Jan
05
Kingston First has invested in the Mastercard Geographic Insights platform on behalf of our businesses. The Mastercard platform provides businesses with powerful spend insights to understand the consumers who visit our town centre. It uses anonymised and aggregated Mastercard purchase data to index performance and allows a better understanding of...
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Dec
16
£4BN LOSS PREDICTED FOR HOSPITALITY SECTOR UKHospitality, Kingston First and the Mayor of London join call for urgent financial assistance for the UK’s hospitality sector following the announcement of Plan B. Financial support can be provided by redirecting surplus funds from The Additional Restrictions...
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Dec
14
For this edition, we hear from new Inspector for Kingston, Paul James, who is part of the brand new dedicated Town Centre Team for Kingston. He tells us about some of the details of the new team and how they plan to work, and support town centre businesses. "...
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Nov
25
Kingston First are pleased to announce that they have officially been accredited by The BID Foundation. This accreditation confirms that we have met the defined industry standards set out by The Foundation, which were recommended by The Institute of Place Management. It underlines our commitment to being an open...
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Nov
17
A key part of the objectives of our research with consumers was to understand the profile of visitors to Kingston Town Centre. Of the 1107 responses we received to our survey in June/July, 86% had visited the town centre since reopening on 12th April. Visitor Demographics The majority of...
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Nov
10
New public art for Kingston town centre Party Animal by Alex R T Davies MRSS announced as winner of Kingston Sculpture Trail public vote Party Animal by Alex R T Davies MRSS has been announced today as the winner of the Kingston Sculpture Trail and will become a permanent feature...
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Nov
05
Kingston town centre is awash with colour as more vacant units have had their shop windows transformed with unique and vibrant artwork to delight and inspire residents, employees and visitors alike in Kingston. The artwork was produced by talented students from the world-renowned Kingston School of Art as part of...
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Nov
03
All eyes are on COP26 (the UN Climate Change Conference) in the media - for good reason - it’s a crucial climate change event, bringing together parties to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. But what does it mean for...
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Oct
28
Over 1,000 people responded to a survey commissioned by Kingston First, the town centre’s Business Improvement District, which found two-thirds of respondents described Kingston town centre as , as “enjoyable”, “lively” and “attractive”. Key takeaways from the research include: 8 out of 10 consumers rated Kingston Town Centre highly for...
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Oct
28
Yesterday’s budget was an opportunity for the government to invest and support businesses and town centres which have been hit hard by the pandemic and are still very much on the road to recovery. There was little mention of investment in town centre infrastructure to help them grow and...
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