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£76m spent in Liverpool’s food and drink in Q1
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 Cheshire Hosts Inspirational Business Event – “The Highs and Lows of Building a Business”
On Monday, April 29th, Downtown in Business Cheshire hosted an exclusive lunchtime networking event at The Townhouse and Secret Garden in Chester. From 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM, Downtown Chief Executive Frank McKenna interviewed three leading entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound companies over the past decade, navigating challenges such as Brexit, a pandemic, and shifting political landscapes.
BMet opens doors to UK’s first FinTech short course
The first FinTech course of its kind in the country is actively recruiting students ready to start in Birmingham at the beginning of June.
LOTS of Bubbles for Aintree Hospital
Aintree University Hospital is appealing for donations of toiletries to support the hundreds of patients each month who find themselves in hospital following a traumatic injury.