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Frank McKenna is the founder and chief executive of Downtown in Business. Before establishing the Downtown brand Frank was a full time politician, serving as the leader of the North West Regional Assembly, deputy leader of Lancashire County Council and a Parliamentary Assistant. He was also the chairman of economic development company Lancashire Enterprises, and at the time Insider magazine described him as ‘the most powerful politician in the North West.’ The Financial Times said he was ‘New Labour’s man in the North.’
Since entering the world of business, Frank has served on the Merseyside Entrepreneurship Commission; Liverpool Vision’s Strategic Planning board; and advisory boards on both the Lancashire and Liverpool Local Enterprise Partnership’s. From 2008-2013 he was a Non Executive Director of a hospital trust board.
With an impressive list of connections in both the public and private sector Frank is now acknowledged as one of the most influential business voices in the region. A regular public speaker, contributor to television news programmes and to business and political publications.
He spends his spare time at the gym, Goodison Park and with his family.
‘U-Turn’ may not have been in Margaret Thatcher’s vocabulary – but its top of Boris Johnson’s political playbook. Frank McKenna reflects on the Prime Ministers tendency to change his...
The Prime Minister is usually a master at tapping into public opinion. But he and his team have scored an own goal in their attitude towards Gareth Southgate and...
Frank Mckenna explains the reasoning behind Boris Johnson’s decision to announce ‘Freedom Day’ and a loosening of COVID restrictions.
Will London Mayor Sadiq Khan prove to be the unlikely hero for businesses who continue to be frustrated at the government’s reluctance to open up the economy?
It’s a funny old game. Frank McKenna reflects on the departure of Carlo Ancelotti from Everton Football Club and the hypocrisy of the football fan.
Frank McKenna calls on the government to consider the wider and damaging implications beyond COVID if they decide to delay the ending of restrictions this month.
Frank McKenna reflects on Dominic Cummings evidence to a parliamentary select committee this week – and concludes that there is little for the Prime Minister and his colleagues to...
Frank McKenna pleads with the government for some consistent messaging as we move out of lockdown towards ‘normal’.
The Labour Party seems to be in a permanent state of decline. However, Frank McKenna says its too early to write the party off yet.
