A NEW group set up to help shape the future of Chester city centre post-lockdown will focus on what to do with empty retail units – including the city s historic Debenhams store. The store had been trading as Brown s since 1791. Now a new study will look at what to do with the site, along with other vacant units in the Grosvenor Shopping Centre and in main retail streets, as the city emerges into a new environment following several costly Covid lockdowns. The study will look at city living, health and education facilities and how to attract graduates and young people to live and work in Chester, as part of a new ‘vision’ for the city centre.
Impetus Partners With State Street To Transform The Lives Of Young People From Disadvantaged Backgrounds In The UK Date
14/12/2020
Today youth charity, Impetus, announces its partnership with State Street Corporation to provide support to local charities working with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in the UK.
Youth employment is in crisis, with a Covid generation set to spend long periods out of work. Figures predict that around 2-3.5 million
1 job losses will occur because of the pandemic, with young people being hit first and hardest. In particular, under-25’s are 2.5 times more likely
2 than over-25’s to have been working in shut-down sectors like hospitality, and the number of 16-24-year olds in employment