Downtown Birmingham in Business welcomed seventy-five public and private sector leaders to the stunning Grand Hotel on 24th October 2023 for its Change Makers Live Summit.
Downtown in Business, in association with Deloitte, hosted an exclusive private dinner at the INNSIDE by Melia hotel in Liverpool on Tuesday evening, reflecting on the Labour Party conference.
Downtown in Business hosted its inaugural Business of Sport conference at the iconic Lancashire Cricket Club, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester.
Read Jim’s comprehensive report on Downtown’s highly successful Business of Sport conference. Gary Neville talks frankly about sport and business and why politics is not for him. Jim reports on other contibutions including a football agent and progress on developments at top North West sporting stadia.
Dougal Paver from Merrion Strategy reflects on the recent Downtown in Business event with minister for education, Gillian Keegan.
Downtown in Business was joined by Strategic Director for Place, Prosperity & Sustainability at Birmingham City Council, Paul Kitson at an exclusive Property Club, sponsored by DB3 at Bank Restaurant and Bar.
It has been a ferociously busy quarter one for the Downtown business team, with two national conferences, a gala awards dinner, and a Leaders Lunch at the property festival MIPIM in Cannes among the twenty-four events that we hosted in the first three-months of the year.
Reflecting on the city regions recent delegation to property festival MIPIM, Neil outlined the range of opportunities that were now in the pipeline for Birmingham and the wider region, but also spelt out successes that have already been secured.
The Liverpool City Region metro mayor Steve Rotheram gave a barnstorming performance at the Downtown in Business Breakfast Forum at INNSiDE Hotel earlier this week.
Downtown in Business hosted its inaugural Change Makers Live conference in Liverpool recently. Among the highlights of the day was an exclusive video interview with Education Minister Gillian Keegan MP which can be viewed below.
Downtown in Business hosted its second annual national Property & Regeneration conference earlier this month at the Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham.
The chief executive of Manchester City Council Joanne Roney was in Birmingham this week, urging the city’s business community go get behind Manchester’s calls for the government to provide a high-quality link between the Midlands Engine and the Northern Powerhouse.
