EP.103 | Water Scandals, Voting Age & Labour Rebels
22/07/2025
With Frank and Jim away, Jo and Kevin take charge of this week’s Downtown Den Politics, unpacking the latest developments from Westminster and beyond.
THE WEST MIDLANDS IN WESTMINSTER : DIB TO HOST PARLIAMENTARY RECEPTION WITH MAYOR PARKER
17/07/2025
Downtown in Business (DIB), in partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority, will host a high-profile Parliamentary Reception on Monday 15th September to showcase the region’s ambitious Economic Growth Strategy.
KEIR’S FIRST YEAR
17/07/2025
Downtown in Business group chair and chief executive Frank McKenna offers his reflections on a special Labour Party reception hosted in London this week.
LEANNE CAMPBELL TO HOST ‘LIVERCOOL ‘25
17/07/2025
Star of stage, screen, and radio, Liverpool icon Leanne Campbell, will be joining Downtown in Business to host the 23rd annual ‘Livercool’ gala awards dinner on 20th November, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Northern Power Towns 2025: Unlocking Regional Potential
17/07/2025
This unique conference brought together engaged partners across the North West to discuss how effective public and private partnership working can address local and regional challenges
DIB Hosts Leading Hospitality Voices to Shape Sector’s Future
16/07/2025
On Tuesday 15th July Downtown in Business hosted our final event of July, ‘The Future of Hospitality & the Visitor Economy’, hosted at the beautiful Pullman Hotel Liverpool.
Skills West Midlands + Warwickshire celebrates regional construction sector
15/07/2025
Skills West Midlands + Warwickshire has celebrated work being undertaken across the construction sector in the region at a special awards event, held at the offices of Gowling WLG in Birmingham.
From Bramley-Moore to Bootle: Accelerating regeneration in North Liverpool and making the case for New Town status
15/07/2025
Stephen Cowperthwaite, Managing Director of Liverpool & UK Regions, Avison Young UK, discusses the opportunities for change in North Liverpool.
EP.102 | Devolution: A big step in the right direction
14/07/2025
The governments devolution white paper, Labours union issues, more bad news for the economy, but a successful state visit of President Macron. And Forty years of Live Aid.
Let Lancashire Build – Or Miss an Opportunity Others Will Take
10/07/2025
Business leaders warn that failure to meet housing targets could jeopardise £5 billion cyber investment.
KEY INFLUENCERS CONFIRMED AS SPEAKERS FOR MAJOR DIB ANNUAL PROPERTY AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE
10/07/2025
Downtown in Business (DIB) will convene some of the UK’s most influential civic leaders, government figures, and private sector stakeholders for a landmark Property, Regeneration & Infrastructure Conference this autumn — a timely event that aligns with the government’s renewed focus on accelerating housebuilding and driving regional economic growth.
Live Aid. Live 8. And the Lesson for Leaders Today
10/07/2025
Forty years on form Live Aid, Frank McKenna expresses his concern that the progress made by that Rock & Roll movement is in reverse.