‘Retail needs to reimagine and reinvent itself as well as our high streets’
As we focus on the many challenges facing our local economy in 2026, we are living through a 21st century technological revolution that is transforming how we work, live, interact with each other, and engage with the world around us. It is doing so in a way every bit as powerful and all-encompassing as the 19th century Industrial Revolution – possibly even more so.