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Political experts outline thoughts on new government agenda

19/09/2024

Three leading political and policy experts were in Birmingham this week, offering their thoughts on the recent General Election.

Downtown in Business event sheds light on new opportunities for digital and cybersecurity sectors in Lancashire

13/09/2024

On Wednesday 11th September 2024 DIB hosted a unique event in Lancashire, discussing the opportunities Lancashire has in the digital sector and reflecting on the the new Labour Government’s first few months in office.

Reality Bites

22/08/2024

Labour have inherited appalling, expensive, long term problems but a broken record of blame doesn’t move anything forward. We know whose fault it is, we need to hear what you’re going to do about it.

Labour is not guaranteed ten years in power

15/08/2024

Despite its landslide General Election victory, Frank McKenna warns the new government that Labour is not guaranteed success at the polls next time around.

We have a new Government, what comes next?

12/08/2024

The ballots have been cast, and after 14 years of Conservative leadership, the Labour Party has emerged victorious in the recent general election. With this brings a number of significant changes, including in the arena of employment law.

Lancashire’s Cyber Opportunity and the New Government

01/08/2024

Join Downtown on Wednesday 11th of September, in Lancashire, to talk about Lancashire’s Cyber Opportunity and discussing the impacts of the new government.

General Election Reactions:

05/07/2024

After last night’s landslide Labour victory, Jo Henney, CEO of Nugent, Sean Keyes, CEO of Sutcliffe; Simon Harris, CEO of Avrenim; Jen Fenner co-founder of DefProc Engineering and Sophie Gilmore, Managing Director of HybridTec – give their reactions to the outcome of the 2024 general election.