Future Cities and Transport UK
30/06/2026
The National Summit on Growth, Infrastructure, Investment & Mobility.
Leadership Made Manchester a Global City – Not a Bomb
18/06/2026
Over the years, a narrative has emerged that the bomb was somehow the catalyst for Manchester’s extraordinary regeneration and renaissance. It is a story repeated so often that many have come to accept it as fact.
Reimagining Birmingham City Centre: Culture, Community & Commercial Growth
23/07/2025
This exclusive lunch will examine how culture and creativity can attract investment, boost footfall, and support vibrant, sustainable urban growth.
A week in America | 20 September 2024
20/09/2024
This week Martin attended a U.S. Conference on Foreign Direct Investment. He got to wondering – What if UK cities adopted the same approach?
Downtown in Business UKREiiF Dinner Proves a Leading Real Estate & Infrastructure Event
22/05/2024
The DIB UKREiiF Dinner recently brought together DIB members to hear from five leading decision-makers from Leeds, Newcastle, the West Midlands, Liverpool City Region and Wolverhampton to mark the UK Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) conference.
Downtown in Business Leeds to host UKREIIF Dinner: A Leading Real Estate & Infrastructure Event
03/05/2024
Downtown in Business Leeds is thrilled to announce an exclusive invite only dinner event to coincide with the highly anticipated UKREiiF (The UK Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum) conference.
A week in America | 22 March 2024
21/03/2024
To regulate or to encourage? This week Martin looks at the contrasting approaches to the business of sport on both sides of the pond.
DIB Chair hosts major Wolverhampton regeneration forum
25/01/2024
The Group Chair and chief executive of Downtown in Business Frank McKenna hosted a major investment and regeneration forum in Wolverhampton.
A week in America | 19 May 2023
18/05/2023
While TV coverage of King Charles III’s Coronation has made Americans more interested in visiting the United Kingdom, is it enough to make them invest their dollars and grow their businesses there too? Martin reports on a conference which identified key steps the leadership of UK towns and cities could take to attract investment and grow their economies…
DIB + Wolverhampton Council Team up for Summer Showcase Event
26/05/2022
Downtown in Business and City of Wolverhampton Council have teamed up to host a special Wolverhampton Summer Showcase Event on Tuesday 21st June at Medicine Bakery and Kitchen, Wolverhampton.
Property, Regeneration and Investors Breakfast Forum
03/02/2022
This event is sponsored by the University of Wolverhampton To see all of the exciting events we have coming up this year, visit our events calendar page.
City Outlook – Liverpool
20/01/2022
As 2022 gets underway, the Downtown in Business team look at the political outlook and its potential impact on the business and the economy in the forthcoming year in Liverpool.