The Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Conference 2023 will take place on Thursday 26 January and will bring business together with influential figures from the worlds of health and wellbeing.
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.
We are delighted that Laing O’Rourke are our Business of the Month for January 2023. Laing O’Rourke is an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects.
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.
We are delighted that Prime Transport Planning are our latest Business of the Week. Prime Transport Planning is a focused team with big-brand credentials, providing all the rigour of a large organisation with none of the corporate hurdles.
On Saturday 21st January, Andrew Mikhail is hosting a fun-filled fundraising gala dinner at The Grand to raise much needed funds to allow ICU Steps to continue their invaluable work in Intensive Care units.
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.
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?’
