Author Archives: Anna Francis

Talking City Live Events

ASK ANNA interviewing Enterprise Coach Gayle Jessiman We are more than halfway through the Talking City Project now, and it has been going really well so far. Culturing Stuff Oatcake demo The interviews have gone really well – we have … Continue reading

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Friday’s Interviewees confirmed so far…

This Friday (22nd October) will see the second episode of Talking City Live Broadcast from SHOP. ASK ANNA already has three fantastic guests confirmed, and will be talking to: Kevin Bell, Stoke Town Regeneration Manager David Bethell and Andrew Branscombe … Continue reading

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Talking City Live SHOP episode one

This Saturday saw the first of the ASK ANNA episodes to broadcast from SHOP. Six people came along to be interviewed, and our studio audience were fantastic. First, SHOP’s own Gemma Thomas talked about her inspiration for SHOP and what … Continue reading

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New For SHOP: Talking City Live

From Saturday, 16th – 28th October  Talking City Live will be broadcasting a number of shows from SHOP. The Talking City Agony Aunt will now be asking those regeneration questions you always wanted answers to, as well as interviewing the … Continue reading

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100 ways to help the High Street

An interesting post on the Government website to look at ideas for helping kickstart local economies, and improve our High Streets. Click here to have a butchers. This sets out a series of ideas and schemes, broken into sections like: … Continue reading

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