In Conversation with Tim Newns
09/08/2023
On Tuesday 3rd October 2023, Downtown in Business will host an exclusive roundtable lunch with Managing Director for Levelling Up at Office for Investment, Department
Sean Keyes reacts to the latest Levelling Up funding bid
20/01/2023
Sean Keyes, managing director, Sutcliffe has reacted to the news that Liverpool and Manchester has both missed out on levelling up funding in the second bid.
Time to end costly ‘Beauty Contests’
19/01/2023
The latest tranche of ‘Levelling Up’ grants were announced this week. Whether your area was a winner or a loser the bidding process is fatally flawed and should be scrapped according to DIB boss Frank McKenna.
Levelling up… the sacrificial Lamb?
10/11/2022
Jim forecasts that we could see the end of meaningful devolution in the North following next week’s crisis budget. He also comments on the American elections, and reports on parliamentary boundary changes and a possible left wing purge in the Labour Party.
Northern Council Leaders talk ‘Levelling Up’
07/04/2022
Downtown Cheshire in Business were delighted to host our ‘Northern Power Towns Leaders’ Lunch’ recently at Opera Grill, Chester.
In Conversation with Tom Riordan
11/02/2022
DIB boss Frank McKenna welcomed the chief executive of Leeds City Council Tom Riordan into the ‘Downtown Den’.
Jury out on levelling up
03/02/2022
With political instability and an energy crisis raging, can levelling up Britain get any priority from the government?Jim takes a comprehensive look at the White Paper as a new row blows up between the Prime Minister and Greater Manchester’s mayor over clean air fines.
Lancashire faces prospect of ‘Levelling Down’ as ‘Levelling Up’ White Paper ignores county
02/02/2022
Lancashire faces a decade of being ‘levelled down’ following the publication of the government’s ‘levelling up’ White Paper earlier this week, according to Frank McKenna.
The Politics of Social Housing
20/01/2022
Simon Danczuk discusses why playing politics with social housing is a dangerous game for Labour.
County Outlook – Lancashire
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 Lancashire.