Downtown in Business (DIB) will host a further fifty plus events in 2023, which will include conferences, awards dinners, breakfast forums, leaders’ lunches, private roundtable dinners and a new social networking brand.

Awards evenings will take place in Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool. The DIB inaugural ‘Business of Sport’ conference will take place in September at the Old Trafford Cricket Stadium, and the Change Makers Live Summit will happen at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham in October.

Speakers at Downtown events before the end of the year will include Gary Neville, Montell Douglas, Wes Streeting MP, Caroline Simpson, Tom Stannard, Deborah Cadman, Angela Barnicle, Chris Oglesby, Jonny Reynolds MP, Andy Street, Steve Rotheram, Cllr Liam Robinson, Nuala Gallagher, and Steve Reed MP. The new social networking brand ‘Downtown Unplugged’ will also be launched in September.

A start up language support business, CruxMate, has secured four-figure funding from First Enterprise – Enterprise Loans under the British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme to get the business up and running. 

CruxMate – Language Support Services assists individuals facing difficulties in English by providing interpretation and translation services as well as professional phone support services in communication with government agencies such as HMRC, the Home Office and local councils.

His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Transport and Logistics Services launched the master plan for logistics centres, which aims to further develop the infrastructure of the logistics sector in the Kingdom, diversify the local economy, and strengthen the position of the Kingdom as a leading investment destination and global logistics hub.

Tata Communications, a global digital ecosystem enabler, today announces the launch of its global, cloud-based 5G Roaming Laboratory (Lab), enabling Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to trial 5G standalone network use cases before introducing the service to their subscribers.

Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr. is taking his passion for sport and Brazil to the next level by joining forces with Portuguese business group Horse Team/Campline Horses, a reference in the equestrian world and in the defence of the Purebred Lusitano horse.

The arrival of Lionel Messi at Inter Miami has turned the fortunes of the newly established MLS club both on and off the pitch.