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Birmingham, United Kingdom

A resource for all elements of town and city centres, Revive & Thrive unites residents and businesses together with Local Authorities to work together to address local issues and create solutions. Add to this some innovative and quality assured businesses who have goods and services designed to improve and generate opportunities for communitiesUsing the.

Stratford Road Area

Working with businesses in the Sparkbrook and Springfield areas of the city on proposals to deliver a Business Improvement District.The BID was successful at ballot in October 2013 with a 25% turnout and 85% Yes vote by number, 87% Yes by RV

Acocks Green

Implementation and creation of a company to run the Business Improvement District in Acocks Green following its successful "Yes" vote in October 2011.Company formation, recruitment of Board of Directors, dealing with the logistics of starting a new company, kicking off some projects outlined in the BID proposal and liaison with colleagues wtihin Birmingham.

Stirchley And Cotteridge

• Development of partnerships and town centre management in three local centres in Birmingham (Stirchley, Cotteridge and Selly Oak)
• Identification and delivery of initiatives to support and promote these local centres and working as part of a team of town centre managers across Birmingham
• Successfully scoped a project for a “BIDs Academy” which took 10 Town Centre Managers through the process of developing a Business Improvement District in a local centre
• Associate member of the Institute of Place Management
• Chair of TCM operational group, driving forward range of city-wide areas of common concern including marketing and continuation of the project as well as sitting on Local Centres Strategic Board, influencing place.

• Leading on the delivery of projects and initiatives that increase the trading viability of Camborne and Redruth town centres and developing partnerships and stakeholder groups to support that
• Acting as the first point of contact for all business-related enquiries coming in to the company and offering advice, guidance and mentoring support to those businesses that require it
• Management of all project budgets, 2 support staff within the project and ensuring that all funder requirements are met
• Development of medium-term strategies and action plans for the two town centres
• Organisation of events that showcase the towns and that engage the business community with the regeneration agenda
• On-going management of the marketing and positive PR of the towns to the business community, local residents and a Cornwall-wide audience

• Direct financial, strategic and operational management responsibility for the successful delivery of two major European-funded projects (Objective 2) with a value of £5 million as well as other multi-funded projects
• Responsible for attracting matched funding from a variety of sources for projects to deliver capital schemes of shop-front improvements, asset development, tacking vandalism and improving trade waste facilities.
• Managing partner agencies as well as project beneficiaries and the business communities of inner-city Bristol.
• Relationship building with priority stakeholders, most notably project funders. Writing and communicating regular project progress reports, negotiating on project spend and regular monitoring of project performance.
• Line management of six full-time members of staff, including project monitoring and support officers, a property services manager and a team of three Enterprise Managers, each of whom carry out high street management.
• Member of BEST’s Senior Management Team, which is responsible for the strategic, financial and operational management of the company. The team is empowered to take executive decisions and reports directly to the board.

Charlton Park

• Approached to manage the passes office for WOMAD’s biggest annual festival, including the introduction of new procedures following lessons learned analysis of previous years’ events
• Creation and management of a team of 12 staff
• Liaison with WOMAD officials, festival organisers; high level security arrangements; dealing with numerous crews, guests and artists at a festival that attracts over 40,000 visitors each year

Ba (Hons), Modern Languages

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