Northern Council Leaders talk ‘Levelling Up’
07/04/2022
Downtown Cheshire in Business were delighted to host our ‘Northern Power Towns Leaders’ Lunch’ recently at Opera Grill, Chester.
Downtown Cheshire in Business were delighted to host our ‘Northern Power Towns Leaders’ Lunch’ recently at Opera Grill, Chester.
Longstanding Downtown member Dougal Paver of PR and public affairs advisors Merrion Strategy reviews our recent dinner with one the Liverpool Combined Authority’s new senior hires.
The minister for small business, Paul Scully MP, was the guest speaker at an exclusive Downtown in Business London event recently.
The chair of the West Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Sir Roger Marsh, was the keynote speaker at an exclusive DIB dinner recently.
Downtown Liverpool in Business were delighted to host a Leader’s Lunch with Paul Winfield, Director of Aviation Development at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, at the Venue at the Royal Liver Building on 16th March.
Downtown Birmingham in Business were delighted to join forces with Azets to host the ‘Professionals in the City – the new world post-Covid’ lunch on 10th March at the brilliant Fazenda Rodizio Bar and Grill.
The Chief Executive of the City of Wolverhampton Council, Tim Johnson and Mark Birks of Avison Young led the discussion at the Downtown in Business property, regeneration, and investors breakfast forum.
Downtown in Business hosted a Roundtable discussion were the future of Lancashire was debated by business leaders from across the county.
Downtown Manchester hosted the ‘Manchester Property Club – Education Sector’ in association with Procure Partnerships Framework and Kier Group. DIB was joined by Founder and Director of Procure Partnerships Framework, Robbie Blackhurst, who led the discussion on development projects and management within the education sector, how the nature and scale of these projects have changed over the last two years due to the pandemic, and the government’s Construction Playbook.
Downtown in Business Liverpool crowned some of the leading female entrepreneurs from across the Liverpool City Region at the Women in Business Awards 2022.
Leader of Bradford City Council and Chair of West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe joined Downtown CEO and Group Chairman, Frank McKenna to discuss the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, economic development opportunities for West Yorkshire, and which further devolution powers Susan would like to see come to the Combined Authority.
Downtown in Business hosted an exclusive roundtable lunch on 17th February with Chief Executive of Birmingham International Airport, Nick Barton, at city centre venue, The Distillery.