Downtown Liverpool in Business was joined by Mark Basnett and Asif Hamid MBE from the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership to explore how the local economy is performing and what expectations, hopes and fears are for the future.
The event took place on Tuesday 28th January 2020 at The Restaurant Bar and Grill, Liverpool and was sponsored by Begbies Traynor and Western Union Business Solutions.
Over the past two decades, Manchester has transformed into a destination for creative, digital and tech businesses to start up and scale up.
Next week Liverpool Restaurant Week begins. Running from 22-28 April over 75 venues are taking part with hundreds of offers for people to download and enjoy.
The value of the sector to the city centre economy is laid bare in data from Liverpool BID Company (and platform Beauclair) which analyses UK spend data.
Food and Drink is now the largest economic sector in the city centre, around 37%. UK card holders spent a whopping £76m in just three months in the city centre’s restaurants and bars.
Downtown in Business Director, Chris McKenna, recently caught up with Mental Health Ambassador for Causeway Technologies, Trevor Steven.
Who say’s romance is dead – not with Hyatt Hotels Manchester that’s for sure!
