We are increasingly told by the ‘experts’ who report on the beautiful game of football that it is, in modern times, more of a business

On the 12th June, a three-week Business jamboree will kick-off at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool. It is the biggest business event that will take

Any political commentator with an ounce of sense will be reluctant to give a categoric assurance as to how the local election results are going

Accrington Stanley, who are they? Well, the well-established East Lancashire football club have just won promotion to the third tier of English football for the

Another week, and another seven days worth of shambolic leadership from the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition. Hardly a day goes by

Downtown in Business has become one of the most influential business organisations in the North of England and the West Midands in recent years. Our

When he was the Mayor of London, I predicted that Boris Johnson would be Prime Minister one day. Indeed, I thought there was a realistic

I have never known a more incompetent or directionless government as the one which is leading the country at present. Sadly, I have never known

In recent years I have been used to Manchester being mentioned in dispatches by leaders from other cities, and not always in a complimentary fashion.

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

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

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