Downtown secures £250,000 for growth plans

Downtown in Business has secured an investment of more than £250,000 to support its plans to establish the brand across the UK over the next three years.

Group chairman and chief executive Frank McKenna commented: “We have enjoyed steady growth during our thirteen years in business. That growth has been achieved organically and we have managed to successfully create a strong Downtown voice in five locations.

“Having taken the brand beyond the Northwest and into Yorkshire, we decided twelve months ago to test the appetite for our distinctive approach to business networking and private sector lobbying further south. A very positive year in Birmingham has convinced me that Downtown can be an attractive proposition across the country, and that is the plan we will embark upon in 2017.”