The Downtown Den Podcast

Lancashire County Council cabinet member for Economic Development, Planning & the Environment, Cllr. Michael Green joined Downtown boss Frank McKenna in the Downtown Den on Tuesday 19th May to discuss the future of the county's business community post the COVID-19 crisis.

Professor Paul Cadman, Chair of Downtown Birmingham chats to Dr Ben Sinclair in the Downtown Den.

Born and brought up in the Lozells neighbourhood in Birmingham, the area he represents, Councillor Waseem Zaffar OBE is the Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment at Birmingham City Council and joined Kevin Johnson from Urban Communications in the #DowntownDen.

One of Great Britain’s leading female athletes, Goldie Sayers, joined DIB boss Frank McKenna in the #DowntownDen.

 

A three-time Olympian, British record holder and 11- time UK Champion, Goldie dominated her event and is one of athletics’ most popular ambassadors.

 

In the business world, Goldie has become a successful property entrepreneur, heading London-based Athlete Property Investment Ltd.

The latest guest in the #DowntownDen is 'Business Coach Extraordinaire', Michael Finnigan.

Michael joined Downtown CEO, Frank Mckenna to share some interesting anecdotes from his career.

DIB boss Frank McKenna talks to one of the founders of the Forgotten Ltd campaign Gina Broadhurst.

Downtown London Chair, Simon Danczuk spoke to four leading business personalities to discuss Professional Services and how the sector has been impacted by COVID-19.

Joining Simon in this discussion was:
Mark Fennessy, Partner at Proskauer Rose LLP.
Anne McNamara, CEO at ShineX.
David Orchard, President & General Counsel at WGP Global.
Christina Wadlow, UK Director at Western Union.

Simon Danczuk, the Chair of Downtown London discusses all things social media with Katy Howell from Immediate Future.

Katy joined us in the #DowntownDen to discuss why now more than ever it is important to have a proper social media strategy to help you grow your business.

Downtown CEO Frank McKenna, caught up with Chris Bolland the Managing Partner of leading Architecture firm Brock Carmichael.

They discuss a variety of topics including how Brock Carmichael has adapted to the COVID-19 crisis and the new partnership between Brock Carmichael and DIB.

Also on the agenda was MIPIM, Birmingham, Liverpool, the economy and the future post-COVID lockdown.

The Chair of Downtown London, Simon Danczuk spoke to the Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe.

They discussed how inspiring Londoners have been during the pandemic, the impact the crisis has had on the economy, what it means for regeneration and house building across the Capital, and how the positives to come out of this challenging time could be a greater sense of community and different uses of public space and a greater use of alternative transport.