Red Rose Awards finalists announced!
27/01/2023
Almost 100 businesses have earned a place in the final round of the Red Rose Awards 2023, the UK’s biggest regional business awards.
West Midlands Railway warns passengers not to travel on two days in February due to industrial action
27/01/2023
Passengers travelling with West Midlands Railway (WMR) are being warned not to travel on two days in February due to industrial action.
Kirkby timetable changes as class 777 roll out continues
27/01/2023
Following the successful introduction of the first of the new Class 777 trains this week, further timetable changes are being made to the Kirkby line to help accelerate the implementation of the ground-breaking new fleet of trains onto this part of the Merseyrail network.
Strawberry Field unveils new memorial bench in memory of the late Gogglebox stars, Leon and June
27/01/2023
The Salvation Army’s Strawberry Field has installed a new memorial bench to honour the late Liverpool stars of Channel 4’s Gogglebox, Leon and June Bernicoff.
The Downtown Den Podcast. Season Two. Winning Women – Gillian Keegan MP
27/01/2023
This series of the Downtown Den Podcast is all about Winning Women, in this episode we revisit 2020 with Frank McKenna chatting to Gillian Keegan MP in the Downtown Den.
The Tory party is ungovernable
26/01/2023
In his latest blog, Frank McKenna explains why it would be good for the Tory Party if they lost the next General Election.
Annual leave calculation U-turn
26/01/2023
In the latest update from the world of HR, Victoria looks at the latest government proposal regarding annual leave calculations.
Birmingham 2023 Outlook
26/01/2023
Kevin Johnson from Urban Communications looks at what the next twelve months might hold for Birmingham.
DIB Boss on GB News
26/01/2023
The Group chair and chief executive of Downtown in Business Frank McKenna will once again feature on the GB News channel. He will be reviewing the weeks big news stories alongside MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies.
Downtown is Twenty – Steven Broomhead
26/01/2023
From Sexy Networking to Sobriety Networking Congratulations to Downtown in Business on its 20th anniversary. Big Frank arrived in my office at the North West
DIB Boss appointed to Labour business board
26/01/2023
The Group chair and chief executive of Downtown in Business Frank McKenna has been appointed on to the Executive of the Labour Party’s SME business board.