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Great experience for young people. Young people have a bad reputation in my home town so TestTown allowed us to show we had something more to give and that we were striving to achieve life goals.

TestTown 2015 Participant
The younger generation is the future, so spending the time to encourage them to care and solve problems regarding the high street is a wonderful step forward.

TestTown 2014 Participant
The animation of the town centre through pop-ups and performances created a wonderful atmosphere for new and returning shoppers.

TestTown 2015 Host

Five Ways To Supercharge Your TestTown

We believe there are five things which would Supercharge your TestTown:

Every town should create a clear, supported pathway into trading and opening up a shop for new town centre entrepreneurs.

Every town should have a permanent pop-up facility in a viable trading space which offers flexible lease arrangements up to a year for new town centre entrepreneurs to learn.

Every town should work, within their means, to reduce financial barriers in reduced rates and rents for new traders during their first year of business.

Every town should carry out a regular (every five years) entrepreneur-led consultation which would feed into a business-led strategy for town centre development and business support.

Every town should develop a hyperlocal cross-sector partnership to lead local innovation, ensuring that agencies, businesses, and residents are all powerful in leading local development.