Let Lancashire Build – Or Miss an Opportunity Others Will Take
10/07/2025
Business leaders warn that failure to meet housing targets could jeopardise £5 billion cyber investment.
Business leaders warn that failure to meet housing targets could jeopardise £5 billion cyber investment.
The group chair and chief executive of Downtown in Business, Frank McKenna, has broadly welcomed Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review announcement this week- but has said that the government now needs to crack on with radical planning reforms, a transformation of the welfare system, and investment into the skills agenda if it is to deliver on its ambition for economic growth
The group chair and chief executive of influential private sector lobby group Downtown in Business, Frank McKenna, has hit out at critics of the tourist levy that came into effect in Liverpool this week.
Frank McKenna is urging the government to review its planned fiscal and legislative changes, claiming that they will negatively impact on companies across the country and result in unintended consequences.
The group chairman and chief executive of Downtown in Business, is urging the government to go faster with its efforts to reset trading relationships with the European Union.
The group chair and chief executive of Downtown in Business, Frank McKenna, has become a Trustee of a new charity, established to tackle mental health challenges in the construction industry.
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Downtown in Business Liverpool hosted a special breakfast time networking event at the Fantastic Gaucho restaurant in Liverpool on Tuesday.
The exclusive ‘Northern Power Towns’ event discussed the changes and challenges occurring in the Liverpool city region and beyond, how best to champion growth and development and the future of towns in the North.
DIB is pleased to announce we will be partnering with multi-award-winning North-West video production company United Wolves productions. Over a twelve-month partnership programme, we will be collaborating with United Wolves Productions to support the company in meeting its objectives, raising awareness of its brand and the innovative work it undertakes across the city region.
The Qube Liverpool International Tennis Tournament is a tennis exhibition stretching across three-days held annually in June as a grass court warm-up event before Wimbledon.