Students’ time capsule installed in University development
25/09/2020
Careers aspirations included in time capsule in £60m Student Centre.
“WINTER ECONOMY PLAN IS BLEAK” – STATES BUSINESS LEADER
24/09/2020
The business community is in a state of shock, confusion and despair following a week of government announcements that leave as many questions as answers, according to Frank McKenna, the boss of private sector lobby group Downtown in Business.
EP.100 – Downtown Den: The Role of Local Enterprise Partnerships
24/09/2020
Three Local Enterprise Partnership chairs from across the Northern Powerhouse were in conversation with DIB boss Frank McKenna, offering their thoughts and opinions on how the UK and the North in particular can recover from the Coronavirus crisis.
BUSINESS LEADER CALLS ON CHANCELLOR TO ACT AGAIN TO SAVE BUSINESS
22/09/2020
Downtown Chief Executive, Frank Mckenna says the government must extend the business support measures they put in place during the Spring if the country is to avoid a Tsunami of company closures.
Space and dance combine in new primary school project
21/09/2020
UCLan has received national funding to use movement to engage primary school pupils in astronomy.
It’s illegal – and you didn’t know it
21/09/2020
As new laws are continually introduced, many people are doing things that are simply illegal without knowing it, says a leading criminal lawyer in the region.
EP.97 – Downtown Den: Jonathan Isaby in the Downtown Den
21/09/2020
If you were wondering what happened to Brexit then look no further than this webinar with Jonathan Isaby, recent editor of Brexit Central. He talks us through the final stages of Brexit and what it means for business.
New book discusses Blackpool’s cultural heritage
18/09/2020
UCLan Professor edits ‘Blackpool in Film and Popular Music’.
Fresh Start Waste helps UK Net Zero carbon target by supporting UK tree planting programme
18/09/2020
Carbon conscious Fresh Start Waste, who offer commercial waste collections with a recycling focus across the North West of England, have continued their ongoing pledge to sustainability in supporting Forest Carbon’s programme of planting new native woodland in the UK, at a project in the Lake District.
EP.96 – Downtown Den: What Next Power Panel in the Downtown Den
18/09/2020
Downtown in Business brought together a powerful group of individuals from its network from across the country to gauge their opinions on Rishi Sunak’s Summer Statement and ask them what the Chancellor should be looking to announce in his October budget to get the economy back on track.
University Masterplan highways scheme enters new phase
18/09/2020
Major roads around the Adelphi Quarter of Preston are reopening as the University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) £200m Masterplan development enters its next phase.
Helping Hand for Rosemere
17/09/2020
A much needed ‘helping hand’ in the form of a £1,000 donation has come charity Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s way via staff of Leyland Trucks with support from their families and friends.