The Platinum Club Launch
02/02/2022
Downtown in Business will be hosting our first ‘Platinum Club’ event on 8th March at Piccolino Caffé Grande, Manchester. The Platinum Club is an exclusive
Manchester Property Club – Education Sector
31/01/2022
With billions of pounds spent on education estates development projects across the UK each year, numerous new academies and schools being built, and thousands of
Mancunians vote to abseil off city-centre tower for charity
31/01/2022
The iconic We Love MCR Charity invites daredevil Mancs to join them in a towering fundraising challenge!
Octopus moves to Bruntwood SciTech’s No.2 Circle Square as its recruitment drive heats up
28/01/2022
Renewable electricity provider Octopus Energy Group is moving into a brand new, hybrid office-retail base within Bruntwood SciTech’s No.2 Circle Square as part of a drive to create 300 new jobs in Manchester.
DIB appoints Jacey Normand as Chair in Manchester
27/01/2022
Television presenter Jacey Normand has joined Downtown in Business as the organisations chair in Manchester.
Plans shape up for ‘Our Year 2022’ – a year of opportunity for Manchester’s children and young people
26/01/2022
Plans are shaping up to make 2022 a fantastic year of opportunity for Manchester’s children and young people, to help make up for all the time they’ve spent in lockdown and away from school and their friends during the last two years.
Manchester’s 2021 economy rebounded the second fastest of the largest European cities
25/01/2022
Avison Young research reveals 2021 performance across key sectors, as well as predictions for the year ahead.
City of Manchester Business Awards 2022
25/01/2022
The City of Manchester Business Awards (COMBA) was established by Downtown Manchester in 2010 to acknowledge and celebrate companies and entrepreneurs that have made a
Large-scale regeneration of Altrincham continues with redevelopment of former Rackhams building
24/01/2022
Trafford Council and Bruntwood Works are to continue their regeneration of Stamford Quarter with a large-scale redevelopment of the former Rackhams building.
Further financial support is now available to businesses impacted by the Omicron variant
20/01/2022
Two further business support schemes are now live to support businesses affected by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
City Outlook – Manchester
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 Manchester.
Can Lancs have cake and eat it?
20/01/2022
The defection of the Bury South MP to Labour has only served to prop up Boris Johnson according to Jim. But his blog this week focuses on Lancashire’s unusual bid for devolution and the challenge faced by small businesses by Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Zone.