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Reader in Retail Management, University of Surrey and Professor Emeritus, Staffordshire University. Formerly Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), Professor, Staffordshire University, Director, SIRC, University of Portsmouth, Fellow (and visiting Fellow) in Retailing, Manchester Business School. Alan Hallsworth’s 1980’s retail researches led to the development of a prototype “sequential test” model – now (since 1996) the key underpinning to the UK retail land use regulatory system. Much of his work has focused on how wider trends in retailing affect the weaker participants such as small shops. Alan has produced summary reports for Transnational corporations, FTSE companies, for trade organisations and for NGOs over a period of a quarter of a century. His work has included extensive studies of the viability of rural market towns as retail service centres: founded on the 1990s “Loyal to Leominster” research. In 2005, with Professor Cathy Parker of MMU, Alan collaborated on the wider Rhodes report on Retail Markets and on a follow-up study commissioned by NABMA. These research interests in retail change led to an invitation – in October 2005 – to appear before the House of Commons All Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group inquiry into the future of the High Street 2015. This, in turn, led to a contribution to the Retail Commission Inquiry hosted by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Alan has lately been contributing to both the ongoing Competition Commission Inquiry into the UK Grocery Market and to the Barker Review/ Planning White Paper deliberations. In 2006, Alan was a member of an expert roundtable invited to SAID Business School, Oxford University, to contribute to a study on the future of shopping commissioned by the Mayor of London. Most recently, of course, he has been acting as special adviser on retail markets to the House of Commons Select Committee for Communities and Local Government. Alan has made radio and TV appearances discussing retail topics – notably BBC Radio 4 “You & Yours” and BBC Breakfast TV.
Krys Zasada is Policy Development Manager for the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA), funded by, and working with, the representative market organisations in the UK to develop a detailed national policy context for the markets industry. He also represents NABMA on the National Retail Planning Forum. Krys also acts as a specialist consultant, and has carried out work for a number of local authorities in relation to their markets, including Southwark, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow. From 1998 to 2008, Krys was Head of Manchester Markets, responsible for the strategic and operational management of the City Council’s wholesale, retail and specialist markets portfolio. Recognising the need for fundamental change of the sector, Krys produced and implemented a long-term business strategy for the markets, successfully transforming the markets offer, both physically through capital investment and by realigning the offer to the demographic profile of the city. A key element of that modernisation process related to New Smithfield Wholesale Market. Part-funded from EU grant support, the project sought to modernise and improve the business performance of the tenants, improve the physical infrastructure through a multi-million pound redevelopment of the site, and significantly improve the environmental management of the site. Key to this was the need to modernise and reconnect the rural and urban food supply chain. Krys was a member of the advisory group supporting the Joseph Rowntree Foundation research into Markets as sites for social interaction, the results of which were published in September 2006. Krys was also a member of the Management Board of Manchester Food Futures – the City’s Food Strategy - and chaired the sub-group on Food Access from 2006-2008. He is currently a member of the Board of London Food, which oversees the implementation of the Mayor’s Food Strategy. From 1996-98, Krys chaired the industry-wide working group responsible for producing the Markets and Fairs Guide to Good Hygiene Practice. Prior to working in Manchester, Krys was Operations Manager at Sheffield Markets from 1993 until he took over as acting Head of Markets in 1998. Before that, he had worked for Sheffield’s Environmental Health Department for 8 years. Krys is a graduate of Nottingham Law School with a bachelor of laws (LLB).
Since joining Lend Lease in mid 2005, Robin has been involved in the acquisition of Crosby Homes and also in developing new business in the regeneration sector. He is a staunch believer in creating sustainable developments which balance, reflect and encompass the social, economic and environmental requirements and needs of the community. Robin was a founding director of Chelsfield plc in 1986. During his 19 years at Chelsfield, Robin took responsibility for several of the largest and most successful retail and mixed-use community projects in the UK including Paddington Basin, Stratford City and White City. Robin was also involved in the major urban regeneration project at Brierley Hill to link Brierley Hill High Street, The Waterfront and Merry Hill to form an integrated town centre with public and civic facilities, new homes and improvements in the local transport infrastructure Robin has recently been appointed Chair of New Heritage Regeneration in Dudley.
Mike is Managing Director of The Retail Group and has been leading the consultancy for over 15 years. Mike’s work on Retail Markets ranges from the overall strategic direction, to improving current performance and assisting individual traders. His consumer oriented approach to research ensures that each location is considered individually. He has successfully advised on all sizes and types of locations from city centres to market towns and from regional shopping centres to factory outlets. Clients who have benefited from his experience cover all sectors of the retail market from multiples and food retailers through to property developers, local authorities, retail markets, transport operators, manufacturers and leisure and heritage operators. Recently Mike has been actively involved with;
Mike has been an integral part of the development teams responsible for formatting the retail strategies for most of the UK’s leading shopping destinations, including Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter, Canterbury, York, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Mike and his team have delivered retail strategies for a number of leading heritage and leisure operators including National Portrait Gallery, Glasgow Museums, National Museums of Scotland, Xscape, RFU and Hull FC. Prior to joining The Retail Group, Mike worked for a number of blue chip retailers including Bhs and Habitat. Mike set up The Coloroll Store, a revolutionary home furnishings concept and developed / successfully operated The Leading Edge chain of shops, taking the concept from an embryonic idea to a fast growing multi-site operation.
Roberto Alonso Gordón, 43 years old, holds a University Degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He also possesses a Masters Degree in Business Management and Administration MBA from the Instituto de Empresa I.E. de Madrid. He is currently the Retail Markets Department Director at MERCASA, where the majority of his professional responsibility deals with seeing to various tasks for the Management of Food Units, the Management of Commercial Centres and International Management. He is a specialist in all matters concerning food product distribution (retail and wholesale commerce), has published various articles on commercial distribution and on the format of local retail markets, and has participated as a speaker at countless conferences dealing with this sector. He is currently Vice-President of the World Union of Retail Markets, which is integrally linked to the World Union of Wholesale Markets.
Operational set-up of commercial redevelopment Graduated from the CEFAC (Centre d’Études et de Formation des Assistants Techniques du Commerce, des Services et du Tourisme – Centre for the study and training of technical assistants in the commercial, services and tourism sectors) - Major de soutenance (Head of faculty for viva voce) Commercial problematics in problem neighbourhoods Professional career prior to the creation of “Commerces et Marchés de France”
Place of birth: Hamburg/Germany; Date of birth: May 27, 1964; Marital status: Married, two children; Qualification: Graduated master of administration (Dipl. Verw.-Wirt) The speaker has been working in this position since January 2008. Before that he was Deputy Managing Director of the Hamburg Wholesale Market since 2006. In his previous job he was responsible for funfairs, events and weekly markets in the city of Hamburg department of economics and labour affairs. The Hamburg Wholesale Market is a centre of trade, service and industry providing all that you'd expect of an international fresh produce centre, meeting the demands of all stakeholders in the food trade for top quality produce and extensive services. The wholesale market serves a catchment area that extends all the way to West Poland and South Scandinavia. So a total of 15 million consumers receive fresh food from this market. Annual turnover in the hall at Hamburg Wholesale Market is 710 million euro. Total turnover on the site is around 2 billion euro.
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Maarten de Graaf is currently employed by the Dutch Retail Board (HBD) as Policy Advisor. He has almost 22 years experience in the support of the retail business, both on a national and international level. For the past 8 years he has been specialising in market trading. Apart from market trading, he is also responsible for Consumer Affairs for the retail trade as a whole, with Food Safety being one of the relevant subjects. Furthermore, Maarten coordinated the development and implementation of the food safety guide of good practice for market trading in the Netherlands.
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