Skip to content

What are our railways here for?

Simon Danczuk, business consultant and former MP, shares his thoughts on the recent DIB London dinner with Anit Chandarana, Lead Director for the Great British Railways Transition Team, and Lord Andrew Adonis, former Secretary of State for Transport.

READ MORE

Muse Developments

We are delighted that Muse Developments are our Business of the Month for June 2022. Muse is one of the UK’s leading names in mixed-use development and urban regeneration, with a range of major commercial and residential schemes across the country.

READ MORE

Were we all hoodwinked over lockdowns?

DIB boss Frank Mckenna asks: Could a more common sense, less draconian approach to the pandemic have been adopted? Could the catastrophic impact on the economy, kids education and mental health have been avoided? Certainly, from what Sue Gray tells us, the staff at 10 Downing Street don’t appear to have seen COVID as the deadly virus they had us believe.

READ MORE

Judge us by the company we keep

Downtown in Business prides itself on hosting the very best events and attracting great people into the room. Already in May we have enjoyed the company of the chief executives of Birmingham, Coventry, Newcastle, and Wolverhampton City Council’s; the chief executive of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority; the leaders of Leeds and Manchester City Council’s; Sir Howard Bernstein; the chief executive of Halton Borough Council; the Liverpool City Region mayor; the heads of regeneration from Wirral, Birmingham, and Leeds; and the chief executive of Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

READ MORE

Down-toon is launched

The chief executive of Newcastle City Council Pam Smith was the keynote speaker at the launch of Downtown in Business Newcastle. She was joined by the chief executive of Liverpool John Lennon Airport John Irving, who was previously the Finance Director of Newcastle United Football Club, and 50 business leaders from across the city.

READ MORE