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The Year So Far… The Video

Watch some of the highlights the DIB network has enjoyed over the past seven months, with much more to come in Q4.

Downtown in Business is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year – and 2023 has certainly been an eventful one so far.

This video shows some of the highlights the DIB network has enjoyed over the past seven months – and we have an absolute bonanza of events to finish the year with a flourish.

Shadow Ministers Wes Streeting MP, Jonny Reynolds MP, and Steve Reed MP, West Midlands mayor Andy Street, Education Minister Gillian Keegan, and Liverpool leaders Liam Robinson and Steve Rotheram are among the politicians who will be presenting at Downtown events.

We have awards dinners in Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool, a Change Makers Live’ Summitt in Birmingham, and we have our inaugural ‘Business of Sport’ conference too. Its going to be a great end to 2023 – visit the events section of our website here to get details of everything that Downtown has got planned.

If you are not a member of DIB and would like to get involved, now is the perfect time! Contact [email protected] or click here for more information.      

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