£41,000 raised for charity in Manchester’s biggest ever abseil
25/08/2022
Over 100 Manc daredevils descended a dizzying 270ft and £41,000 raised for We Love MCR Charity who support Mancunian communities and young people.
A week in America | 25 August 2022
25/08/2022
Following the news of further political disruption to Martins UK home of Liverpool, he asks how does NYC operate so successfully and what could Liverpool and other UK cities learn from New York?
Creative Agency, Title Productions, help local building firm build a £1 million business!
24/08/2022
Title Productions helped local building firm, Allman Builders, create a digital presence and grow their business.
Manchester Money
22/08/2022
We are delighted that Manchester Money are our latest Business of the Week. Manchester Money are proud to be amongst the best Mortgage Brokers Manchester has to offer.
Line-up announced for DIB’s second annual property, planning, and regeneration conference
18/08/2022
Downtown in Business has announced the running order for the second annual Talking ‘Bout Regeneration conference taking place on Thursday 15th September 2022. #TBR22 will feature over twenty leading business and political personalities speaking across seven sessions and give you the opportunity to network and connect with over 150 business leaders throughout the day.
Is Labour ready for power?
18/08/2022
The Labour leadership has been meeting business leaders from the DIB network recently. But is the party ready for power?
Whose fault is it anyway? Could this really be the end of Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988
18/08/2022
The UK Government has announced plans to repeal Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 and bring about the end of so called ‘no fault’ evictions, as part of sweeping reforms to the residential letting market in the UK. Is this a long overdue change?
HybridTec and B2W Group secure £1m Department for Education funding to help businesses upskill their employees
17/08/2022
HybridTec, in partnership with B2W Group, is the only training provider in the North of England to win funding.
Robert Walters Group
15/08/2022
We are delighted that Robert Walters Group are our latest Business of the Week. The Robert Walters Group deliver recruitment consultancy, staffing, recruitment process outsourcing and managed services across the globe.
Downtown’s Day with Sir Keir Starmer MP
12/08/2022
Downtown in Business hosted a number of events during the Labour Party Leader’s visit to Liverpool in which he gave a key speech on business and the economy.
Significant change in holiday pay for casual workers
11/08/2022
Victoria discusses the recent landmark judgement on the calculation of holiday pay for casual workers.
Going Underground – The £330m annual dividend if we get HS2 right
11/08/2022
Private sector lobby group Downtown in Business, in partnership with Bruntwood and RDPR , is hosting a special Leaders Lunch event to press the case for the department of transport to revise its designs for the next phase of HS2.