The US election has proved that the economy is still the priority for a big chunk of the population – even in the middle of a pandemic. Frank McKenna reflects on Donald Trumps surprise success and what UK politicians should learn from it.
Chris McKenna, Director of Downtown in Business reflects on the media coverage and behaviour of the younger generation over the past few months.
Jim reflects on the potentially dangerous tactics of likely outgoing American President Trump, as well as a bad week for Boris Johnson and a good one for Keir Starmer.
The team behind UK Liquidators, part of Begbies Traynor Group, have produced a five-step checklist for company directors to assist in conducting a business health check upon returning to work.
President Biden would be good for Britain says Jim in his blog. Ahead of next week’s election he analyses the damaging instability Donald Trump has brought to world leadership. He also considers the real chance of violence if Trump is narrowly defeated.
Frank McKenna explains why the government’s latest ‘local lockdown’ approach to tackling the Covid-crisis is the worst of all worlds, in his latest Downtown blog.
Managing Director of Morgan Sindall Construction, Barry Roberts gives us his opinion on net zero carbon.
Jim reflects on an exceptional period of political turbulence in the North. The Covid Crisis has raised questions about the real powers of elected mayors and devolution itself. North West Tory MPs have engaged in blue on blue combat and Labour has seen four resignations over Keir Starmer’s approach to national security.
Frank McKenna highlights the mounting disagreement as to how best to manage the Covid-19 crisis, among our leading politicians and medical experts – and concludes that, sooner rather than later, Coronavirus is something we are going to have to learn to live with.
This weeks Guest Blog is courtesy of Carolyn Hughes of Carolyn Hughes PR. Carolyn talks her of disappointment in the governments support for the self-employed and other forgotten sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and much more.
On both sides of the Atlantic, our leaders want us to look beyond the pandemic to a bright future. But in his blog, Jim says most people are stuck with the gtim realities of the present.
