Downtown in Business has welcomed the publication of Prosper UK’s latest report, Set Up For Success? The Case for Greater Devolution, describing it as “an important contribution to the debate about how Britain finally unlocks regional economic growth.”
Ex-West Midlands Mayor Andy Street was in Liverpool on Wednesday 3rd June 2026 to meet with Downtown in Business members as he takes his Conservative Party movement Prosper UK on a business engagement and listening tour…
Can good performing mayors ever overcome the sailings of their national colleagues? Frank McKenna reflects on the recent local election and mayoral results, and how they were hijacked by Westminster politicians.
Frank McKenna reflects of a disastrous set of local election results for the government in last week’s polls.
Two sleeps is a long time in politics… What next for Sunak and the Tory Party?
The latest local election contests are proof that devolution and elected mayors are working. Frank McKenna explains why.
Downtown Birmingham in Business welcomed seventy-five public and private sector leaders to the stunning Grand Hotel on 24th October 2023 for its Change Makers Live Summit.
West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, has visited Celadon Pharmaceuticals Plc, a West Midlands based pharmaceutical company focused on the research, cultivation, manufacturing and sale of breakthrough cannabis-based medicines.
Progress continues towards zero-emission passenger flights as initial concepts were revealed today for the creation of a hydrogen production facility at Birmingham Airport .
On Tuesday 24th October 2023, Downtown in Business will host a breakfast event with Mayor of West Midlands Combined Authority, Andy Street.
The mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority Andy Street has been confirmed as the latest big-name speaker to join the Downtown in Business national Planning, Property & Regeneration conference that will take place in Birmingham on Thursday 9th February next year.
As the Conservative Party conference arrives in town, Kevin Johnson from Urban Communications discusses Andy Street’s backing of Liz Truss.
