National recognition for award-winning UCLan doctor
30/09/2022
Dr Clive Palmer has been appointed as Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Bolton becomes culinary hotspot as the 2022 Food and Drink Festival is visited by over 450,000 people!
30/09/2022
461,000 visitors made their way through Bolton Town Centre on August Bank Holiday weekend for the annual Bolton Food and Drink Festival, and Title Productions were there to film every minute of it!
Thistle Group deal brings four new food brands to Rotherham’s Forge Island
30/09/2022
Four new food brands have signed lease contracts on Rotherham’s Forge Island development, bringing a taste of the exotic to the town centre.
Halloween themed trail launched for the first time at Chester Zoo
30/09/2022
Chester Zoo announces a new interactive Halloween trail for guests this October.
A week in America | 30 September 2022
30/09/2022
As UK Trade Minister, Kemi Badenoch flew in in the U.S. to promote the UK as the place for American businesses to do business, Martin explores the ‘special relationship’ between the two countries.
Prepare your business for proposed Employment Law changes at our HR business gyms
29/09/2022
Are you confident with the proposed Employment Law changes that are coming in 2023? Victoria Brown will share her HR expertise at our upcoming business gyms.
The not so mini budget – IR35 reversal from April 2023
29/09/2022
Victoria explores the implications that the reversal of the off-payroll worker rules passed in 2017 and 2021 will have on employers and employees.
Will Truss survive?
29/09/2022
Less than a month into her new job, and Liz Truss is already facing questions over her future. Why is she in such a mess already – and can she survive? Frank McKenna’s latest blog.
Shadow Business Minister to address DIB audience
29/09/2022
Downtown in Business will be joined by Shadow Business Minister and Labour MP, Bill Esterson, for an exclusive Leaders’ Lunch on Thursday 27th October 2022 at the Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel.
We do not Truss you
29/09/2022
Jim reflects on the spectacular economic implosion of the new Truss government and reports on the level of interest from business in the Labour Party that he noted at their Liverpool conference.
First Downtown in Business Event
29/09/2022
Paul James, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Red Rock Communications discusses his first experience of a DIB event. As someone who has described themselves as ‘not a fan’ of networking how did he find it?
St Helens town centre regeneration gets the nod from council planners
28/09/2022
The once-in-a-generation transformation of St Helens town centre received the green light from St Helens Borough Council’s Planning Committee last night (Tuesday 27 September), which follows on from the approval of regeneration plans for Earlestown town centre earlier this year.