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The Downtown Den Podcast. Season Three. The Business of Sport – Chris Millard

In episode six of this season of the Downtown Den Podcast, Andy McIntyre chats with Managing Director of the Barmy Army, Chris Millard.

This season of the Downtown Den Podcast focuses on The Business of Sport. VSO Executive Education chair, Andy McIntyre speaks with a series of fascinating personalities who are involved in sport – either as performers, investors, or administrators – and they have some great insights to share.

In episode six, Andy chats with Managing Director of the Barmy Army, Chris Millard.

In this discussion Chris & Andy discuss: What is the Barmy Army, Why players love Test Cricket and it’s future, The IPL and its incredible success, Major League Cricket and its implications for the English Summer Cricket season and whether Cricket is suffering due to a lack of free-to-air broadcasting.

VSI Executive Education are sponsors of the inaugural ‘Business of Sport’ conference to be hosted by Downtown in Business on Thursday 7th September 2023 at Lancashire Cricket Clubs Emirates Stadium in Manchester.

Among the confirmed speakers for The ‘Business of Sport’ conference are Gary Neville, Natalie Atkinson, Goldie sayers, and Sir Howard Bernstein. To book your tickets for what will be another amazing Downtown in Business experience please click here.

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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. 

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