Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
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Hello! With around 10% of UK shops currently sitting empty, we’re talking about how communities can lead the revival of our high streets. Are Ed’s make-your-own sandwich shops part of the answer? Our experts aren’t convinced… Professor Cathy Parker tells us about the extent of current problems and why concern about high streets is nothing new. Vidhya Alakeson from Power to Change argues that the future of high streets lies in community businesses. Then ‘Mr Bishy Road’ Johnny Hayes explains the story of turning around Bishopthorpe Road in York.
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Hi-fi tycoon and all-round great guy Julian Richer talks about the lessons he’s learned from decades in business, handing Richer Sounds over to its employees & his vision for ethical capitalism.
For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy105. SWEET CHILD(CARE) OF MINE: investing in universal provision
104. MISSING MILLIONS: time for automatic voter registration
103. THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS: addressing the gambling crisis
102. EMPIRE STATE OF MIND: overhauling the history we teach
101. (NET) ZERO TO HERO: tackling the climate emergency
100. LIVE AT ABBEY ROAD: fixing music education
99. WRITTEN IN THE STARS: the argument for a codified constitution
98. SMELLS LIKE COMMUNITY SPIRIT: bridging the intergenerational divide
97. TREEDISTRIBUTION: shrubtastic reasons to plant
96. TIL DEBT DO US PART: the case for personal debt write-off
Cheerful Book Club: The Three Dimensions of Freedom by Billy Bragg
95. SCHOOL’S OUT: time for LGBT-inclusive education
94. A QUESTION OF SPORT: the fight for gender equality
93. ELECTRIC DREAMS: the end of the petrol and diesel vehicle
Cheerful Book Club: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
92. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: the case for social ownership
91. WHO’S AFRAID OF GDP?: shifting to a wellbeing economy
Cheerful Book Club: How to Fail by Elizabeth Day
90. THIS LAND IS OUR LAND
89. DOING RIGHT BY OLDER PEOPLE: free personal care for all
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