Far from usual
15/04/2020
Downtown Birmingham Chairman, Paul Cadman explores 3 things that businesses should be looking at once the UK can begin to return to normal.
The Va Va Zoom – Pink Echo Special
09/04/2020
Downtown Director, Chris McKenna rates the DIB team in his latest blog. Who is DIB’s Pele? Who is DIB’s Maradonna? And who is DIB’s Ali Dia?
Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom
26/03/2020
Downtown Director, Chris McKenna reflects on a whirlwind seven days.
Driving economic growth: our railways future
25/02/2020
Chairman of Downtown London, Simon Danczuk discusses the recent event with the Chairman of Network Rail, Sir Peter Hendy.
The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful at The Malmaison Liverpool
05/02/2020
Downtown Director, Chris McKenna headed to Malmaison in Liverpool recently. Read his thoughts of his experience at this week’s ‘Venue of the Week!
A General Election of highs and lows
14/11/2019
Chairman of Downtown London, Simon Danczuk, shares his thoughts on the upcoming General Election and why elections can be miserables times for MPs.
The Northern Convention – Devo promises but no cheers for Boris
19/09/2019
DIB London chair and former MP Simon Danczuk reports his observations from last week’s convention.
The Northern Powerhouse
20/06/2019
There’s me, Tony Wilson, Steve Roberts from Granada, Ruth Turner, who goes on to work for Tony Blair, Frank McKenna and a couple more, all sat in a bar in Manchester. It sounds like the start to a bad joke, which in some respects, it probably is.
Euro Elections – It’s about communications, stupid
30/05/2019
Former Member of Parliament, Simon Danczuk, analyses the recent European elections and suggests why Nigel Farge’s Brexit Party were victorious.
MIPIM 2019
21/03/2019
Downtown in Business attended MIPIM 2019 in Cannes. The property festival was celebrating its thirtieth year and over 25,000 delegates descended on the south of France.
Women in Business – Happy international Women’s Day
08/03/2019
Downtown Director, Chris McKenna, celebrates International Women’s Day by reflecting on a few of the women who have inspired him throughout his nine years at Downtown.
Fyre: The Greatest Marketing Campaign That Ever Happened?
24/01/2019
Riding on the back of the release of Netflix’s latest documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened?, Robyn van Jaarsveldt, Social Media and Brand Manager at Downtown in Business looks at the online Influencer culture and the Fyre Fest marketing campaign that sold out a fraudulent festival in 48 hours and asks, is it not the greatest marketing campaign of our time?