


Sale of Hockley Mint group to an Employee Ownership Trust
Leading manufacturers and suppliers of jewellery and precious metals, Hockley Mint Limited and its associated companies, have recently been sold to an employee ownership trust in a deal facilitated by The Wilkes Partnership LLP.

Saudia to begin Jeddah flights from BHX this summer
Saudia Airlines is to fly three times a week between Birmingham and Jeddah from July.

A week in America | 24th March 2023
In the latest blog from across the Atlantic, Martin discusses President Trump’s impeding legal woes.

Gary Neville to be Keynote Speaker at DIB Sports Conference
Gary Neville announced as keynote speaker for the inaugural DIB Business of Sport conference on Thursday 7th September 2023.

Who Are Yer? – Stuart Capstick
This weeks Who Are Yer? is Legal Director at Glenville Walker & Partners, Stuart Capstick.

Downtown is Twenty – Jon Corner
As DIB celebrates twenty years in business, we are asking our members and business leadrrs, what DIB means to them. This week, Jon Corner Chief Digital Officer for the City of Salford.

Change Makers Live 2024
The Downtown in Business inaugural ‘Change Makes Live’ conference that was hosted at the Spine Building in Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter on Thursday 2nd March 2023 was so successful that we have already booked a date for the next one in 2024.

Mercure Blackburn Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa
This week’s Venue of the Week is Mercure Blackburn Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa. The Blackburn Hotel and Spa is set inside a beautiful 700-year-old country manor house.

Downtown CEO discusses what’s in the papers on GB News
DIB CEO Frank McKenna joined Esther and Philip on their Saturday Morning GB News show once again to discuss the latest news.


Chefs cookbook prize draw for Brain Tumour Charity
In 2022 James was diagnosed with a brain tumor, he’s auctioning his entire cook book collection to fundraise for the Brain Tumor Association.