Double hire as Muse’s Manchester business continues to grow
Nationwide placemaker, Muse’s Manchester business continues to grow, with former Nikal associate director, Ella Woodward and Manchester Airport Group development manager, Julian Stott, joining the team as development manager and development director respectively.
HDY Agency sharpens its creative studio with award winning Creative Director
Birmingham based global content marketing agency, HDY Agency, has bolstered its creative team with the appointment of award winning Creative Director Jon Sharp.
Win a free degree with Millennium Point
Do you want to design bridges, stop the next cyber threat, or create the next best-selling video game? Then Millennium Point wants to hear from you.
Leadership Exchanged: The Podcast
The Leadership Exchanged podcast asks if the world’s biggest and most complex problems could be solved if the right leadership approach was applied? Do we need to exchange current approaches to leadership for something new?
The Downtown Den Podcast. Season Two. Winning Women – Bev Craig
This series of the Downtown Den Podcast is all about Winning Women, in the second episode Downtown boss Frank McKenna speaks with the Leader of Manchester City Council Bev Craig.
Planning Woes
With UK ministers and civil servants being lobbied hard about changes to planning laws, Martin Liptrot wonders if perhaps its time to look at how local decision-making is better informed too.
Who Are Yer – Frank McKenna
It’s back – the DIB Who Are Yer feature. First up, the boss Frank McKenna.
Trans rights political minefield for all
Jim joins the debate raging over trans rights and thinks the issue could have dangerous consequences for Labour and particularly the Scottish Nationalists.
Time to end costly ‘Beauty Contests’
The latest tranche of ‘Levelling Up’ grants were announced this week. Whether your area was a winner or a loser the bidding process is fatally flawed and should be scrapped according to DIB boss Frank McKenna.
Gaucho
We are delighted that Gaucho Restaurants are our Venue of the Week. Gaucho has branches in cities across the UK, including Liverpool, London, Manchester and Leeds. The steak restaurant serves up food with a contemporary global influence, most notably based around modern Argentina.
Downtown is Twenty – Jayne Moore
This week, Liverpool Marketing and PR master, Jayne Moore reflects on 20 years of Downtown.