Let’s hear it for the Girls
08/03/2018
Today Downtown Liverpool in Business will host one of my favourite events of the year, the annual Women in Business Awards. Yesterday, of course, it
Devolution frustrations
08/03/2018
The city regions Whether it’s the power to direct the skills agenda that would best benefit northern business or yet another report recommending northern rail
Mayors flexing muscle – and it’s good to see
01/03/2018
The dearth of talent at the top level of British politics is clear for all to see. When one of the most uninspiring of modern
Homelessness is not just about shelter
01/03/2018
As Liverpool prepared to host the European Capital of Culture in 2008, Phil Redmond famously commented that fall-outs between top executives involved in delivering the
Plastic revolution on the way
01/03/2018
I remember when seat belts and breathalysers were regarded as a gross infringement of motorist’s freedom. Smoke filled offices and pubs are of more recent
I spy with my little eye – a Tory lie
22/02/2018
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am not a huge fan of Jeremy Corbyn. I could come up with some solid reasons
Mandelson: Brexit will unite Ireland
22/02/2018
Former EU Commissioner Lord Peter Mandelson believes the impracticality of operating an EU border between the UK and Ireland will eventually lead to a united
Don’t patronise us Boris
15/02/2018
I’m sure most Remainers will be heartily irritated by the patronising tone of the Foreign Secretary this week. It was billed as an attempt to
Making a difference #1 – Ruth Turner
15/02/2018
Downtown in Business is fortunate to have a stable of inspirational speakers who regularly rock up at our events to inspire and inform our members. A
Drowning and Waving – Red Tape is strangling business
08/02/2018
If EU Remainers are searching for a credible political force to represent them, then perhaps entrepreneurs and business owners should be doing the same thing.
No Pardon for Suffragettes!
08/02/2018
PARDONS. This week’s commemoration of thirty-year-old women getting the vote in 1918 was marred for me by the suggestion that the women who resorted to
Uni’s not what it’s cracked up to be
01/02/2018
Downtown is always ahead of the game, so this week even before George Osborne identified educational attainment as the biggest issue in the North-South divide,