Liverpool is to open the doors to its new embassy in London today as the city council looks to build on the success of the marketing and promotion work it did at the Shanghai Expo in 2010. Ironically, selling Liverpool’s wares in the international market has always been relatively simple. Abr... [More]

The government’s plan to transform the UK economy and pay off the national debt kicks off in earnest this year. Among the proposals that Chancellor George Osborne hopes will bring much needed cash into the Treasury are the increase in VAT; radical changes to the way in which University educati... [More]

So the New Year has arrived, and what a year 2011 promises to be for Downtown and its members. We have a number of exciting initiatives that we will present to you over the next twelve months, and I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you what some of the highlights will be, and what you ... [More]