Downtown in Business Political editor, Jim Hancock interviews Bootle MP, Peter Dowd at the Liverpool City Region Parliamentary Reception in June 2026.
With the city set to host the UEFA EURO 2028, it will look at the role sporting events and infrastructure have in shaping cities, strengthening international relationships, attracting investment and driving regeneration, using Liverpool’s two global football clubs as living examples.
More than 280 people gathered in the Pavilion Suite at Chester Racecourse for the Cheshire and North Wales Business Awards 2026, hosted by Downtown in Business.
If there was one message that emerged from this year’s UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) in Leeds, it was that investors continue to view the West Midlands as one of the most exciting growth stories in the country.
Last month’s UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum in Leeds once again demonstrated the scale of ambition that exists across Britain’s regions.
Ex-West Midlands Mayor Andy Street was in Liverpool on Wednesday 3rd June 2026 to meet with Downtown in Business members as he takes his Conservative Party movement Prosper UK on a business engagement and listening tour…
Downtown in Business has announced its expanded MIPIM 2027 programme following a hugely successful presence in Cannes this year. With bigger events, stronger investor engagement and enhanced opportunities for sponsors and partners, the DIB delegation continues to position itself at the heart of the UK’s regeneration and investment agenda. Partnership packages for 2027 are now available, including access to exclusive UKREiiF events in Leeds.
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Downtown in Business has officially launched its MIPIM 2027 programme – promising an even bigger and bolder presence in Cannes following the success of its highly acclaimed 2026 activities.
Downtown in Business led a strong delegation of companies to the property festival that is UKREiiF this week. Here we look back on a manic four-days of activity where Leeds played the perfect host, Birmingham and West Midlands impressed, Lancashire and Cheshire talked up their forthcoming devolution deals, and Andy Burnham made his case for a return to Westminster.
We caught up with senior figures from Bimringham, Liverpool and Blackpool to hear some of those development opportunities.
