Preston is the Founder and visionary behind Really Local Group™.

In 2005 he moved to London and became acutely aware that the majority of developers who claimed they to be 'regenerators', were actually developing sites with a 'top down' approach, with little real consultation with the locals as to what they really wanted for the area, and with very little ‘social conscience’. This was leading to identikit high streets and a clear neglect of localism. 

New to the London property market, Preston wanted to break this mould, to deliver true regeneration and to shake up cultural development by launching venues in vacant and/or under-utilised retail spaces that would truly have the local community’s best interests at its core.