In Conversation with Howard Bernstein review
23/05/2022
Head of Charity at We Love MCR, Ged Carter, gives his thoughts on our recent ‘In Conversation with Howard Bernstein’ event.
Bruntwood Works announces development of one of the UK’s lowest Carbon workspaces, setting standard for future sustainable developments
20/05/2022
Bruntwood Works’ £30m Ev0 development in Greater Manchester will meet the LETI 2020 design target for upfront carbon; the RIBA 2025 performance targets on whole life carbon and the UKGBC Paris Proof target on operational energy use.
Sean Keyes discusses UKREiiF 22
19/05/2022
Sean Keyes, managing director at Sutcliffe reflects on his experiences at UKREiiF 22.
Coventry chief executive and NW property personality of the year added to conference speakers list
19/05/2022
The chief executive of Coventry City Council Martin Reeves, and the winner of the Northwest property personality of the year award Phil Mayall of Muse Developments have been added to the impressive list of speakers for the Downtown in Business ‘Talking ‘Bout Regeneration’ conference, which takes place in Birmingham on Thursday 15th September 2022.
Judge us by the company we keep
19/05/2022
Downtown in Business prides itself on hosting the very best events and attracting great people into the room. Already in May we have enjoyed the company of the chief executives of Birmingham, Coventry, Newcastle, and Wolverhampton City Council’s; the chief executive of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority; the leaders of Leeds and Manchester City Council’s; Sir Howard Bernstein; the chief executive of Halton Borough Council; the Liverpool City Region mayor; the heads of regeneration from Wirral, Birmingham, and Leeds; and the chief executive of Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Down-toon is launched
19/05/2022
The chief executive of Newcastle City Council Pam Smith was the keynote speaker at the launch of Downtown in Business Newcastle. She was joined by the chief executive of Liverpool John Lennon Airport John Irving, who was previously the Finance Director of Newcastle United Football Club, and 50 business leaders from across the city.
DIB partners with tax specialists Catax
19/05/2022
Downtown in Business has welcomed leading Capital Allowances & Research and Development Tax Relief experts, Catax as its latest partner.
Council leaders address DIB members at UKREiiF pre-conference event
18/05/2022
Downtown in Business welcomed council and business leaders for a roundtable dinner to share their thoughts and ideas for the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum, which is taking place in Leeds between 17th-19th May 2022.
Powerhouse of six North West culture, arts, business and tourism leaders join board of trustees at charity behind Shakespeare North Playhouse
17/05/2022
Six of the most respected leaders in arts, culture, business, tourism and media have been appointed trustees of the charity behind the new Shakespeare North Playhouse set to open this summer in Knowsley.
Combined Authority CEO to address DIB audience
12/05/2022
Eamonn Boylann, Chief Executive of Greater Manchester Combined Authority will be joining Downtown in Business for an exclusive roundtable lunch on Wednesday 13th July 2022.
Downtown prepares for launch in Newcastle
12/05/2022
Downtown in Business is set to launch its latest office in Newcastle at the city’s INNSiDE by Meliá Hotel on the evening of Thursday 19th May 2022, with keynote addresses by chief executive of Newcastle City Council Pam Smith and the chief executive of Liverpool John Lennon Airport and former Finance Director at Newcastle United Football Club, John Irving.
Bruntwood acquires win farm stake in industry first
12/05/2022
Property investor and developer, Bruntwood, has purchased a 42.4% share in a new co-operative owned wind farm, becoming the first commercial real estate company to make such a move.