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,
Truss gets the Downtown message
25/01/2018
My 40 years of covering ministerial visits to the North have left me a bit jaded. They are billed as opportunities for ministers to get
Inspiring enterprise should be celebrated more
25/01/2018
In a week when business and businessmen have, once again, had a bad press, I think it is important to remind ourselves that, on the
Mayors Shine as National Politics Falls into Disarray
18/01/2018
As a glass half full type of guy, I am usually able to see the positives in most things, but as we enter week four