


Atzaro Real Estate
We are delighted that Atzaro Real Estate are our latest Business of the Week. Atzaro is a Real Estate Developer and Property Consultancy founded in 2019 by Awais Shahid, an ambitious professional with over 15 years’ experience delivering large scale and complex developments.

Council appoints new Strategic Director of Neighbourhoods
Neil Fairlamb has been announced as the new Strategic Director of Neighbourhoods at Manchester City Council.

26-Storey Tower Block Abseil For We Love MCR Charity
We all love Manchester’s dramatic city centre skyline. Now you can get up there, admire the view, take a deep breath, and step off…

A week in America | 27 May 2022
After yet another horrific week in the U.S. Martin Liptrot discusses Texas Governor, Greg Abbott and his pro-gun outlook.

Were we all hoodwinked over lockdowns?
DIB boss Frank Mckenna asks: Could a more common sense, less draconian approach to the pandemic have been adopted? Could the catastrophic impact on the economy, kids education and mental health have been avoided? Certainly, from what Sue Gray tells us, the staff at 10 Downing Street don’t appear to have seen COVID as the deadly virus they had us believe.

DIB invite you to join our first Downtown Connects Cheshire event
DIB invite you to join us at the Chester Townhouse and Secret Garden for Downtown Connects Cheshire on Thursday 16th June.

Newcastle Airport Sustainability and Communications Office to speak at DIB event
Downtown in Business will be joined by Chief Sustainability and Communications Officer at Newcastle International Airport, Graeme Mason, for an exclusive roundtable lunch on Tuesday 14th June at Banyan, Newcastle.

In Conversation with Howard Bernstein review
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
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
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
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.