Negative campaigning works
Controversy has followed the Labour Party’s latest series of election campaign posters. However, Frank McKenna tells us why negative campaigning often works.
The Lowry Hotel
This week’s Venue of the Week is The Lowry Hotel. The contemporary five-star hotel is set on the banks of the River Irwell in the heart of Manchester.
Downtown is Twenty – Tony McDonnell
Tony McDonnell, Managing Director at Davies Partnership, shares his thoughts on twenty years of Downtown in Business.
New Date Announced for City of Birmingham Business Awards 2023
The Downtown in Business City of Birmingham Business Awards 2023 will take place on Thursday 19th October 2023 at Park Regis Hotel, Birmingham.
Women in Football Chief to Address DIB Event
Yvonne Harrison, CEO of Women in Football, is the latest big-name speaker for the DIB Business of Sport Conference on Thursday 7th September 2023.
Who Are Yer? – Emma Ratcliffe
In this week’s ‘Who Are Yer?’ we get to know Head of Business Development for the North West at Morgan Sindall Construction, Emma Ratcliffe.
Malmaison Bar & Grill Opens This March in Liverpool’s Princes Dock
Dockside dining with a dash of decadence – Malmaison Liverpool invites guests to join them for a bite to eat in their newly revamped brasserie.
The Downtown Den Podcast – Season Three ‘The Business of Sport’
Downtown in Business will host its inaugural ‘Business of Sport’ conference in the autumn. To give you a taste of the type of discussions and debates that will be taking place at the conference, event sponsor VSI Executive Education have worked in partnership with DIB to record a series of fascinating conversations with personalities who are involved in sport.
‘Meet the Partner’ #1 | Asif Ghafoor CEO, Be.EV
Downtown in Business is fortunate to work in partnership with some of the very best businesses across the country. First up, Asif Ghafoor, the chief executive of Be.EV, a company that is at the forefront of driving the net zero agenda.
The Downtown Den Podcast. Season Three. The Business of Sport – Wes Morgan
In the first episode of the latest season of the Downtown Den Podcast, we welcome Wes Morgan, the man who captained Leicester City to their surprise Premier League title back in 2016.
The UK is heading for a hung parliament
Despite all the trials and tribulations suffered by the Conservative Party, and the country, since the 2019 election, Frank McKenna still thinks a hung parliament is the most likely outcome following the next national poll, expected in 2024.
DIB Q1 2023 – Two conferences, an awards dinner, and an international event
It has been a ferociously busy quarter one for the Downtown business team, with two national conferences, a gala awards dinner, and a Leaders Lunch at the property festival MIPIM in Cannes among the twenty-four events that we hosted in the first three-months of the year.