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If we’re sick of buying online and the high street has died, where will we shop?

Sep 14, 2024 | inkl.com | Vicky Payne

iStockIn my reporting on women's reproductive rights, I've witnessed the critical role that independent journalism plays in protecting freedoms and informing the public. Your support allows us to keep these vital issues in the spotlight. Without your help, we wouldn't be able to fight for truth and justice.
These three steps will lay the foundation for good strategic planning

May 17, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Vicky Payne

When I think about strategic planning I think about one thing: How can we do it well? What methodologies will deliver the volume of housing we need, protect the environment and ensure quality? There are three key components: site selection, development standards and delivery model. Site selection: There is no sustainability intervention that compensates for an inherently unsustainable location. It’s an uphill battle that most lose.
The custodians of the Future High Street

May 2, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Vicky Payne

If you stand at the intersection of Green Street and New Bond Street in Bath and look north, you will see a sign reading “independent shops this way”. It is positioned on the protruding corner of 7 New Bond Street, drawing attention and footfall into the unassuming side street beyond. The sign was created by Tozer, a local signwriter who studies the visual language of historic signs in the area and re-applies them in a contemporary way.
Making sense of immigration and the housing crisis

Feb 5, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Vicky Payne

It is also true that the UK has seen a marked increase in immigration since Brexit. by the Office for National Statistics in November 2023, and non-EU nationals now make up a larger proportion of migrants. The ONS largely attributes the increase to , filling jobs in an important sector with . There are other economic advantages to immigration. A recent study found some evidence of a positive association between non-EU origin migrants and productivity, and area where the UK seems to struggle.
Take the party politics out of planning and housing policies

Sep 25, 2023 | architectsjournal.co.uk | Vicky Payne |Jas Bhalla |Alan Gordon

Planning, housing and infrastructure have never been more salient political issues – and for good reason. The UK may have recovered economically from Covid earlier than thought, but as a country we are not well. We are ailed by the significant and competing challenges of affordability, productivity and climate breakdown. Where Labour might once have prescribed public spending, a challenging fiscal picture has led them to join the Conservatives in calling for growth.
Fred's leg: a mystery and a miracle!

Sep 6, 2023 | sporting-gun.com | Vicky Payne

I’ve been a vet for quite a long time now and have worked in veterinary practices for even longer but there are still things to learn! This story starts out in familiar territory for a gundog vet. Fred, an English springer, had been working on a shoot and had gone a bit lame. His owner had given him some dog painkillers and expected him to be fine the next day, but he was much worse, not wanting to put the foot down.
First aid in the field

Sep 1, 2023 | sporting-gun.com | Vicky Payne

Hopefully everyone has managed to get some days out with their dogs on the shoots, even if they have been smaller or less frequent due to bird flu. I started teaching dog first aid to gundog owners after a few close calls with my own rather headstrong first springer, Quincy. It is rare for my team to get through the season without somebody needing my veterinary attention, so it never hurts to review some common shoot day injury risks and what to do about them.
Vaccination, vestibular disease and vomiting in dogs

Aug 21, 2023 | sporting-gun.com | Vicky Payne

VACCINATION One of the hot topics in modern dog care is what we really need to vaccinate our dogs against, and how often should we do it? I am firmly in the camp that believes that vaccination has done more good than harm for our dogs. Thankfully, I am not old enough to remember when Parvovirus emerged in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, but I have seen enough puppies devastated by this disease in my career and there are regular outbreaks across the UK.
Should I spay my working bitch?

Jul 18, 2023 | sportingshooter.co.uk | Vicky Payne

If you own a female gundog, it is likely that at some point your vet will have asked if, or when, you plan to spay her. Is spaying the best option for gundog bitches, and if it is, when is the best time? When I started my veterinary career, we spayed most bitches three months after their first season, unless they were required for breeding.
Waving, not drowning: what's happening to our high streets?

Jul 5, 2023 | ribaj.com | Vicky Payne

Is the high street dying or simply changing? Vicky Payne reports three key findings from research carried out with two colleagues – and the message is positiveEveryone has a childhood high street memory don’t they? Mine is being allowed to get Pick and Mix at the Llandudno branch of Woolworths (RIP) on the odd family Saturday shopping trip.