A few months ago I wrote a piece about my increasing disillusionment with modern day football – or perhaps more accurately modern day footballers (Falling out of Love). I blamed the sky money, the wider media hype, and the astronomical salaries that even the average among them earn. But th... [More]

It is no secret that retail has been one of the hardest hit sectors during the economic downturn. Huge traditional brand names including Woolworths and more recently Peacocks have bit the dust, and unquestionably the advent of the internet and on-line shopping has had as big an impact on this indust... [More]

Ed Miliband re-launched his Labour Party leadership on Tuesday. By Wednesday afternoon, his advisors were already pencilling in a date for the next re-launch. His performance at Prime Ministers questions on Wednesday was lacklustre, to say the least, and the body language of Labour MP’s on ... [More]

All of us have said things or done things in the heat of the moment that we have regretted, whether it be an e mail sent in temper, an offensive gesture, an inappropriate statement or a flash of anger. Thankfully, for the majority, such mistaken actions are undertaken away from the public glare. No... [More]

As this is my last blog of 2011, I thought I would take the opportunity of taking a brief look back on the year from Downtown’s perspective and pick out some significant highlights. In Liverpool, we were proud to be chosen as the city council’s private sector partner to open the Liverpo... [More]