Virtual London Marathon
When: Sunday 3rd October 2021Where: Location of your choiceCost: £20 registration fee and £150 sponsorship pledge All funds raised will go to Strawberry Field, please… Read More »Virtual London Marathon
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#SaveMySeat Campaign
FOURSQUARE GROUP CONTINUE THEIR ‘SAVE MY SEAT’ CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND PUT AN END TO NO SHOWS
Saluting Lancashire’s family business heroes
Lancashire Business View has launched its search to find the county’s ‘family business heroes’.
Event industry influencer chats online visibility in latest episode of Manchester Central podcast series
Online visibility and social media marketing are the topics of conversation in the latest episode of ‘Central Chat: Spotlight On’, the latest episode features Sabrina Meyers, Social Media Strategist & Consultant, MICE vlogger and global event planner.
Fazenda is reopening
After four long months of lockdown, Fazenda Rodizio Bar & Grill are delighted to announce they will be welcoming guests through their doors once again.
A long way back for Labour – Election Results Review?
Former BBC Political Editor and Downtown commentator Jim Hancock, and former Labour adviser Adam McNicholas joined DIB boss Frank McKenna to discuss last weeks ‘Super Thursday’ election results.
Downtown nominated for National Award for first large business event since March 2020, Livercool 2020!
Downtown in Business has been nominated for Best COVID-Safe Non Music Event at the Event Production show for Livercool 2020. The Event Production Show will be taking place on 26th May and other nominees include The Luna Cinema, #WeMakeEvents campaign, Bongo’s Bingo and Sacha Lord. Past winners for the awards also include Culture Liverpool for Liverpool’s Dream, Isle of Wight Festival, Event Genius and Ticket Arena.
Welcome to series Three of A Frank Conversation with…. The podcast with attitude
As we get set to return to ‘live’ events, we could think of no better guest to launch our new podcast series than Thom Hetherington, the chief executive of Holden Media and a huge influencer and advocate for the Hospitality and events industry.
PM and Starmer should reach out to Rotheram and other Metro Mayors
The chief executive of Downtown in Business, Frank McKenna, has said that Boris Johnson should invite Steve Rotheram to sit on any COVID- recovery taskforce that is being established by the government.
PM should reach out to Andy Street and other Metro Mayors
The chief executive of Downtown in Business, Frank McKenna, has said that Boris Johnson should invite West Midlands metro mayor Andy Street to sit on any COVID- recovery taskforce that is being established by the government.
A week in America | 14 May 2021
This week in America the primaries and run-offs to the 2021 elections are already well underway. Martin Liptrot discusses the parallels and differences between the U.S and UK in its Mayors.
Burnham and Rayner on manoeuvres
After last week’s big round of elections will there ever be a Labour government again?Frank and Jim give their differing views in this week’s blogs and Jim looks at the detailed results in the North West