Dan Thompson is the founder of the Empty Shops Network and an expert in the creative use of empty shops. He was widely acclaimed for leading the #riotcleanup in London last year earning praise from Prime Minister David Cameron and winning a Team London Award from the Mayor of London. Named in GQ’s 100 most influential men in Britain last year, he has pioneered the use of shops as high street community hubs and organized the first national empty shops conference in 2009.
There are more empty shops on our high streets than ever before, says another report into the state of the nation’s high streets this week.
By Dan Thompson | Notebook | Wednesday, 22 May 2013 at 5:00 am
The Olympics opened with the idea that, in Great Britain, it’s ordinary people who change society. From the moment that Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony filled the stadium with over 7,500 amateur actors, it was obvious that this was a very different Olympics.
By Dan Thompson | Olympics, Opinion | Friday, 17 August 2012 at 6:00 am
Everyone loves a boom story. The art boom of the Nineties galvanized British culture. The mobile technology boom over the last decade transformed the way we live and work. So why is there so little enthusiasm for the charity shop boom on the high street?
By Dan Thompson | Notebook | Wednesday, 6 June 2012 at 4:00 am
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