Join the Conversation: Northern Power Towns Conference to Champion Growth and Investment Across the North
25/06/2025
Join the Conversation: Northern Power Towns Conference to Champion Growth and Investment Across the North
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.97 | Can a Certain Manchester Mayor Change Labour’s Narrative?
25/06/2025
The government is launching a ten year industrial strategy this week, will Labour get any credit for its longer term approach to the country’s problems- and might a certain mayor from Manchester be able to help them tell their story more positively?
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.96 | Did Trump Just Start a War with Iran?
25/06/2025
Donald Trump decided to bomb Iran. Was the President simply pissed off with his TACO reputation- Trump Always Chickens Out- or has he got a longer term plan for the Middle East- and where does the unilateral action from the States and Israel leave international institutions? Are NATO and the UN now simply moribund, outdated, talking shops?
DOWNTOWN IN BUSINESS: “BREXIT IS THE GREATEST ACT OF SELF-HARM THE UK HAS INFLICTED ON ITSELF”
25/06/2025
Nine years ago this week, the UK voted to leave the European Union. Reflecting on that momentous decision almost a decade back, Downtown in Business (DiB), one of the UK’s leading business organisations, has launched a scathing critique of the economic and political consequences of Brexit
Downtown in Business Welcomes Labour’s Industrial Strategy – But Urges Government to Go Further
24/06/2025
The strategy has been described by Downtown as “a strong starting point”.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.95 | Middle East in Crisis
19/06/2025
Another very busy week in geopolitics. Israel and Iran are at war. In America, we’ve seen the shocking assassination of senior politicians.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.94 | Budgeting for Better Days?
19/06/2025
Rachel Reeves announced her long awaited Spending Review last Wednesday and the DIB podcast team reflect about what that might do in terms of Labour’s polling fortunes.
First wave of speakers confirmed for DIB Property Conference
12/06/2025
The sixth annual Downtown in Business ‘Talkin’ About Regeneration’ conference will take place on Thursday 11th September 2025, at Hotel Voco, Manchester.
DIB Boss Welcomes Chancellor’s Spending Pledges – But Warns There is More To Do
12/06/2025
The group chair and chief executive of Downtown in Business, Frank McKenna, has broadly welcomed Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review announcement this week- but has said that the government now needs to crack on with radical planning reforms, a transformation of the welfare system, and investment into the skills agenda if it is to deliver on its ambition for economic growth
Unlocking the North’s Potential: A Leaders Lunch with Clare Hayward
11/06/2025
On Wednesday 11th June, Downtown in Business hosted another inspiring edition of our Leaders Lunch series at Stanley House, bringing together key business figures from across the region for a focused discussion on regeneration and growth in Lancashire and beyond.
Building Salford’s Future: Housing, Growth & Leadership
11/06/2025
On Tuesday 10th June Downtown in Business hosted our exclusive ‘In Conversation with Melissa Caslake and Nic Beech’ roundtable event, at the Lowry Hotel.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.93 | The World’s Most Expensive Feud
10/06/2025
The most powerful man in the world has fallen out with the richest man in the world- what will be the fall out from the Trump/Musk bust up?