
The Watering Can’s Sunday Roast Society is back with a bang as first service completely sells out
Familiar faces, first-time diners and a packed restaurant mark the much-anticipated return of one of Liverpool’s favourite Sunday traditions.

Familiar faces, first-time diners and a packed restaurant mark the much-anticipated return of one of Liverpool’s favourite Sunday traditions.

New community event invites dog owners, walkers and minders to meet, mingle and enjoy Sefton Park with their four-legged friends

In the first year of Liverpool’s £2 levy, over £2m has been raised and invested, driving overnight stays and making Liverpool a more competitive UK and international destination.

Business leaders, regeneration specialists and community and cultural representatives came together at Wirral Council’s Birkenhead headquarters for the latest Mersey Power Towns event, organised by Downtown in Business and Invest Liverpool City Region.

In this episode, Frank is joined by corporate lawyers Denise Walker and Joanna Sproson for an honest conversation about building a business that’s fit for the future.

Independent hospitality businesses are facing a rapidly changing landscape, with rising costs, evolving consumer expectations and continued pressure across the sector creating both challenges and opportunities for operators.

Healey championed the UK as ‘world leaders in life sciences, defence technology, creative industries, financial services’ and called the UK’s science and research base ‘world beating’.

Martin Liptrot, Director of Strategy and Partnerships at Downtown in Business explores how supplementing the traditional, rigid approach of announcements and set piece press conferences in favour of raw emotion, everyday humour, and direct digital engagement, the new Prime Minister has shown how to connect across diverse audiences.

Downtown in Business will bring together senior politicians, mayoral candidates, ministers, MPs, Combined Authority executives and leading figures from across the county’s business community for a major half-day summit at Chester Zoo.

Downtown in Business and Public Affairs specialists PLMR heard Liverpool Council leader Liam Robinson welcome the latest advances on devolution from newly installed PM Andy Burnham.

The visitor economy is a major Liverpool success story. We should celebrate it, invest in it and continue finding ways to encourage more people to visit the wider city region. But we must be clear about what these figures do – and do not – tell us.

he countdown is on as ‘The Return of the Roast’ makes an early comeback on Sunday 13 September – and diners are being urged to book now.