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The New High Street
Micro manufacturing can transform the High Street
Covering The Ring Road
Blog 1: Turning Urban Barriers Into Green Bridges
Doing the Math
Blog 6: 10 Retail Staff vs 10 Makers. To make this idea real, it helps to put some numbers on it.
A Simple Example: Clothing Retail
Blog 5: Consider a typical clothing retailer today.
A Different Model
Blog 4: Micro Manufacturing on the High Street. Now imagine a different type of shop. Instead of simply selling products, the shop creates them.
The High Street Sells, But Rarely Creates
Blog 3: Most high street retail still works in the same basic way.
Low paying retail jobs
Blog 2: Wages, Skills and the Limits of the Current Model.
Micro Manufacturing
Blog 1: The solution to the dying High Street in the UK. What can be done today and what does tomorrow’s High Street look like?
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Green Bridges
How cities can cover major roads and turn them into green walking and cycling landscapes
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