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Report from the independent review of high streets and town centres by Mary Portas.
Request: For correspondence between Ministers, special advisers or officials in the Department dealing with the Portas Pilots and Mary Portas…
As part of the growth agenda, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister commissioned retail expert Mary Portas to conduct an independent …
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
An exploration of the key drivers and barriers to a successful high street. Reviews available research and analysis on the factors that impact…
Mary Jo Jacobi was appointed to ACOBA in June 2012. She has held senior roles in the banking and financial services industry at HSBC (1993 to 2000), Lehman Brothers (2000 to 2001) and Drexel Burnham Lambert (1985 to 1990). She...
From June 2013 to October 2017 Mary Reilly was a non-executive member of the Department for Transport Board. Mary was a chartered accountant and audit partner when appointed at Deloitte. She has over 30 years of extensive experience advising UK...
Mary has had a distinguished 40-year career in local government, culminating in her serving as Chief Executive of the Royal Borough of Greenwich for 14 years during a period of major regeneration and service transformation in the borough, which won...
Mary was appointed as a non-executive member of the Board in September 2017 and is also a member of the Audit Committee. She is a senior economist with over 25 years’ experience planning, undertaking and delivering high quality economic advice...
Mary is the Director General of Crime and Policing Group, appointed in November 2013. The group’s core mission is to cut crime to deliver a significant programme of police reform. Mary’s career has encompassed a range of roles across security...
Mary Shockledge arrived in Somalia in April 2017 as Deputy Ambassador. She was previously in Uganda as Deputy High Commissioner.
Mary Cunneen has been a Non-Executive Director of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Board since April 2019. She is a lawyer by profession, starting her career as a criminal defence lawyer before moving onto specialising in human rights as director of law and policy at Liberty, Director of Anti-Slavery International, Human Rights advisor to...
Mary Portas has today published her review of the future of our high streets.
Mary Carter retired as a KPMG partner in 2008. She is a qualified Solicitor and worked in private practice as a lawyer until 1987. Between 1987 and 2008 she specialised in and worked as an adviser in relation to executive...
Mary-Kate Thomson became the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Yangon in February 2023. Before taking up her role in Yangon Mary-Kate was the UK’s Attaché to Northern Ghana. Mary-Kate joined the FCO (now FCDO) in 2013 and...
Location: East of Hartlepool, England.
Independent review will look at what can be done to develop more prosperous and diverse high streets.
The visits are the first of a number of engagement events Mary will undertake across the country as part of her review. During today’s visit…
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