A Platform for Collaboration and Innovation, The ‘Northern Power Towns’ event series has become synonymous with fostering collaboration and driving innovation across the North of England. This next exclusive event will feature Alison McKenzie-Folan, Chief Executive of Wigan Council, and Steven Broomhead, Chief Executive at Warrington Borough Council.
In celebration of over 20 years of Liverpool BID Company, Downtown in Business, in collaboration with the Liverpool BID Company, will be hosting a fantastic People Power Places Conference this September.
Jim Hancock and Jo Phillips discuss the latest dramatic developments in the race for the White House, the first row of the new Labour government over the 2 child benefit limit, the weighty King’s speech in general and will the Tories go long or short in the search for a new leader?
Downtown boss Frank McKenna caught up with Rob Valentine, Region Director – Birmingham West Midlands for Bruntwood SciTech.
The ‘Northern Power Towns Conference’ brought together leaders, chief executives, and senior decision-makers from various local authorities, alongside private sector partners to engage in discussions and debates on the opportunities and potential of regional towns.
The new Labour government has hit the ground running.
Downtown in Business recently hosted an exclusive Leaders Lunch event at Gaucho Leeds, with Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Leeds City Council.
The group chair and chief executive of Downtown in Business, Frank McKenna, has called on political and business leaders in Lancashire and Cheshire to urgently progress discussions about devolution and elected mayors – or risk being left behind in the new Labour governments dash for growth.
Downtown in Business will host a series of events with senior decision-makers from across the Liverpool City Region in the Autumn, as well as hosting a number of fringe events with government Ministers at the Labour Party conference, which takes place in the city in September.
The full agenda has been announced for the Northern Power Towns Conference taking place on Friday, 12th July 2024.
Today we unpack the general election results from Thursday evening. Friday morning, focusing on the smaller parties.
A Labour landslide, a Conservative meltdown, a Liberal Democrat revival.
