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Wake Up and Smell the Toffee

This week Martin follows the rumoured investment in Everton FC from a Florida based investor, and wonders if English football fans are truly ready for the inevitable success which would follow…

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Rugby League legend to address DIB sport conference

Former Leeds Rhinos and England Rugby League legend Jamie Jones-Buchanan has been confirmed as the latest sporting giant on the speaker list of the DIB Business of Sport conference which takes place on Thursday 7th September 2023 at Lancashire County Cricket Clubs Emirates Stadium.

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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.

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Change Makers Live 2024

The Downtown in Business inaugural ‘Change Makes Live’ conference that was hosted at the Spine Building in Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter on Thursday 2nd March 2023 was so successful that we have already booked a date for the next one in 2024.

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Change Makers Live 2023

Watch the video review from DIB’s inaugural Change Makers Live conference. Featuring Wes Streeting MP, Dr Natalie Kenny, Chrissie Wolfe, Stephen Young, Jen Fenner, Jessica Bowles and Howard Lewis.

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DIB announces Business of Sport Conference 2023

Downtown in Business, in association with Sedulo Group and VSI executive Education, will host its inaugural ‘Business of Sport’ conference on Thursday 7th September at the iconic Lancashire Cricket Club, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester.

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End the “Hunger Games”

A major Downtown conference last week was told there was a need for a major reform of the way the government is funding levelling up. Jim was in Birmingham and summaries the event. He also asks just how will did Labour actually do in recent North West by elections?

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‘Change Makers Live’ Conference 2023

Some of the brightest and most innovative thinkers in the UK will offer their thoughts on the challenges facing business, the economy, and the country, at the inaugural DIB national Business Innovation conference.

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The Conservative Party Conference review

DIB Liverpool Member and Conservative Party activist Mark Butchard attended the Tory Party conference in Birmingham. Here he offers his thoughts on what was considered a tough week for new Prime Minister Liz Truss and her team.

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