Tag Archives: Future

Perth – Past, Present, Future

Posted on October 31, 2017 by

Last week I ventured north to the ‘Fair City’ of Perth for a presentation at a Scottish Civic Trust and Perth Civic Trust evening event on the theme of Perth: Past, Present and Future.  I had been given the task … Continue reading →

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What Future for the Co-operative Group?

Posted on May 16, 2014 by

“This is a radical report aimed at a stuffy, conservative organisation which has fallen badly behind the times. After such a report, no movement could possibly sit back and do nothing.” One might be forgiven for thinking that the quotation … Continue reading →

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Stirling City Centre – what is its future?

Posted on October 9, 2013 by

Shameless Plug Time Next Monday 14th October at 1930 in the Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery  (home to the world’s oldest football) I am giving a public talk, the first in a series of three presented by the Stirling … Continue reading →

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