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We provide services and tools for effective Town Centre Management

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A powerful tool for place managers to collect & track property data on the high street.

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Our flagship service for collecting, analysing and reporting on city & town data.

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We provide research & expertise to help you tackle challenges with data.

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April 29, 2019 in Blog

Supporting Communities with Data

One of our Founder's original goals when setting up Noggin was to find ways to support his local village high street as equally as he could a major town or…

March 6, 2019 in Blog, Town Centres

ATCM ‘Death of the High Street’

With an undoubtedly provocative title, this one-day conference on 7 Feb 2019, delivered by ATCM was bound to court some interesting points of view. Held at the rather impressive Crystal…

February 28, 2019 in Blog, Data, Optimising Data, Town Centres

Consolidating high streets

High street planners and BID management teams are among many entities that struggle with the ever-changing face of the high street. With the retail landscape morphing; large chains and independent…

January 24, 2019 in Blog, Events, Town Centres

A look at Christmas 2018

For what feels like an eternity now, Christmas – and last year as a whole – has drawn headlines of footfall dropping on the High Street. 2018 was particularly difficult…

January 21, 2019 in Blog, Events, Footfall, News, Town Centres

Noggin’s take on the Timpson report

Always pleased to see another take on high street improvements, we read the Timpson report (December 2018) with enthusiasm, especially as it would have influenced the Chancellor's decision to allocate…

January 11, 2019 in Blog, Optimising Data, Town Centres

Our towns in simulation

Part of managing a town or city is about measurement: using data from various places to tell whether we are having a positive influence or not. But that variety is…