Downtown Den #018 | Sir Richard Leese LIVE in the Downtown Den
Sir Richard Leese was DIBs guest in the very first ‘Downtown Den’ Live event.
April 2, 2020
A Whole New World
Frank McKenna looks beyond the immediate crisis and asks what ‘normal’ might look like come the Summer – predicting that for Boris Johnson this may be a political blessing in disguise.
Pharmacy donates hand sanitiser to all Trust staff
A Preston-based family owned and run pharmacy chain has donated a shipment of 10,000 mini bottles of hand sanitiser to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity for distribution across its Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital sites.
Who Are Yer? // Alan Robson
Alan Robson from Project Four Safety Solutions tells us his celebrity crush, his dream lockdown companions and the best business moment of his life.
Starmer: Sherpa or Prime Minister?
Keir Starmer is the hot favourite to win the Labour leadership race on what should have been Grand National day. Jim asks whether the new leader will be competitive in 2024 because of the changed world we are all facing.
Downtown Den #016 | The High Street
Downtown London hosted a high street experts panel to discuss the impact of the coronavirus and much more.
One million reported applications for Universal Credit will lead to a change in our attitudes towards state benefits
Professor Alex de Ruyter has suggested our attitudes towards state benefits will be changing following reports that up to one million people have applied for Universal Credit as a result of the financial impact of Coronavirus.
Downtown Den #015 | Birmingham Property Update
Downtown in Business invited four of Birmingham’s leading property personalities into the #DowntownDen for a discussion on how the current COVID-19 crisis is affecting the regions property sector.
Leeds Beckett University joins NHS battle against Covid-19
Leeds Beckett University (LBU) has joined forces with the NHS to train new staff being recruited amid the coronavirus pandemic.
University-wide effort to help fight coronavirus
UCLan students and staff are heading to the frontline while specialist and personal protective equipment is being designed for the NHS
SimkissGuy Recruitment launches new specialist business division to support the fight against Covid-19
Multi award-winning Birmingham based firm SimkissGuy Recruitment, have announced an expansion to their current recruitment specialisms, to provide much needed non-clinical frontline healthcare professionals across the Midlands.
Downtown Den Podcast #014 | The Capitals Response to Coronavirus
Chairman of Downtown London, Simon Danczuk, chats with Simon Pitkeathley, Chief Executive of Camden Town Unlimited, London Local Enterprise Partnership member, about the capital’s response to coronavirus.