Mersey Power Towns Review
25/05/2022
Hazel Walker, Chief Executive of specialist business law firm, Glenville Walker and Partners, gives her thoughts on our recent Mersey Power Towns event.
In Conversation with Howard Bernstein review
23/05/2022
Head of Charity at We Love MCR, Ged Carter, gives his thoughts on our recent ‘In Conversation with Howard Bernstein’ event.
Liverpool’s missed opportunity
19/05/2022
The chief executive and group chairman of Downtown in Business offers his thoughts on local government reform in Liverpool, as the city council consults with its residents to ask what the governance model of the future should look like.
Ward pips Zaffar on the line
19/05/2022
Kevin Johnson reports on the dramatic leadership contest of the Labour Group on Birmingham City Council.
Coventry chief executive and NW property personality of the year added to conference speakers list
19/05/2022
The chief executive of Coventry City Council Martin Reeves, and the winner of the Northwest property personality of the year award Phil Mayall of Muse Developments have been added to the impressive list of speakers for the Downtown in Business ‘Talking ‘Bout Regeneration’ conference, which takes place in Birmingham on Thursday 15th September 2022.
Judge us by the company we keep
19/05/2022
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.
Down-toon is launched
19/05/2022
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.
DIB partners with tax specialists Catax
19/05/2022
Downtown in Business has welcomed leading Capital Allowances & Research and Development Tax Relief experts, Catax as its latest partner.
Council leaders address DIB members at UKREiiF pre-conference event
18/05/2022
Downtown in Business welcomed council and business leaders for a roundtable dinner to share their thoughts and ideas for the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum, which is taking place in Leeds between 17th-19th May 2022.
Culture, Values and People Business Gym
16/05/2022
Alban Cassidy, Director of Cassidy + Ashton Architects, Building Surveyors + Town Planners, shares his thoughts on the recent DIB Business Gym event at the Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel in Blackburn.
Combined Authority CEO to address DIB audience
12/05/2022
Eamonn Boylann, Chief Executive of Greater Manchester Combined Authority will be joining Downtown in Business for an exclusive roundtable lunch on Wednesday 13th July 2022.
Audacious leadership bid launched by Zaffar
12/05/2022
Kevin Johnson on the latest for the Birmingham Labour Group’s leadership contest.