> FOR TOWNS AND CITIES 5 What future for your town centre? Town and city centres have changed in many ways over the years in response to technological, societal and other advances, not least the development of out of town shopping. That change continues as the UK leads the world in its adoption of online retailing. This growth is rapid and it is difficult to foresee with any degree of certainty what it will mean for the future of town and city centres, and potentially for society as a whole. Will all centres be equally impacted or will change vary depending on the scale and nature of the centre? What impact does a centre’s location, both geographic and in relation to other centres, have? Does the size and nature of its catchment matter? What other factors might make some centres better suited to thrive in the future? There are many similar questions. A new research and development project, Bringing Big Data to Small Users (#BDSU), is seeking to support towns in the decisions they make and help them have a sustainable future. The two year project is co-funded by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency and is led by retail intelligence specialists Springboard working with the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, Cardiff University, MyKnowledgeMap and other key partners. #BDSU builds on work already undertaken by several of the partners in the earlier High Street UK 2020 (HSUK2020) research which was part funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and which identified 201 factors from the academic literature and feedback from 10 partner towns that have an impact on town centre vitality and viability. HSUK2020 worked with experts using the Delphi technique to rank these factors to identify which are the 25 most significant in terms of impacting town centre health and being subject to local initiation or control. HSUK2020 was also able to look at footfall (pedestrian flow) data provided by Springboard for 65 town and city centre locations across the UK gathered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, over a 30-month period. Analysis of this data revealed that not all centres are used in the same way and some distinct footfall signatures could be detected. This was important as it suggests that towns used in different ways may need different initiatives to maintain their vitality and viability. This data also suggested that towns with more defined signatures were more robust in terms of maintaining footfall. #BDSU now wants to develop evidencebased forecasting tools that can be used by retailers, the retail property industry, local authorities and town centre partnerships and policy makers to enable better decision making in respect of town and city centres. The project will facilitate and quantify the value of collaboration, demonstrating the relationship between collective customer experience and individual retail performance through a new, easy-to use, simulated interface (a ‘footfall optimiser’), that brings information on town type, customer experience, customer demographics, etc. to individual decision makers, from retailers to place managers, enabling them to adjust their operations to meet local preferences, optimising both the customer experience and their own business performance. Algorithms and equations developed in the research stage of the project will be used to develop software that will predict and monitor the impact of interventions (such as changes to car-parking charges, opening hours, or resident population, etc.) on customer experience levels. This will bring complicated data analysis techniques to all town centre stakeholders, so that they can collectively decide strategies and interventions to optimise performance. The project is analysing all of Springboard’s footfall data, covering a 10 year period in more than 100 locations as well as other available data to test the findings of the HSUK2020 research on a larger scale and in more detail. #BDSU will work with 7 locations (Ayr, Ballymena, Bristol, Congleton, Holmfirth, Morley and Wrexham) to gather footfall, retail sales, vacancy levels and other data and to see how responsive or otherwise these are to initiatives undertaken in those centres. Throughout the project we will be working with a number of industry-led user groups to refine our thinking and support product development and ATCM, Revo, NABMA, NMTF, New River Retail and PinPointer are part of the project team. The project started on 1st August 2016, If you would be interested in participating in a user group meeting or if you want more detail on the project, please contact IPM Director Simon Quin via simon@placemanagement.org
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