Jim was underwhelmed by the New Year speeches from the Prime Minister and Labour leader. He’s calling for some vision and leadership,particularly on social care. He also looks forward to a pivotal year in politics with important local election in the North West.
Jim isn’t filled with much Christmas cheer as he reviews a pretty awful year for the government. He recalls the disaster like an unending drama, but also thinks Labour has much to do to inspire people in 2023.
Frank McKenna looks back at some of the many Downtown highlights of 2022 in his last blog of the year.
Procure Partnerships Framework is calling for Contractors to register their interest and help shape the structure of the second iteration of their National Contractor Framework, currently structured across 11 sub regional lots.
Three national business conferences, eight gala awards dinners, and an exclusive event at property festival MIPIM will be among the highlights of the Downtown in Business events programme in 2023, as the private sector organisation celebrates its twentieth anniversary.
Victoria takes an in depth look at work-related illness following the publication of the work-related health and safety in Great Britain.
The Digbeth Estate is set to re-launch The Bond on Fazeley Street, Digbeth, as a home for the best creative talent in the West Midlands.
Some of the brightest and most innovative thinkers in the UK will offer their thoughts on the challenges facing business, the economy, and the country, at the inaugural DIB national Business Innovation conference.
The government seems to have decided to tough it out as multiple strikes hit the country. Jim is critical of both parties approach to the problem that has echoes in the last century.
The rail Unions have announced a series of strikes during the Christmas period. But, such has been the chaotic state of the railways in the north of England for months now, Frank McKenna asks ‘how can we tell?’
The Downtown Den podcast will return in the New Year – with season two focussing on successful female leaders from across the country.
