The Downtown Den Podcast

EP.15 - Downtown Den: Birmingham Property Update (ft. Rob Day, Alex Tross, Deborah Ritchie and James Forrester

Downtown in Business invited four of Birmingham's leading property personalities into the #DowntownDen for a discussion on how the current COVID-19 crisis is affecting the regions property sector.

Thanks to Rob Day from Blueprint Interiors, Alex Tross from Lambert Smith Hampton and Deborah Ritchie from Knights PLC for joining us and James Forrester from Barrows & Forrester for chairing this discussion.

EP.12 - Downtown Den: Henri Murison

Due to a "Technical Glitch", which in this case is code for user error. This podcast was previously released with the incorrect audio. Here is the correct interview in full. Do enjoy.

Downtown CEO Frank McKenna, chats to Director of The Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Henri Murison in the #DowntownDen.

Henri shares his thoughts and views on the long term impact of COVID-19 and what the Northern Powerhouse must do post-pandemic.dio

EP.14 - Downtown Den: The Capitals Response to Coronavirus (ft. Simon Pitkeathley)

Chairman of Downtown London, Simon Danczuk, chats with Simon Pitkeathley, Chief Executive of Camden Town Unlimited, London Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) member, about the capital's response to coronavirus, the future of our high streets, HS2, business support and the fantastic regeneration initiative that is Camden High Line.

EP.13 - Downtown Den: European Space Agency (ft. Alan Cross)

Watch an out-of-this-world webinar between Downtown Director, Chris McKenna and European Space Agency – Business Applications Ambassador, Alan Cross.

In this intriguing episode of the #DowntownDen Alan shares a variety of business applications that local business can take advantage of during the Coronavirus lockdown.

EP.11 - Downtown Den: Brummie Business (ft. Jamil Shabir, Christina Wadlow, Prof. Nassim Belbaly and Sarah Grace)

Chairman of Downton in Business Birmingham Prof. Paul Cadman invited Jamil Shabir from Bootcamp Media, Christina Wadlow from Western Union, Prof. Nassim Belbaly from BCU and Sarah Grace from Kate&Co into the Downtown Den to discuss all things Brummie Business. A riveting conversation between a mix of business leaders from the region expressing their opinions on the current business landscape and how it’s affecting their company and their wider industries, sound business advice and how to continue trading with integrity.

EP.10 - Downtown Den: Hospitality Sector, The Northern Powerhouse Pt.2 (ft. Abi Dunn and Tomas Maunier)

In our latest hospitality webinar, Head of Events Helen Bamford spoke to Abi Dunn, Founder of Sixty Eight People and Tomas Maunier, Managing Director of City District on the rapid changes they faced as the Coronavirus spread and how it affected their businesses. Staff have gone from one extreme to the other working in a fast-paced, busy environments to not working at all so we also discussed how they are currently engaging with the staff and business heroes with a special mention for Kate Nicholas, Chief Executive of UK Hospitality.

EP.9 - Downtown Den: Colin Sinclair

Downtown Director, Chris McKenna was joined in the ‘The Downtown Den’ by CEO of Knowledge Quarter and Sciontec Liverpool, Colin Sinclair to discuss what is happening at The Knowledge Quarter, the research into #COVID19 at Liverpool Science Park, the Hospitality Industry and his hopes for the football and rugby seasons to return so he can see his beloved Liverpool and Sale Sharks triumph.

EP.8 - Downtown Den: The Liverpool Visitor Economy

Leading personalities from Liverpool’s hospitality sector visited the Downtown Den to discuss the challenges, trials, tribulations and solutions in an honest discussion about the state they’re in.

EP.7 - Downtown Den: Taking Care of Business (ft. Paul Cheetham)

The Managing Director of financial firm Sedulo, Paul Cheetham, brought his big personality into the Downtown Den to give us a lively interpretation of what the many government pronouncements on financial help for business actually mean. He tells us how you can access the help you need NOW and discusses some of those more intricate issues that we still need answers to. For those who want to find out more about Paul’s journey and his approach to business, we would highly recommend his best selling book ‘Taking Care of Business’.

EP.6 - Downtown Den: The State of Play (ft. Antony Thompson and Ben Williams)

The Head of Business Support for Birmingham, Abby Goldie was joined in the Downtown Den by Ben and Antony, two ex-royal marines and co-founders of ‘Find Your Edge Coaching’. Hear Ben and Antony’s strategies of combating the virus, mental-fitness and resilience during these unprecedented times.