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Galvia AI, a leading international artificial intelligence company, has announced its UK expansion with a new Manchester office and plans for job creation in the region. Headquartered in Galway, Ireland, Galvia will base its UK operations at the Turing Innovation Catalyst (TIC), within Sister - Manchester's £1.7bn science and technology innovation district. Galvia unifies business data and turns it into connected intelligence that predicts, prompts, and drives smarter decisions in real time. The Manchester investment is set to create double-digit job growth and reinforce the city's position as a growing hub for AI and digital innovation. Galvia's clients range from SMEs in retail, hospitality, and manufacturing to global organisations such as Atos, Nestlé, NTT Data Business Solutions, and several top-ranking universities. At a high-profile launch event held on 3rd June 2025 at TIC, Galvia unveiled plans to empower SMEs across Greater Manchester and the North West to harness the power of AI. The event gathered business leaders, policymakers, and AI innovators, highlighting the strategic importance of Galvia's UK expansion. Commenting on Galvia's UK launch at the Turing Innovation Catalyst, Councillor Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City Council, said: "Manchester has always been a place where ideas thrive and businesses scale with purpose. We're excited to welcome Galvia to Manchester and support the launch of their accelerator programme - a real opportunity for local SMEs to engage with the potential of AI in a practical, meaningful way. By removing barriers to AI adoption, initiatives like this can help unlock the region's entrepreneurial potential and ensure innovation is accessible to all." John Clancy, CEO and Founder of Galvia AI, said: "We're excited to establish roots in Manchester - a city with a dynamic tech ecosystem and a clear vision for innovation. Our goal is to empower SMEs by removing barriers to AI adoption and providing practical, scalable solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing systems." SMEs often struggle to make use of their data due to siloed systems and limited resources. Galvia addresses this gap with trusted technology that has been developed for both enterprises and SMEs since its founding in 2017. It brings together data from across an organisation, unlocking new insights, driving improvement and enhancing profitability. At the heart of Galvia's Manchester strategy is the Galvia AI Adoption Accelerator, a 5-week programme launching in September in partnership with TIC and law firm Addleshaw Goddard. It's designed to give SME leaders a clear understanding of what to do with their data and a strategic plan of how to integrate AI into their business. The Accelerator is central to Galvia's mission to make AI work for all - providing SMEs with a fast, practical route to leveraging their data and driving growth through innovation. Galvia also intends to partner with SME technology providers in sectors such as retail and hospitality to apply the benefits of AI to their platforms. "AI isn't just for big-budget tech businesses. It can and should make a real, tangible difference for SMEs, which are the core of the economy," added John Clancy. "Together with our partners, we're very proud to bring our accelerator programme to Manchester. It's already proven highly successful in Ireland, equipping participants with the knowledge and tools to stay ahead of industry changes and maintain a competitive edge. "We bring seven years of real-world experience in AI - and in AI years, that's a lifetime. We've worked with organisations and data sets of all sizes to make AI deliver real strategic value." Joe Manning, Managing Director at MIDAS, Manchester's Inward Investment Agency said: "Ireland is one of Greater Manchester's most important markets, with a whole host of Irish companies choosing to expand here. "We're very pleased to welcome Galvia, with their decision to set up a UK base in our city-region re...

On the show:**What's Gone Viral**Aussie DJ Liam Stapleton drives Gunners mad with ‘Arsenal tears' video - but why some Liverpool fans are unhappy with him tooWhat happened when a man tried to sue users of an Are We Dating The Same Guy? Facebook group in Chicago, their parents and even FacebookCelebrating Mo, the youngest black cab driver aged only 21**What It's Like To Go Viral**How quirky content creator Zoe Bread captured the nation over her dogged (and successful) campaign over a misleading sign on a street in Manchester for where to buy your car parking ticket**The Timeline Cleanser**Saff's superb TikTok making it cool to go on a cruise ship again**Links to all the content**Arsenal tears: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrliamstapleton/video/7498090140879834375?lang=en Are We Dating the Same Guy? Court documents:https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68194904/1/d-ambrosio-v-meta-platforms-inc/Youngest ever black cab driver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6U_nlz2pjMhttps://x.com/tfltph/status/1915069617627660492?s=46Zoe Bread v Manchester City Council playlist: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdSBXYSt/ Saff's holiday on Celestyal Cruises ship:https://www.tiktok.com/@havealaffwithsaff/video/7497876856415292694Seen a story we should cover? Get in touch with us!Email: sorryyouwentviral@gmail.com Twitter: Twitter.com/SorryUWentViralInstagram: Instagram.com/SorryYouWentViralTikTok: TikTok.com/@SorryYouWentViral

"Peace is an ongoing journey; it never ends."What motivates somebody to tackle Manchester's biggest problems?Professor Erinma Bell MBE joins host Lisa Morton to share what drove her to create change at a time when the city region was being called ‘Gunchester' and the values that have kept her on that mission for the past 25 years.Erinma is a peace activist, community leader, and councillor for Manchester City Council.In the late 1990s, Erinma was part of a community group in Moss Side that was intent on making a change. But when her friend was shot in front of her, she knew that change needed to happen faster.From grassroots activism to national recognition, Erinma went on to help set up Carisma, a conflict resolution and community cohesion charity leading initiatives that courageously tackle the pressing issues of gun and gang crime. Erinma shares her personal reflections on the significance of family values, the strength of community support, and the essential need for young people to feel a genuine sense of belonging in their environments. Her story is one of resilience, compassion, and unwavering determination, reminding us all of the power of activism in the face of adversity.You'll hear Lisa delve into Erinma's commitment to creating a safer environment for the next generation, the ongoing pursuit of peace in Manchester's communities and the vital role you can play in creating a brighter future for the next generation.------Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre. From that point, the business, and its team members, have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture.To celebrate the 28 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Greater Mancunian ‘family' and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best place in the world.Connect with Erinma Via her websiteVia LinkedInConnect with Lisa and Roland Dransfield: Via our websiteOn InstagramOn X FKA TwitterOn this episode, We Built This City has partnered with Manchester Metropolitan University. Wherever your business wants to be, Manchester Met is there to help you go further. Visit mmu.ac.uk/business or follow Business at Manchester Met on LinkedIn, to find out more.

In a world of squeezed budgets and increasing demand, improving outcomes while saving money has become the holy grail for local government. In this special episode LGC, in association with IMPOWER, is delving deep into one place's quest to transform health and social care services to do just that. Manchester's Better Outcomes, Better Lives programme brought health and social care services together at neighbourhood level to improve support for residents in need of social care and avoid more than £39m in costs. LGC editor Sarah Calkin is joined by Bernie Enright, Manchester City Council's executive director for adult social services, Katy Calvin-Thomas, chief executive of the Manchester and Trafford local care organisations and Oliver Barnes, delivery director at IMPOWER to discuss how they did it. Read more: Bernadette Enright: Delivering ‘good savings' in adult social care

Vic Elizabeth Turnbull, the founder and CEO of MIC Media, recently shared her story on the Purposely Podcast with host Mark Longbottom. The conversation delved into her journey, showcasing how she has leveraged podcasting to create meaningful social impact. Vic's connection with audio began in childhood. Growing up in the UK, she was captivated by radio broadcasts, a fascination sparked by listening to her father's car radio. This passion grew when she received a cassette recorder, which she used to produce makeshift shows featuring her brother and even her pets. These formative experiences laid the groundwork for her career. After studying media and production, Vic faced challenges breaking into the radio industry. She persevered through internships and part-time jobs, including working in bars to sustain her ambitions. A turning point came when she joined a youth radio project, which significantly boosted her confidence and skill set. Despite her efforts, securing a stable media position proved difficult. This led her to the charity sector, where she worked with organisations like Noise and Uprising. These roles ranged from organising festivals to presenting to government officials, and they deepened her understanding of media's potential to drive change. In 2019, Vic established MIC Media, a podcast production company with a social impact focus. Her vision was to combine her love for audio with her drive to make a difference. MIC Media helps organisations create podcasts that amplify their stories, offering both production services and accessible training. One of the company's standout projects was the “Strong Manchester Women” podcast for Manchester City Council. This series highlighted eight women making significant contributions to their communities and earned a nomination for a British Podcast Award. This project exemplified MIC Media's ability to craft content that connects with audiences and spotlights important issues. MIC Media also emphasises training, having taught podcasting skills to over 2,700 individuals. Vic's workshops are designed to be straightforward and free of industry jargon, empowering participants to confidently share their stories. With clients like Amnesty International and Oxfam, MIC Media continues to expand its reach. Vic's goal is to position the company as a leader in podcast production and training for the social impact sector. Her journey underscores the power of persistence and the potential of podcasting as a tool for change. Through MIC Media, Vic Turnbull not only produces engaging content but also equips others to harness the medium for meaningful impact.  

Remembering the legacy left by Sir Howard BernsteinThis week Lisa attended the memorial for Sir Howard Bernstein, impacted by the emotions, tributes shared and lasting values. She wanted to re-share with you their conversation on the podcast. As the Chief Executive of Manchester City Council for nearly 20 years, Sir Howard was instrumental in getting the city back on its feet after the IRA bomb in 1996. He then carried on his regeneration mission for almost two decades, galvanising public and private partnerships, changing the skyline and creating new communities in addition to bringing The Commonwealth Games to Manchester.In their conversation recorded in the 2020 lockdown, Lisa Morton found out how you rebuild a city and the values that drove Sir Howard to grow the community. Sir Howard also shared some warm words of advice and support for Greater Manchester as the city region was rebuilt after the pandemic.------Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre. From that point, the business, and its team members, have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture.To celebrate the 28 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Greater Mancunian ‘family' and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best place in the world.Connect with Lisa and Roland Dransfield: Via our websiteOn InstagramOn X FKA Twitter

This week on Scheming, Manchester City Council's head of regeneration for the Eastern Gateway Shelagh McNerney chats with Place North West about becoming obsessed with car parks, “completing Ancoats”, and why a public sector grounding is vital for young property professionals. Speaking with Place North West deputy editor Dan Whelan, McNerney reflected on a 40-year career that has seen her flit between the public and private sectors to deliver impactful regeneration and discussed how the delivery of regeneration projects has changed over the years. Subscribe to Place North West for free: placenorthwest.co.uk/subscribe

Dive into Corin Bell's inspiring journey! In this episode, we explore her path from studying Politics and Philosophy in Stockport to tackling food sustainability through her innovative catering business. Corin shares insights on food waste, community impact, and her mission for fairness in food systems. Tune in to discover how she's driving change for a more sustainable future! Corin Bell's Background Corin grew up in Stockport before moving to Manchester for university, where she studied Politics and Philosophy. This academic path was driven by her interest in understanding how systems work. As the first in her family to attend university, she felt nervous but ultimately valued the freedom and opportunities her experience provided, despite studying a subject she considered vocationally useless. Career Journey After university, Corin worked in the public sector, primarily with Manchester City Council, focusing on homelessness and environmental projects. However, she left her job following significant budget cuts after the 2010 election, which greatly affected local authority funding. Exploration of Food Systems Corin's transition into food-related projects stemmed from personal interest rather than a specific career plan. Her work has involved addressing food poverty and sustainability, ultimately leading her to explore the interconnectedness of food systems. Real Junk Food Project Inspired by the Real Junk Food Project in Leeds, Corin and friends launched a similar initiative in Manchester in 2015, aiming to utilise surplus food. They began with pop-up supper clubs offering meals on a pay-as-you-feel basis, though they soon encountered challenges. Challenges with the Pay-as-You-Feel Model Corin highlighted the complexities of the pay-as-you-feel model, including inconsistent income and sustainability issues. To stabilise finances, the decision was made to shift to a catering business with set prices while still supporting community initiatives. Current Work Today, Corin runs a catering business that prioritises reducing food waste and using locally sourced, sustainably produced ingredients. This venture supports community initiatives by providing meals and grocery parcels to those in need, including refugees and low-income families. The catering business, including a café and bar at the People's History Museum, aims to balance commercial activities with community support, demonstrating viable solutions to food system problems while ensuring stable employment for staff. Food Waste Issues Corin emphasised that food waste often occurs not due to spoilage but because it's economically unfeasible to keep surplus food. Businesses may find it cheaper to dispose of excess than to sell it, especially when the food is still edible. Additionally, significant waste happens pre-farm gate, as many farmers opt not to harvest produce that won't sell, contributing to nutritional waste. Retailers often prefer produce with longer shelf lives, leading to the discarding of fresh items that are perfectly ripe but can't be guaranteed to sell. Corin also noted that best before dates are often arbitrary, citing examples like Himalayan sea salt, which can last indefinitely. Community-Centric Business Corin believes in the importance of local businesses over scaling for growth, as local enterprises keep wealth within the community and promote sustainability. She advocates for replicating successful models instead of aggressive expansion to maintain community ties and reduce waste while fostering local entrepreneurship. Consumer Behaviour and Happiness The discussion highlighted the modern consumer culture's focus on constant consumption, which can lead to dissatisfaction. Corin emphasised the need for individuals to find ways to contribute to society meaningfully, especially as younger generations often feel disconnected. She pointed out that true happiness and fulfilment come from personal satisfaction rather than the relentless pursuit of growth or profit. Philosophy and Values Corin underscores the significance of having a philosophical foundation and strong values. Without this grounding, individuals risk becoming mindless consumers, lacking depth and perspective. She calls for systemic change, emphasising that current systems are not designed to support individual happiness and collective well-being. Social Media and Communication Corin discussed the challenges of communication in a visually dominated world, expressing a preference for deeper discussions over memes and quick visuals. Sustainable Living and Political Reform Passionate about sustainable food practices, Corin believes in the need for a fair society and the necessity of shifting agricultural policies towards sustainability, such as reducing red meat consumption. She critiques the government's inability to enact these changes due to political unpopularity, advocating for proportional representation and values-based governance. Balance of Love and Hard Work Corin recognises that success comes from a blend of love and hard work. She acknowledges that unexpected opportunities can alter one's career path. Resources for Learning To promote sustainable living, Corin recommends resources like ethicalconsumer.org for consumers interested in making informed choices. She also suggests staying updated through organisations like Sustain, which advocate for sustainable food systems and policies. Definition of Inspiration For Corin, inspiration is about "lighting a fire," creating energy and motivation within oneself. Looking to the future, she aspires to foster fairness and accountability in the world, advocating for corporate responsibility and empowerment for those who have faced adversity.  Resources:        

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES. Maria Balshaw is Director of Tate since June 2017. The author of Gathering of Strangers: Why Museums Matter, published by Tate Publishing in June 2024, previously Maria was Director of the Whitworth, University of Manchester; Director of Manchester City Galleries; and Director of Culture for Manchester City Council. She is the first female director of the Tate, with overall responsibility for Tate's strategic direction and day-to-day operations, and each of the four Tate galleries has their own site Director who reports in to her. “We're reshaping what people think about when they describe the art world” “People come because they want to learn something, and they enjoy doing it because at best our museums are non-didactic learning spaces.” “When people are given the opportunity to bring their own ideas or participate actively, it makes them feel like the gallery is their own.”

Levenshulme Market was a local success story, cementing a narrative of a neighbourhood on the rise. For ten years, it ran weekly markets on a council-owned car park near the train station serving everything from craft beer to books, cocktails and gifts, and the market became celebrated for its role as an incubator for small businesses that managed to make the jump from a market stall to a spot on the high street. Then, in 2023, the directors announced that the market would have to cease trading for the rest of the year after a "painful planning permission process" made it impossible for them to proceed, but that they hoped that the market could come back stronger in 2024. It's now 2024, and there are no signs of the market returning anytime soon. Manchester City Council and Levenshulme Market both say they want the market to reopen. So why hasn't it?With thanks to this week's sponsor, The Davis Cup. With unrivalled drama, big names and an amazing wrap-around hospitality offer, there's no better event for your business than a trip to the Davis Cup. Taking place at the AO Arena in September, packages include premium seating right next to the action, and complimentary drinks. There's also a choice of tapas-style food or real luxury with a three-course lunch in the Skyline suite. Reward your employees for their hard work this year, or impress your most important clients with an unforgettable day of drama in the heart of Manchester.To find out more about the packages, and book your business in for the best VIP tennis experience, click here.Recommendations: The strange death of Levenshulme Market, The MillBattening down the Hatches: We all love a food hall, but does the model actually work?, The Mill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, Mollie and Joshi discuss the curious case of a semi-detached house in Harpurhey that was bought for £575,000 and sold for £1.8 million on the very same day. Manchester City Council cited the sale as an example of market manipulation, but the property company involved happens to be a major council partner. Mollie and Joshi talk about how the story showed up on our radar, and what the situation tells us about Manchester's housing crisis.Subscribe to read the full long-read here: https://manchestermill.co.uk/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matthew Bannister onSir Howard Bernstein, the Chief Executive of Manchester City Council credited with transforming the city after the IRA bomb of 1996.Joan Brady, the author and former ballet dancer who won the Whitbread Prize for her novel “The Theory of War”.Gene Nora Jessen, the American pilot who was part of a group of women known as the Mercury 13 – who were subjected to tests to see if they were fit to become astronauts.Arthur “Gaps” Hendrickson, the vocalist with the two- tone group The Selecter. His bandmate Pauline Black OBE pays tribute.Interviewee: Paul Horrocks Interviewee: Alexander Masters Interviewee: Marth Ackmann Interviewee: Pauline Black OBEProducer: Gareth Nelson-DaviesArchive used: Sir Howard Bernstein interview, BBC News, North West Tonight, 21/03/2017; News Report, Manchester Bombing, BBC Radio 4, 15/06/1996; Howard Bernstein interview with Harvard Professor Ed Glaeser, Public Transportation in Manchester, City X, YouTube uploaded , 31/01/2018; News report - Commonwealth Games - Manchester, , BBC News, North West Tonight 25/07/2002; Howard Bernstein interview, BBC News, Midlands Today, 26/07/2022; Howard Bernstein interview, BBC News, North West Tonight, 31/03/2017; Joan Brady interview, The Forum, BBC World Service, 09/05/2010; Joan Brady, The Theory of War, The Late Show, BBC Two, 09/11/1993; Joan Brady interview, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4, 15/03/2003; Mercury 13 , Official Trailer, Netflix, YouTube uploaded, 09/04/2018; Gene Nora Jessen presentation, Women's Air Races, Aviation Business, and Astronaut Tests: A Pathbreaking Career, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum YouTube Channel, uploaded 05/06/2019; Pioneer aviator Gene Nora Jessen, Fox * News, Cleveland , YouTube channel, 20/08/2018.

On Friday 22nd March, tents started gathering under the porticoes outside Manchester Town Hall in St Peter's Square. An activist named Emma was protesting the government not halting arms sales to Israel, and seeing the sleeping bags under the porticoes gave her an idea. Within a few days, dozens of tents were outside the town hall and there was a waiting list of rough sleepers hoping to join the camp. Manchester's most pressing social problem was playing out right in front of the council's nose.Now, Manchester City Council says the camp is over. 51 people from the camp have accepted a place in temporary accommodation, while five chose to remain. Deputy Council Leader Cllr Joanna Midgley said in a statement that “we cannot welcome an environment where vulnerable people are put at risk and others feel intimidated”, adding that “this camp is clearly untenable and not in the best interests of either the vulnerable people in it or the wider community who are impacted by it”, while the offer will remain open to those five people who initially refused temporary accommodation. Were the activists doing more harm than good? And what does this story tell us about the complexity of trying to help rough sleepers get off the streets?With thanks to Manchester Museum for sponsoring this week's episode. Manchester wants to become a 'greener' city that embraces nature, but how can that be achieved given the scale of new development? That's one of the many questions explored by a fascinating new exhibition called Wild, which opens at Manchester Museum on 5 June. Wild will explore how people are creating and repairing connections with nature, from post-industrial urban landscapes like Manchester to Aboriginal-led cultural revegetation projects in Western Australia and the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park in the US.We'd love you to take part. Just email us a photo and a short description of your favourite “wild” space in the local area, whether it's the site of an abandoned mill or a lovely spot in your local park. Our favourite ones will be published in future newsletters and you will get a free curator's tour of the exhibition. Read more about Wild here.Recommendations:Manchester's new homeless camp has good intentions. Is that enough?, The MillManchester has a homelessness crisis. But it's not the one you thought, The MillMonths after a violent attack on a homeless man, the police are still trying to rebuild trust, The Mill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In late 2021, a noise complaint filed to Manchester City Council about the iconic Northern Quarter venue Night & Day Cafe caused a city-wide row that lasted more than two years. In today's episode, Jack and Joshi discuss Jack's recent piece, that took a deeper look at what, until now, had been quite a simple story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 19 of Riding the Wave- PM4EM, my guest was Thomas Croall. We spoke about organizational and operation resilience, how corporations are addressing increasing risk factors in the post pandemic world, and how emergency management and business continuity are integrated into Enterprise Risk Management. A longer bio is given below and contact info and links below that: Thomas is a Resilience, Crisis, Continuity, Risk & Governance Expert. His broad experience extends across all areas of strategic, tactical and operational crisis management and continuity planning. He has worked in the public sector and blue-chip organisations. Thomas was responsible for establishing an ISO 22301 certified business continuity capability for National Savings & Investments and Aegon's life protection business. In his previous roles, Thomas developed and led the business continuity and crisis management programmes for both Manchester City Council and HSBC Insurance Europe. In 2012 Thomas worked in the London Operation Centre (LOC) as Duty Supervisor for the London Resilience Team on the London 2012 Olympics. Most recently, Thomas co-authored “Rail Resilience Review” – a resilience-based assessments/gap analysis of integrated emergency management capability across all UK rail infrastructure and train operating companies. He designed the Rail Resilience Programme plan leading to a Department of Transport funded 3-year programme of cross-industry improvements.​ Thomas has dealt with many major incidents having led the contingency planning to events such as national and regional electoral counts, major protests, and incidents such as computer viruses, H1N1 flu, severe winter weather and security threats. He is a former UK delegation principle expert at the ISO TC223 Societal Security Technical Committee where he was a contributing author to 'ISO 22325:2016 Emergency management - Guidelines for capability assessment' and 'ISO 22322:2015 Emergency management - Guidelines for public warning'. He has previously chaired Scottish Continuity and Emergency Planning Society Business Continuity Working Group and is a founding member of the City Security and Resilience Networks Advisory Council. Thomas developed the 'Business Continuity for Dummies' concept and brought together the project team that have produced the innovative Government endorsed book. In 2011 Thomas was highly commended as CIR ‘Public Sector Continuity Manager of the Year'. Thomas holds his Global Executive MBA, is a Member of the Emergency Planning Society, an Associate Member of the Business Continuity Institute and is a Specialist Member of the Institute of Risk Management. A longer version of this interview may be found on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/5kpTctiuAlM Contact and links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomascroall/ Thomas' thought provoking article on Fairweather Business Models https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fair-weather-business-models-wont-stand-up-against-charging-croall?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via Rail Resilience Project (RRP) Emergency Management Review: Findings and Recommendations Report https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/media-centre-docman/12968-rail-resilience-project-report-final-version/file.html UK Civil Continencies Act: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/36/contents Chesterton's Fence: https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/ RIMS Enterprise Risk Management: https://www.rims.org/community/global-professionals/rims-in-india/enterprise-risk-management Find out more about our PM4EM workshop: https://www.pinnacleperformancemanagement.com/planning-workshop Find out more about the book Riding the Wave-PM4EM: http://www.pm4em.com/

Joanne Roney, CEO at Manchester City Council earned an OBE in 2009 for her exceptional service to local government. As Solace's president during the pandemic, she was an strong and authoritative voice for the whole sector. Joanne adds a CBE to her accolades this year in the King's New Year's Honour List. In this podcast episode, we delve into Joanne's remarkable career journey. Starting as a young Apprentice at Birmingham City Council, Joanne shares pivotal moments that shaped her leadership path. As a CEO, she reflects on the dynamic nature of her role, emphasising strategic thinking and leveraging strengths and weaknesses to build a supportive team. Join us as Joanne recounts her move from Birmingham to her first Chief Executive role at Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council, where she held the top post from 2008. From leading the 'Our Manchester' plan to dealing with unprecedented events including the Manchester Arena Bombing, discover how Joanne continuously learns from the diverse experiences of those around her. Solace website: https://solace.org.uk/ Dedicated podcast site: https://solace.org.uk/local-government-stories-podcast/ Socials: @Solace_UK #LocalGovernmentStories

Last month, before Mr Bates vs The Post Office created a massive public outcry and elevated Fujitsu to nationwide notoriety as the company that allowed its software bugs to destroy the lives and reputations of hundreds of innocent subpostmasters, Andy Burnham and Manchester City Council leader Bev Craig were on a bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo, on their way to pay Fujitsu a visit. The central achievement of the trip was secured at the global headquarters of Fujitsu in Tokyo, where a landmark deal was signed, a partnership that Burnham described as a “massive boost” for Greater Manchester. Now, Burnham faces questions about whether the partnership should go forward at all.Many thanks to The Hallé for sponsoring this week's episode. Manchester is globally renowned for its bands and its football teams, but we also have — in the words of The Times — “one of the world's best orchestras”. The Hallé have been entertaining Mancunian audiences for 165 years and they have a sensational calendar of concerts ready for this year, including a three-day celebration of the music of Steve Reich, a living legend from the world of contemporary classical music, on 1 Feburary. It will feature world-class artists like “daring percussionist” Colin Currie and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood. Reich himself says the festival “promises to be a magnetically attractive event.” Book your tickets now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“We're finding our feet again as a city.”Lisa Morton is in the process of talking to one hundred born, bred and adopted Mancunians that have been - and are - the building blocks of Greater Manchester. At the start of a new year it's time to both reflect and look forward. Who's going to be running the city?What are the events we'll be looking forward to?And how is Manchester's skyline going to change? Lisa's joined by Chief Executive of Manchester City Council, Joanne Roney OBE CBE; Entrepreneur and Business owner Karina Jadhav, Broadcaster Anna Jameson and the Co Founder of OBI property Will Lewis, to look at these issues and more. This episode is a celebration of Greater Manchester's spirit and a look ahead to its bright and promising horizon.------Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre. From that point, the business, and its team members, have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture.To celebrate the 26 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Greater Mancunian ‘family' and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best place in the world.Connect with Lisa and Roland Dransfield: Via our websiteOn InstagramOn X FKA TwitterOn Spotify

As we kick off December's creativity theme, I am delighted to welcome back to the podcast Helen Reyolds founder of Comms Creatives.  Why creativity this month? Because we often get stuck in ‘doing the do' and finding the time to lift ourselves out, reflect and put some effort into thinking can be hard especially when you work in a busy comms team.  So this month Helen and I kick things off by covering a variety of subjects around where to get your inspiration from to how to unboring your content, with some interesting examples thrown in! Helen is an award-winning social media expert trainer, international speaker on TV, radio and podcasts, avid doodler and founder of Comms Creatives. She's helped hundreds of corporate comms pros in organisations such as BBC Studios, Macmillan Cancer Support, and Manchester City Council to: inject much-needed creativity into their social media increase their online reach and engagement and have lots of fun in the process! Through her business Comms Creatives she's on a quest to bring inspiration, support and most importantly – creativity back to your life and work as a comms pro. So let's dive in! Liked Listening today?  What to do next: Get my FREE roadmap to get more strategic with communication activity in your business. Listen to more episodes, take some training, or download a resource: Find out more here. Hire my expertise Whether that's support with a one-off comms project or an entire strategy for your business, drop me a line if you want to explore this further.  You can also work with me 1:1 as a trainer and mentor – emma@henbe.co.uk Work with me closely If you'd like to work with me to develop and implement your communication strategy through 1:1 work, podcasts, workbooks, sharing ideas, and lots of accountability and up-skilling, then email me at emma@henbe.co.uk to register your interest for you or your entire team. Leave me a voicemail on my Speakpipe page I would love to hear your feedback on this episode and thoughts on any topics I could include in future ones too.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Stuart Pearson - formerly working for the Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford area of Citizens Advice as Head of Business Delivery; but now on secondment with Manchester City Council as their Senior Digital Strategy Officer. This is the final episode of the season, we will be back in the near year with more fantastic guests! Thank you to everyone that joined us this year. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

The 1980s have a lot to answer for - spandex, for one.It also saw the first new anti-gay law in Britain for over a century.Against the backdrop of the HIV epidemic, and increasing homophobia across the media and politics, the law Section 28 was passed in 1988, which stopped the "promotion of homosexuality" in schools and local authorities across Britain.What did this even mean? Who did it affect? And what was the response from the gay community?This month marks 20 years since Section 28 was finally repealed, and in this special episode we'll look back to the damage it caused and the defiance from those who opposed and helped overturn it - marking it as the most successful civil rights movement in modern British history. Joining Kate are a few special guests who were on the picket lines, in the classrooms and making headlines to draw public attention to the cause: Paul Baker, whose book, Outrageous, The Story of Section 28 and Britain's Battle for LGBT Education, is available now.Catherine Lee MBE, whose book, Pretended, Schools and Section 28: Historical, Cultural and Personal Perspectives, is available now. Paul Fairweather, who worked for Manchester City Council in the 1980s, and continues to support the LGBTQ+ community at the George House Trust, which provides HIV support, advice and advocacy services. Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner, who continues his tireless work for equality and human rights continues with the Peter Tatchell foundation. You can find out more and donate to here. This episode was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.Archive courtesy of: BBC, Fox 5 New York, LGBT+marketing, Richard Johnson, Direct Action, Nick Lansley.Don't miss out on the best offer in history! Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts.Sign up to History Hit at historyhit.com/subscribe using code BLACKFRIDAYPOD at checkout, for $1/£1 per month for 4 months and you'll get nearly £30 off our normal monthly price over your first 4 months.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we talk about taking AI seriously. We also talk about not taking AI seriously, because apparently the human manifestation of bin juice, Elon Musk, is getting into the AI business. It's going as well as you'd expect. NOTE: This podcast was recorded shortly before last weekend's fireworks in the world of AI, when Sam Altman was still the CEO of OpenAI. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Stuart Pearson - formerly working for the Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford area of Citizens Advice as Head of Business Delivery; but now on secondment with Manchester City Council as their Senior Digital Strategy Officer  Come back for next week's episode where we talk to Stuart in more detail about Manchester's Digital Strategy. This week's topics: Good story of the week: Given past experience, governments including our own have surprised us all by actually taking the challenges of AI serious: Five takeaways from UK's AI safety summit at Bletchley Park - The Guardian Biden hails ‘bold action' of US government with order on safe use of AI  - The Guardian  Bad news story of the week: More legislation couldn't come soon enough as tech bros use AI for that well known worthy cause - throwing shade: Elon Musk and Sam Altman are arguing over whose bot is better - Fortune  And finally Turns out if you buy a Cybertruck from Tesla and sell it in the first year they will sue you. Want a Cybertruck? You're stuck with it for a year, says Tesla - The Register  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We'd love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

The latest season of the Downtown Den podcast is all about leaders. In the latest episode Downtown boss Frank McKenna is joined by the chief executive of Manchester City Council, Joanne Roney OBE. In a fascinating discussion Joanne discusses her career, some of the lessons she has learned throughout her career and her tips and tricks for what she believes makes a good leader.

Many officers start their careers as specialists in their field, such as finance, law, social care or planning, but the nature of their job changes as they are promoted to roles that see them working closely with elected politicians and facing public scrutiny. In this episode of The Local Authority, a podcast from Local Government Chronicle, we explore how the sector can better support officers moving into more senior positions. Joining LGC deputy editor Martin George are Joanne Roney, chief executive of Manchester City Council; Bruce McDonald, leader of Elmbridge BC, and Deborah Evans, chief executive of Lawyers in Local Government. Available on all platforms now. 

42 Roles in the Built Environment - Strategic Director of Growth "We have not seen a drop off in demand for commercial space – take up is still really strong – and, if anything, there is an undersupply – but people use the space differently" - Becca Heron Becca Heron is the Strategic Director of Growth and Development at Manchester City Council. Formerly Director of Economy and Skills at Wigan Council, Becca's career has included a number of different public sector roles, including previous positions within both Manchester City Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). During her time with the GMCA, Becca led on a series of high-profile and complex initiatives, including the development of 2014 Devolution Agreement. At Wigan, she took on the economic development and regeneration brief, playing a pivotal role in bringing key sites forward for development and kickstarting the redevelopment of Wigan town centre. As Strategic Director of Growth and Development at Manchester City Council, Becca has a key role in the delivery of the ambitions set out in the Our Manchester strategy, leading the city's recovery following the pandemic, building on the successes of the last two decades to drive inclusive growth that will ensure the city continues to be one of the most exciting destinations in Europe to live, work and play.

Place North West editor Julia Hatmaker is joined by Onward Homes executive director of property, Sandy Livingstone, and Manchester City Council executive member for housing and development, Cllr Gavin White, to discuss how best to achieve high-quality, affordable homes for all and tackle what many are calling a housing crisis.

Our Special Guest this week is with Dr Sue Young, Head of Land Use Planning for The Wildlife Trusts. Decisions of the Week Decision of an inspector dated 14 June 2023 relating to land at Parrs Wood Lane, East Didsbury, allowing an appeal by Dandara Living Development Ltd against the refusal by Manchester City Council of an application for permission for the erection of a 6-storey C3 building comprising 75 new homes where the main issue was the effect on highway safety. Decision of an inspector dated 2nd June relating to an appeal by Cassels Hotels Ltd against the refusal of South Cams DC for the demolition of the former Hotel Felix, Whitehouse Lane in Girton, a non-designated heritage asset in the Girton Gap and the erection of a C2 care home in the Green Belt with a 53% volumetric increase, very special circumstances established. Decision of an inspector dated 6th June 2023 relating to land between Green Lane and Upperthorpe Road, Westhorpe, Killamarsh allowing an appeal by Harworth Group, against the decision of North East Derbyshire DC, refusing outline planning permission for up to 397 dwellings on a site largely comprising an allocated site, with a portion in the Green Belt where the illustrative master plan showed a SUDS plan. Decision of an inspector dated 8th June 2023 allowing an appeal by the Co-Operative Group Ltd & Ilke Homes Ltd against the decision of North Northamptonshire Council to refuse an application for 133 dwellings on a site the majority of which comprises land allocated in the Rushden Neighbourhood Plan for a minimum 150 dwellings, where third parties resisted the appeal on multiple grounds after the Council decided not to resist the appeal.

In April's episode, we attend the official launch of the Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport. Harnessing the power of sport, the new Institute will bring together pioneering research, partnerships and teaching in sport, exercise and health.   We join Leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig, The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham and 17-time Paralympic gold medallist, Dame Sarah Storey to discuss how this world-class Institute will use research to inspire the next generation of athletes and help people grow well, live well and age well.  We also discuss the challenges around the Net Zero skill shortage and the impact this has on our workforce, training and the next generation.  Amer Gaffar from the Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre and Professor Liz Price, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Sustainability, explore the need to retrain our current workforce to ensure we hit our net zero targets.  And finally, we hear from Dr Derek Bousfield, Head of Department in Languages, Information and Communications and author of the book ‘Talking in cliches'.  We find out how cliches have a role to play in creating a sense of community and explain why we find them so useful for managing relationships and expressing identity. 

Place Editor Julia Hatmaker hosted this podcast with Leah Holmes, Utilities Specialist within Smart Energy and Sustainability at Hydrock, and Carol Culley, Deputy Chief Executive at Manchester City Council to discuss the demand and supply of reliable energy in Manchester.

What are cities doing right when it comes to climate change, and how are they bolstering their economies through innovative new approaches to development? This live discussion, hosted by EG deputy editor Tim Burke on Tuesday 14 March at MIPIM, explores where cities in the UK can look to internationally for inspiration and best practice. The panel, which includes Cristina Gamboa, chief executive of the World Green Building Council, Joanne Roney, chief executive of Manchester City Council, and Ricardo Valente, city councillor of Porto Vivo (the city's urban regeneration agency), discuss how international cities are reinventing themselves to attract the right talent in order to create social value and build community engagement.  

In the latest episode of the Downtown Den podcast, we are delighted to have the CEO of Co-operatives UK, Rose Marley join Downtown boss, Frank McKenna. The voice of the UK's co-operative movement, Co-operatives UK empowers and supports co-operative enterprise with specialised knowledge and expertise to grow the co-operative economy and create a fairer society. About Rose Self employed from a young age, Rose cut her teeth in the music business during the ‘Madchester' era. Inspired by the lack of social mobility in the creative industries, she then turned her focus to social enterprise. Rose was the founding COO of Manchester City Council developments The Sharp Project and Space Studios where she was a founding director of award winning social enterprise SharpFutures. This led to Rose becoming the Social Enterprise Advisor to Greater Manchester Labour and Co operative Mayor, Andy Burnham, and lead for the young person's opportunities card Our Pass. Find out more about Rose at https://www.uk.coop/about-us/meet-team

In this episode we speak to Victoria Ntizoglou  and Claire Hardman social workers for the RAA Adoption Counts (starting 11:20) . As a service they've been innovative in their system approach to how they support children and adults in maintaining family links and connections pre and post adoption. They speak from their broad experience and offer fantastic insight to the issues that they navigate in what is essential work for a progressive adoption service. They were also knowledgeable across the adoption system and great guests.  We also reflect on the ongoing questions around the APPGs and consider the role of AUK and Home for Good in funding the Adoption and Permanence APPG. However, in the interim the question we asked on twitter has been answered here. Adoption Counts is the Regional Adoption Agency covering the adoption services of five Local Authorities: Cheshire East Council, Manchester City Council, Salford City Council, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and Trafford Council. As always if you've experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Spotify here Google here  

This series of the Downtown Den Podcast is all about Winning Women, in the second episode Downtown boss Frank McKenna speaks with the Leader of Manchester City Council Bev Craig. Bev discusses her first twelve months as Leader of Manchester City Council, her vision for the future of Manchester, her passion for Manchester United and a little bit about her back story. Follow Bev Craig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bevcraig

Across society, businesses and other organisations have woken up to the importance of diversity in the workforce and the improvements it can bring to decision making. In local government it is even more important that councils reflect the communities they serve, amongst both officers and members, yet too often, especially at senior levels, this is not the case. In the next edition of The Local Authority podcast LGC, along with our partners TPX Impact, are seeking to explore what can be done to change this, as well as how local government can do more to build cohesive fairer communities.   Joining Sarah this month is Shazia Hussain, deputy chief executive at Waltham Forest LBC; Cllr Bev Craig, leader of Manchester City Council and Laura Harris, consultancy and change director at TPXimpact.    Listen on all podcast platforms now!

This podcast will focus on the local authority (LA) assessment test and learn activity we carried out at Manchester City Council and Hampshire County Councils including what to expect from LA assessment activity. In this episode, we are joined by Mary Cridge, Director of Adult Social Care, Laura Arnold, Adult Social Care Inspection Manager, Lella Andrews, Adult Social Care Inspection Manager and local authority representatives, Bernadette Enright, Executive Director of Adult Social Services, Manchester City Council and Jessica Hutchinson, Assistant Director – Learning Disabilities & Mental Health Services and Principal Social Worker, Hampshire County Council. The Health and Care Act 2022 gives CQC a role to review integrated care systems (ICS). It also gives CQC a new duty to assess how local authorities are meeting their social care duties under part 1 of the Care Act. These will allow us to look more effectively at how care provided in a local system is improving outcomes and reducing inequalities. You can also read our latest blog which updates more widely on how we have been developing and testing our approach to assessing local authorities and integrated care systems. https://carequalitycomm.medium.com/an-update-on-cqcs-development-of-its-approach-to-local-authority-and-integrated-care-system-6fe7eeb91a14

This one-off episode explores what equality means to children in Manchester and what adults can do to make things better for the next generation. Presented by Sarah Emmott and Rachel Moorhouse. Small Voices has been made in partnership with Manchester City Council as part of their ‘Our Year 2022' project celebrating and supporting young people in Manchester. Created with St. Wilfrid's Church of England Primary School in Newton Heath, Crowcroft Park Primary School in Longsight and Haveley Hey Community School in Wythenshawe, featuring renowned poets mandla, David Viney and Louise Wallwein MBE. www.artwithheart.org.uk

Vicki and Geraldine talk to digital inequalities expert Kira Allman, recently appointed Senior Digital Policy Officer at Manchester City Council, about why we so often get ‘the digital divide' wrong, why thinking of digital infrastructure as being like water is helpful, and the prospects for AI that works for human beings.Talking points:What's the point of local digital policies when the internet is global?Why the digital divide is a rubbish concept.How exclusion is baked into technology.

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Manchester music venue the Night & Day Café continuing to fight against a Noise Abatement Notice served by Manchester City Council last year, and 5 Seconds Of Summer's feelings about winning the Worst Band prize at the NME Awards three years in a row. SECTION TIMES 01: Night & Day Café (00:09:52) 02: 5 Seconds Of Summer (00:26:14) (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts) STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Manchester music venue Night & Day Café facing closure as it continues to fight noise complaint • 5 Seconds Of Summer discuss being voted Worst Band at NME Awards three times ALSO MENTIONED • Apple Music increases baseline subscription rate to 10.99 • Night & Day Café petition (Change.org) • James Blunt demands NME award he won thirteen years ago (May 2019) MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights' Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

My guest in this episode is Jeff Smith, MP. A recent press article highlighted that the number of ‘career politicians' in Westminster who have never had what most of us would recognise as ‘a proper job'. It also said working class politicians were ‘an endangered species. I'm delighted to say that Jeff bucks both of those trends. Whilst Jeff grew up in a political household and studied  Politics at Manchester University  being an MP was never in the plan, as can be seen by his subsequent career choice.  After graduation he became the Entertainments Officer for Manchester Students Union which led on to a career as an event manager and DJ. He performed  regularly at V Festival and numerous club nights including  Poptastic in Manchester and Star in Leeds. He had lived almost all his life in Manchester and in 1997 he started to combine his DJ work with being a member of Manchester City Council. This eventually led in 2015 to an unexpected opportunity to become the MP for his ‘home seat' of Withington in Manchester and he successfully regained the seat for Labour (from the Liberal Democrats). Last December, he was appointed as Shadow Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Music, a role for which he is clearly uniquely qualified. Jeff's musical tastes and choices are as interesting as his CV. Like me he is a Springsteen devotee, and he gets a special Music Talks Award for choosing my favourite ever song – Thunder Road . His song choices are:60's       All My Loving                                                                                         The Beatles 70's       Thunder Road                                                                                        Bruce Springsteen 80's       What Difference Does It Make?                                                 The Smiths 90's       12 Reasons Why I Love Her                                                           My Life Story00's       Grey Day (Paper Faces Mix)                                                          Zoot Woman10's       Love Song                                                                                                   Lana Del Rey20's       I've Got You Under My Skin                                                            Frank Sinatra

Crest and colours The club crest is derived from the Manchester City Council coat of arms, although all that remains of it on the current crest is the ship in full sail. The devil stems from the club's nickname "The Red Devils"; it was included on club programmes and scarves in the 1960s, and incorporated into the club crest in 1970, although the crest was not included on the chest of the shirt until 1971. In 1975, the red devil ("A devil facing the sinister guardant supporting with both hands a trident gules") was granted as a heraldic badge by the College of Arms to the English Football League for use by Manchester United. Newton Heath's uniform in 1879, four years before the club played its first competitive match, has been documented as 'white with blue cord'. A photograph of the Newton Heath team, taken in 1892, is believed to show the players wearing red-and-white quartered jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers. Between 1894 and 1896, the players wore green and gold jerseys which were replaced in 1896 by white shirts, which were worn with navy blue shorts. Read full article on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C. Follow us on Twitter: @Audiowikipedia1 Become a valuable contributor & member by supporting us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AudioWikipedia

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author/Poet Podcast) is the wonderful Jo Somerset. Jo Somerset is a Manchester-based writer. She has lived in Manchester for over 40 years, during which time she has been a student, feminist, peace activist, skilled tradeswoman, housing officer, local government officer, mother, equality consultant and company director. Now that her children are grown up Jo is going backwards, revisiting the powerful feminist and lesbian movements of the 1980s and looking for untold stories. Her aim is to make sense of the twentieth century, so we can understand it for today's world. Her writing found a voice through the Northern Gay Writers group at Commonword, Manchester's community writing organisation, and honed her craft with the help of Arvon Foundation courses and groups led by writers Charlotte Keatley and Heather Leach. In 2020 she completed a MA in Creative Writing at Salford University, where she received the inaugural Leanne Bridgewater Award for Innovation and Experiment. In a former life, Jo was a founding director, alongside her partner Liz Clarke, of Manchester-based cycle training company BikeRight! Under their leadership BikeRight! became the leading UK company in its sector, winning four awards for women in business / business growth in 2009, 2014 and 2018. She was also a non-executive director of Central Manchester Hospitals NHS Trust, and a Governor for Manchester Health Academy. Previously she won the Prince's Trust Quality Award (2000) and a British Diversity Award on behalf of Manchester City Council (1998). Having jointly brought up five children, Jo is passionate about lifelong learning. In 2016 she gained a distinction for her Graduate Certificate in History from Birkbeck College, London, and made it a double when she graduated with distinction from Salford University MA in Creative Writing: Innovation and Experiment in 2020. As a keen cyclist, Jo commutes by bike, and is a member of Team Glow Women's Road Cycling Network. She has undertaken several bike tours, triathlons and 100-mile cycling sportives, and led a Team Glow women's charity ride from Land's End to John O'Groats. You can speak to Jo at: https://josomersetwriter.wordpress.com/

For our 4th episode, we were joined by Councillor Fiona Venner, a Labor councillor of the Kirkstall and West Leeds ward and the Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board in Leeds, and Dr Jolanta Shields, a politics lecturer at Leeds Beckett University who, before lecturing worked on research projects that looked at health inequalities and has worked with Manchester City Council exploring how policy choices affect the roles of CICs and the NHS. We discussed what are the current health inequalities in the UK, what factors that influence them, what we can learn from policies put into place and how we can move forward to further tackle this issue. With our special guests, we were able to explore how different sectors such as academics, government and CICs are working to tackle this issue. The #YoungAtHeart podcast is an informative but fun podcast hosted by Tony and Kyra from ‘Your Back Yard' who will be exploring a range of topics, fads, and affairs concerning your health, happiness, and fitness. From good nutrition to the politics of health inequalities. Plenty of tips and discussions on staying fit and healthy as you age, and debates around how healthy living opportunities can be made available to all, wherever you live.  You can expect a variety of episodes, lots of guest speakers, recipe and exercise ideas and, as they say on these things… much much more! You can get in touch with us by email using tony@yourbackyard.org.uk. You can also tweet us @YourBackYardCIC or by using the hashtag #YoungAtHeart.

Bev Craig is the leader of Manchester City Council, a job she describes on her Twitter biog as “running the best city in the world”. She grew up on a council estate just outside Belfast, and it wasn't the kind of place where you'd be expected to move away and go to university.   But as you'll hear - Bev's not the kind of person to be pigeonholed.   She got involved in politics at a young age,  through getting involved in women's and LGBTQ+ rights.  Making sure that ALL people have places in which they feel safe and welcome, has been right at the core of her politics.   You'll hear about Bev's plans for housing in Manchester, her thoughts on the government's current proposal for the HS2 integration into Manchester Piccadilly, and you'll get an insight into Bev's thoughts on the past few weeks of turmoil in Westminster.  

A president, a prime minister and a top soccer player: the selfie of President Xi Jinping, then-British prime minister David Cameron and Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero became an instant internet hit in 2015, when Xi ended a state visit to the United Kingdom in Manchester."That was really an iconic photo from the visit, which really showed the human and personal side of President Xi Jinping as well as being a strong global leader, also him as a human being enjoying a visit and meeting a footballer," said David Houliston, policy head of the Manchester City Council, who was involved in Xi's visit to Manchester as policy and partnership manager for the city.Although Xi is known for his keen interest in soccer, that visit to Manchester far transcended the game.In Manchester, bees, a city emblem, are everywhere to be seen. The hardworking insect evokes the city's history as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, when it was chimneys, smoke and crowds of workers that were everywhere to be seen.In recent decades the city became home to the world's first modern computer, and then graphene, hailed as a wonder material, appeared and Manchester became a center of the Cameron government's "Northern Powerhouse" initiative and of the current government's "Levelling Up" initiatives.Xi's first stop was the National Graphene Institute at Manchester University, the brain of the city's modern scientific and technological revolution.The institute researches graphene, the world's thinnest material. It is used mainly in the fields of energy and electronics and is now the focus of research looking for ways to reduce carbon emissions.There, President Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, were given a tour around the laboratories led by Professor Konstantin Novoselov, one of two scientists who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2010 for their work on graphene at the University of Manchester. Novoselov was also trained in Chinese traditional painting."Everyone was trying to ask and answer questions, making jokes, and the students were involved," Novoselov said."It was quite a dynamic atmosphere, I would say. I gave President Xi one of my paintings. He was very surprised and gave me a set of marvelous paint brushes back as a present."He recalled the special gift he prepared for Xi, a traditional Chinese ink painting of a lotus pond. In fact, graphene ink was used in that painting.Nowadays, university staff members refer to the passage that Xi walked through to see the signature cleanroom laboratory as the "famous corridor" because it later attracted the personnel of so many Chinese scientific institutes. A photo of Xi at the institute hangs on the wall of the corridor."Xi Jinping's visit to the National Graphene Institute really created another wave of enthusiasm and interest in 2D materials in China," Novoselov said. "More researchers started to work on it, and more interesting work started to appear. And China today is very strong in this area."Professor Luke Georghiou, deputy president and vice-chancellor of the university, also vividly recalled Xi's visit."He was knowledgeable. He was interested in what we were doing. I think he has a background himself in technology. So he understood very well what he was seeing."Following the visit, the university's collaboration with Chinese institutes increased. Research activities with investment of about 50 million pounds ($60.1 million) have been conducted since then, Georghiou said, and global issues such as environmental protection and sustainability have become a new focus of collaboration."It's important that the world leaders don't think the UK is only about London," he said. "So it was important for us."On Xi's visit to the UK, Manchester was the only city apart from London that he went to, one reason being the city's post-industrial history, Georghiou said."We have managed to grow from older declining industries and found a new economic basis for the way we work with a very dynamic and regional approach. I believe there is some interest in China because you also have many industrial cities."One example is Manchester's sister city relationship since 1986 with Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. That city similarly transformed itself from an industrial powerhouse into a modern scientific and technological innovation center.The two cities, having worked on trade, investment and education for decades, have found new common ground: hydrogen and sponge cities."We've learned from the Wuhan sponge cities program about how to use nature-based solutions to hold back floodwater," said Houliston, who has led Manchester's partnership with Wuhan for about seven years. "In Wuhan, that's about stopping flooding on the Yangtze River. In Manchester, we've done demonstrations learning from China's technology and investment."In late April, the two cities signed a memorandum of understanding on hydrogen energy industry exchanges and collaboration, through which they will work together on the clean energy, with water as the only byproduct, for their net-zero targets.Xi's visit triggered city partnerships between the two countries, Houliston said."We saw a real succession of visits from governors and vice-governors of different regions of China coming to visit Manchester to see what the president had seen himself."In Manchester, many people on the city council, in universities and at companies have business cards that are in English and Chinese. Simple etiquette is one rationale for this, he said, but it also demonstrates the city's ties with China."We do that for all senior level people in our council, the mayor and the representatives."At a welcoming banquet held by the municipal government of Manchester in 2015, Xi said he hoped Manchester would act as a pacesetter of China-UK relations, highlighting the city's links with China.Over the past seven years, China-UK relations have had ups and downs, but the relationship between Manchester and Wuhan seems to be undisturbed."We've seen historically that there can be challenges around some of the international relationships," Houliston said. "And we've always felt that city-to-city dialogues and people-to-people dialogues can kind of shelter from those things a little bit."Even in the most difficult diplomatic era between the UK and China, we continued our work with Wuhan, and we're very proud that the city relations continued."The Airport City Manchester project, the biggest project in the city involving China, was also on Xi's itinerary. It is an £800-million joint venture between the State-owned Beijing Construction Engineering Group and UK construction company Carillion at Manchester Airport.With the Airport City project as a starting point, BCEG has taken part in five major construction projects in the UK as a developer or contractor in Manchester and beyond, with a gross development value of about£3 billion. The latest completed phases of the Middlewood Locks project have provided about 6,000 jobs in the local community."Chinese companies have been very popular with our partners in Manchester since Xi's visit," said Yu Dongwen, director of BCEG International. "It really brings confidence to Chinese companies with ambition on their global reach."Charlie Cornish, chief executive officer of Manchester Airport, said its relationship with the Chinese company is "very positive"."You're always concerned about the commitment of the other party or parties, the openness of the other party or parties. But we've found them to be open, transparent, (and) friendly. If they said they would deliver a project for a particular time, they did it."Since Xi's visit, Manchester has had projects involving China worth about £6 billion, and every year more than 9,000 Chinese students in Manchester have contributed more than 1 billion pounds to the region's economy, Houliston said.Rhys Whalley, executive director of the Manchester-China Forum, who calls himself an eternal optimist in terms of Manchester's relationship with China, said he believes in a promising future for bilateral ties. "One has to be," he said."I'm a proponent of the role the city and regions have to play in driving forward engagement. For too long that had been overlooked, particularly by national and multinational organizations. 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In this podcast, Shannon speaks to David Lynch, Manchester's newly appointed Director of Development and Estates.  The pair discuss David's route to his current role, transitioning from the private to the public sector; how the change in personnel at Manchester will drive the ambitions of the city; and the 3 wishes he would choose for Manchester if a magic genie suddenly appeared.

This week we went to the office of Bev Craig, leader of Manchester City Council, to ask her about her new plans for housing in the city - and how her approach differs from that of Sir Richard Leese. We also challenge her on homelessness in the city, and ask her which wing of the Labour Party she comes from. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are joined for a second time by Joanna Averley, Chief Planner at the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Decisions of the Week: Decision of Lang J dated 19 May 2022 in R oao Suliman V a Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council & Aster Group [2022] EWHC 1196 a challenge to the grant of conditional planning permission focused on the lawfulness of a condition & legitimate expectation. Decision of an inspector dated 17 May 2022 allowing an appeal by against the decision South Somerset DC to grant permission on two fields north of Ansford & Castle Carey, for 200 dwellings ( 70 affordable & 130 open market) with associated highways, drainage & landscape. Issues around impact on character & appearance, HLS, the effect on phosphate & suitability of the site falling outside the defined direction of growth. Decision of an inspector dated 16th May 2022 dismissing an appeal by Southern Housing Group Ltd against the decision of the London Legacy Development Corporation to refuse permission for phase 3 of a residentially led mixed use development including a 26-storey tower within Bow River Village raising heritage & design issues, mix & impacts on character & appearance of the, utility of proposed private & public amenity space & amenities of existing residents. Decision of an inspector dated 17th May 2022 allowing an appeal by Fusion Manchester Devco against the decision of Manchester City Council to refuse permission for a 28 storey PBSA for 534 students on a vacant site at Deansgate, raising issuing on need, impact on character & appearance, DHA, on amenities of nearby residents & wind microclimate at street level and consistency with the development plan.

Dr Shirley Woods Gallagher was diagnosed with Autism in her later 40's. She is a director at a Trust covering multiple schools and academies. Prior to that she held senior positions with Manchester City Council. Shirley wants people to know that they can get senior roles with neurodiverse conditions such as autism.Be proud of who you are and embrace your condition as much as possible.It really was inspiring talking to Shirley and I know we will stay in contact. If you want to find out more about all4inclusion please view our website at www.all4inclusion.org and sign up for our newsletterVoiceover for intro and outro by Jennie Eriksen | LinkedInMusic granted free of charge very kindly by Music: https://www.purple-planet.com . The track is called Hope and Inspire. Support the show

After a few months break, we're back! We're so excited to continue chatting to guests about getting back to business and how it feels to once again plan, attend and experience live events.This is a particularly special episode, as not only is it relaunching the series, but it features a guest that we were extremely excited to get the chance to talk to… the new leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig.Our guest host and CEO, Shaun Hinds, joined Bev to chat all things Manchester; how she feels about being the first female and openly gay council leader, the reasons why she continues to call the city home having grown up in Northern Ireland, and of course, her ambitions for the city.  Find out more about Manchester City Council and Bev: Website | Twitter | LinkedIn  Follow Manchester Central: Twitter | Instagram  Find out more about the venue on our website

Leila is joined by Rose Marley, CEO at Co-Operatives UKToday you will learn more about:- With a background in creative industries, technology, the gig economy and entrepreneurship, Rose is a passionate advocate for social enterprise and values-led business.- She founded Manchester-based social enterprise SharpFutures, which supports diverse, young talent into creative, digital and tech industries, and led a pilot campaign improving local travel opportunities and raising aspiration for young people in Manchester.- Self-employed from a young age, she cut her teeth in the music business in the era known as ‘Madchester' before turning her hand to social enterprise and event producing.- Rose is renowned for her ability to galvanise community action, leading Manchester City Council's response to the Manchester arena attack. Manchester Together was a global broadcast of choirs singing from the steps of the town hall in the first anniversary of the atrocity.- Since joining Co-operatives UK as Chief Executive in January 2021, Rose Marley has been leading the way in highlighting the crucial role that co-operatives can play in building back better from the Covid-19 pandemic.Further resources:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-marley-96162bb/

It's all kicking off in Greater Manchester! New council leaders, a scrap over clean air, and the Lib Dems pick up a seat in Ancoats & Beswick. To fill us in on all the action, we are joined today by Chorlton councillor Eve Holt. We discuss Eve's journey into environmentalism, the combined climate consciousness of the council, what changes Bev Craig is bringing to Manchester City Council, and the controversy over the GM Clean Air Zone. Shout outsDanielle - Our Green ChorltonClaire - from Our Streets Chorlton @OurChorltonand Glynis – Eve's mum!Jan Rosenow (@janrosenow)on his heat pump myth busting. Check out his thread belowhttps://twitter.com/janrosenow/status/1492086853159301121?t=NLbSKSz7kg5OXSg4MrnMBg&s=08Bury Trades Council@BuryTUCIf you like the show tell your comrades!Find us on:Twitter: @MCRGND_PODInsta: mcrgndpodFB: MCRGNDPODSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/gndmediauk)

“Cities are about the people who live in them, not the things and the buildings.” On December 1st Manchester City Council leader, Sir Richard Leese, is stepping down after 25 years. Released on the day he and his colleagues will be gathering to celebrate an incredible tenure, this special episode of We Built This City is reflecting on his career. Lisa Morton shares highlights from their first conversation back in June and hears what Sir Richard is looking forward to as they catch up in the final days of his position.   Sir Richard Leese started his tenure in May 1996 less than a month before the fateful IRA bomb; since that day he has worked around the clock to rebuild the city in a way that has given Mancs their “swagger” back. From The Commonwealth games to the regeneration of the city centre to Manchester International Festival there are so many tangible ways that Sir Richard's legacy has bettered the city.  Hear as Sir Richard tells Lisa about his new role leading the Greater Manchester Health and Care Board working to deliver better health prospects for the people of Greater Manchester and learn what lessons he will be taking forward with him from his time in civic leadership. ------ Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre.  From that point, the business, and its team members, have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture. To celebrate the 25 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Greater Mancunian ‘family' and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best place in the world. Connect with Lisa and Roland Dransfield:  Via our website On Instagram On Twitter On Spotify Connect with Sir Richard: On Twitter

In the law of contracts, the mirror image rule, also referred to as an unequivocal and absolute acceptance requirement, states that an offer must be accepted exactly with no modifications. The offeror is the master of their own offer. An attempt to accept the offer on different terms instead creates a counter-offer, and this constitutes a rejection of the original offer. United States. In the United States, this rule still exists at common law. However, the Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC") dispenses with it in § 2-207. (but it can also be argued that § 2-207(1) enforces the mirror image rule) Therefore, its applicability depends upon what law governs. Most states have adopted the UCC, which governs transactions in goods. Contracts for services or land, for example, would not be governed by the UCC. The 2nd restatement of contracts also provides that when parties have not agreed to an essential term, "a term which is reasonable in the circumstances is supplied by the court." However, it may not be possible for a reasonable term to be supplied by the court. England. The English common law established the concepts of consensus ad idem, offer, acceptance and counter-offer. The leading case on counter-offer is Hyde v Wrench . The phrase "Mirror-Image Rule" is rarely (if at all) used by English lawyers; but the concept remains valid, as in Gibson v Manchester City Council , and Butler Machine Tool v Excello. An invitation to treat (or invitation to bargain in the United States) is a concept within contract law which comes from the Latin phrase invitatio ad offerendum, meaning "inviting an offer". According to Professor Andrew Burrows, an invitation to treat is: "...an expression of willingness to negotiate. A person making an invitation to treat does not intend to be bound as soon as it is accepted by the person to whom the statement is addressed." A contract is a legally binding voluntary agreement formed when one person makes an offer, and the other accepts it. There may be some preliminary discussion before an offer is formally made. Such pre-contractual representations are known variously as “invitations to treat”, “requests for information” or “statements of intention”. True offers may be accepted to form a contract, whereas representations such as invitations to treat may not. However, although an invitation to treat cannot be accepted it should not be ignored, for it may nevertheless affect the offer. For example, where an offer is made in response to an invitation to treat, the offer may incorporate the terms of the invitation to treat (unless the offer expressly incorporates different terms). If, as in the Boots case (described below) the offer is made by an action without any negotiations—such as presenting goods to a cashier—the offer will be presumed to be on the terms of the invitation to treat. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/law-school/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/law-school/support

This is the second of two 50 Shades episodes that Stephen Gleave has put together. Stephen is an urban designer and town planner and has been based in the north west of England for nearly 30 years. Stephen was invited to guest edit the Summer 2021 edition of the Urban Design Group's quarterly journal and Sam Stafford has lent the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast as a platform for Stephen to share some of the material that he curated.  If you have listened to Part 1 you will know that Stephen set out to explore urban design in the north, the 'Northern Powerhouse' and what 'levelling up' might mean for placemaking. What are the current active urban designers “up to” across the north? What influence are they having, what are they achieving and what challenges are they facing?  Stephen sought input from a range of academics, consultants and practitioners in both public and private sectors and some of the contributors have kindly taken the time to read their essays for these two 50 Shades episodes.  Part 2 features Leah Stuart at Civic Engineers (@LeahStu) on movement in towns and across the region; Graeme Moore at Oldham Council (@geordiegraeme81) with a view from the front line; Graham Marshall at Prosocial Place (@prosocialplace) on how people are the northern powerhouse; and Matt Doran at Manchester City Council (@iammattdoran) on the future of our town and city centres.  Information on how to join the Urban Design Group and how to get hold of a copy of the Summer 2021 edition of the journal can be found here. https://www.udg.org.uk/publications/journal/urban-design-159-summer-2021 Some of this contributors to this episode have come together to form Common Good, a non-profit group of practitioners acting in their own time to encourage discussions around sustainable places and good design in the North. Follow @CommonGood_ on Twitter. Some accompanying watching. Christopher Eccleston, writer Peter Flannery and executive producer Charlie Pattinson take part in a BFI Q&A to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Our Friends in the North https://youtu.be/EM6sa_iQAl0 Some accompanying listening. Northern Skies by I Am Kloot https://youtu.be/wlmMumA0CMU 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

What is creative ageing, and how can age friendly culture impact on our well being as we grow older? Our guest on this episode of the Manchester Museum podcast is Dr Virginia Tandy OBE, the Director of a new national agency for Age and Creativity hosted by Manchester Museum and funded by the Baring Foundation. CADA, the Creative Ageing Development Agency aims to reshape people's views of ageing and overcome barriers to creative activity and opportunity. The organisation works to investigate the profound shifts needed to tackle ageism and support systemic change, as well as championing the cultural contribution of older people and the value of creativity, curiosity and imagination. CADA connects with individuals and organisations in communities across England and beyond, who are developing and delivering arts and heritage programmes with, by and for older people, ensuring their views and voices are heard. Virginia is joined in conversation today by Emma Horridge, a freelancer in Creative Ageing and cultural engagement who has led on work for the expansion of the age-friendly Culture Champion programme across Greater Manchester. Season 3: Episode 3 Transcript ----- Dr Virginia Tandy OBE is the Director of a new national agency for Age and Creativity hosted by Manchester Museum and funded by the Baring Foundation. She is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Institute for Cultural Practices at the University of Manchester. An independent arts and heritage consultant and qualified coach, she was the first Director of Culture for Manchester City Council (2008-2011) and the first female Director of Manchester City Galleries (1998-2008). A trustee of the Heritage Lottery Fund (2009-2015) and a former President of the Museums Association (2006-2008), she is the co-founder of the Women Leaders in Museums network and the founding chair of SHIFT. A member of the board of National Museums Liverpool, she sits on the Fabric Committee for St Paul's Cathedral and is a trustee of the Granada Foundation. She is also the chair of Brighter Sound, a creative music charity, which is championing women in the industry. ----- Manchester Museum is on a mission to become the most imaginative, caring and inclusive museum in the world, and in this podcast we will share open and honest conversations with special guests, which will inform, entertain and inspire. Through these conversations we hope to reframe what it means for museums to care, and explore how we can build understanding, empathy and love for our world and each other. Find out more about the Manchester Museum: Website Twitter Instagram ----- Original music courtesy of Move 78: Instagram Spotify iTunes

CSP 17-Episode on Challenging the Norm to Effectively Tackle Anti-Social Behaviour The predicament of anti-social behaviours is not something you turn your back on. Anti-social behaviours have a huge impact not just on individuals, but also in the families and the communities. Today's episode explores the deep-rooted causes of anti-social behaviour and how Nick Buckley MBE, through the Mancunian Way, established a way to alleviate it.About Nick BuckleyNick Buckley MBE worked as youth intervention officer and as a Community Safety Coordinator with the Manchester City Council. In 2011, Nick's role was terminated due to budget cuts.He decided to take his severance pay and established a charity called the Mancunian Way which works to reduce anti-social behaviour by prevention and intervention.The charity was recognized as the Community Project of the Year last 2015.Key TakeawaysWhen you accept your flaws, you're no longer susceptible to people's judgments or opinions of you.Every action has a corresponding consequence.Children will want to please adults in terms of their behaviours and it's important to tap into that.Children need advice, guidance, and boundaries.Addressing the issue of anti-social behaviour has to be about changing behaviours and perceptions of the young people instead of just relying on entertainment.Improving the community will improve lives holistically.There's no such thing as one size fits all—every child should be given a choice especially in their education.Personal responsibility is a must.Having a good partnership is beneficial for improving lives.Time-Stamped Show Highlights[00:00:35] Getting to know our astounding guest[00:02:11] Who is Nick and what makes him commendable[00:06:32] How Nick overcame his stutter and flaws“I was always the first person to take the mickey out of me. The second you do that, you take the power away from everybody else.” [00:07:55] Nick's upbringing that left a huge impact to who he is right now[00:08:21] The Genesis of Nick's anti-social behaviour alleviation[00:09:47] Nick's take on taking responsibilities for your life[00:13:03] Nick explains how important it is to tap into parents' natural instincts[00:15:52] An important talk about how giving choices to children can change the course of their lives[00:17:55] How Mancunian Way got established[00:26:00] Nick shares an anecdote with the young girl they've worked with and what kept them going with their advocacy[00:28:38] What makes Nick unique“Unless your overarching plan stops a conveyor belt of young people making the choices, then we will have these issues forever.”[00:30:39] Nick on changing lives“We need to stop doing this to people and we need to empower communities so they can improve the lives of their own young people and place them in communities.”[00:34:04] On schools and their systems[00:41:37] Anecdote of the girl in the youth club[00:46:05] What the government needs to do to contribute to society[00:48:21] Nick talks about a setback [00:49:00] On how to empower communities in the society[00:54:52] Our life and destiny[00:58:22] Nick on concentrating with primary schools[01:00:43] Average anti-social behaviour family[01:02:00] Nick in negotiation for partnership work[01:08:00] Nick's upcoming book on NovemberSelected Links for This Episode

In this instalment of our City Leader's dialogues, “The net zero road to COP26 and beyond”, we speak to the Leader of Manchester City Council in the north of England; one of the most important cities in the history of the industrial revolution and the story of modern Britain. For centuries Manchester has been a hive of innovation, and the urban and industrial technology that's come out of Manchester has had a profound impact not just on the rest of Britain, but on much of the world. Manchester is the home of the UK's first canal and its first passenger railway. It's the birthplace of atomic theory, the programmable computer and the world's thinnest material, graphene. It's a city defined not only by science and industry, but huge amounts of creativity and dynamism. So it's no surprise that going back 150 years the much-loved symbol of Manchester has been the industrious worker bee. And now, as cities around the world are adapting not just to the fourth industrial revolution but a rapidly changing global climate, Manchester is aiming to be a net-zero carbon city by 2038, 12 years before the rest of the UK. So in this second extended summer episode, we meet the Leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese. Greg spoke to Sir Richard as part of the City Leaders dialogues that he's holding in the run up to the COP 26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow in November. How is Manchester positioning itself for the monumental changes ahead; both the challenge of achieving net zero, but also the opportunities that digitisation is bringing to the city? What will a liveable, sustainable and thriving Manchester look like as we begin to recover from a pandemic? And how will the political leadership of this globally connected hive of a city, bring people along on the next phase of Manchester's journey. Music on this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions and Phill Ward Music (www.phillward.com) Show notes: To read our CEO's recent blog on the role that innovation hubs can play in accelerating the UK Government's ambition to level up the economy, click here. You can register for the live City Leader Dialogues with the Mayor of Bristol, Mayor Marvin Rees on 7th September. You can also register for our Innovation Places Summit on 23rd September, as well as our Active Travel Summit on 29th September. If you'd like to get in touch with your feedback, comments and suggestions on what you'd like to hear more of on Connected Places, please email: podcast@cp.catapult.org.uk. We're looking forward to hearing from you! To find out more about what we do at the Connected Places Catapult and to hear about the latest news, events and announcements, please sign up to our newsletter! Follow the show! Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Please also take a moment to write a review and rate us so that more people can hear about the podcast and what we do at Connected Places Catapult. 

How can cities strengthen their business cases for net zero investment? And if their plans are brought together and aligned in a new and creative ways, could they generate greater scale, volume and predictability in ways that might make them more attractive to investors? To answer these and other questions, the Connected Places Catapult has teamed with a number of partners to create the UK Cities Climate Investment Commission. The aim is to the leverage the combined scale and clout of the UK's cities to mobilise investment into low and net-zero carbon projects across all of the UK's largest cities, not just individual ones. As an initial step we have commissioned research to assess and analyse the low carbon investment that cities need, and the associated investment cases. The findings of the report will be launched at COP26 with a series of dissemination events being planned in the months leading up to November. The aim of the commission is to; Support UK cities in achieving their carbon reduction targets, whilst developing a deeper understanding of the low carbon investment opportunities and challenges faced by UK cities. Create increased confidence within the investment community in low carbon projects by leveraging the benefits of the scale offered through networks of cities rather than individual ones. Provide the basis for engaging with industry on the opportunities for the supply and deployment of low carbon technologies into the marketplace. This episode is a summarised overview of the work of the commission using audio from the launch event that was held on 1st July, 2021 chaired by Andrew Carter, Chief Executive of the Centre for Cities and attended by Prof. Greg Clark, Chair of the UK Cities Climate Investment Commission, Cllr Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council, Niall Bolger, CEO of the London Borough of Hounslow, Rachel Dickie, Executive Director for Investment at Grosvenor Britain and Ireland, Shuen Chan, Head of ESG at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM). Music on this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions and Phill Ward Music (www.phillward.com) Show notes: To read the Joint Declaration of the UK Cities Climate Investment Commission on our website. You can also watch a recording of the launch of the Commission, which was held on 1st July, which included a presentation on the initial findings of the research report. To read and download the Catapult's Net Zero Places Innovation Brief, which explores a number of new market opportunities in the active travel sector, click here. You can register for the live City Leader Dialogues with Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council on Monday 26th July, and Mayor of Bristol, Mayor Marvin Rees on 7th September. You can also register for our Innovation Places Summit on 23rd September, as well as our Active Travel Summit on 29th September. If you'd like to get in touch with your feedback, comments and suggestions on what you'd like to hear more of on Connected Places, please email: podcast@cp.catapult.org.uk. We're looking forward to hearing from you! To find out more about what we do at the Connected Places Catapult and to hear about the latest news, events and announcements, please sign up to our newsletter! Follow the show! Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Please also take a moment to write a review and rate us so that more people can hear about the podcast and what we do at Connected Places Catapult. 

When we think about how places change, we often think in the short term over single business cycles, Mayoral terms or a city's immediate response to crises and formative events. But stepping back and taking the longer view can also be helpful, especially in light of the profound changes that that have shaped England's cities in recent decades. In this episode we explore the story of one of England's most iconic city regions – Greater Manchester – with one of the city's most influential civic leaders over the last 25 years, Sir Howard Bernstein. We ask what Manchester's last quarter century might tell us about the next. How the reforms to local government over this period such as Metro Mayors and City Deals have helped to shape a “Manchester Model” and what the next phase in the city's devolution journey might look like. What the ingredients for success have been in shaping Manchester's innovation economy, and how the vision of connected places and digital connectivity is at the heart of future growth, resilience and prosperity. Prof. Greg Clark CBE, Chair of the Connected Places Catapult speaks to Sir Howard Bernstein, former Chief Executive of Manchester City Council and former Head of the Paid Service of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Sir Howard led a team which oversaw the regeneration of the city and transformational economic change over 25 years. Among many other hats, Sir Howard is an Honorary Prof. of Politics at Manchester University, he sits on the Board of Health Innovation Manchester and he's a Strategic Advisor to Deloitte.  Music on this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions and Phill Ward Music (www.phillward.com) Show notes: To learn more about the Manchester City Region and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority you can read Our People Our Place: The Greater Manchester Strategy, as well as a White Paper on the The Manchester Model of unified public services. If you're interested the often tricky question of how to procure innovation, come along to the next event in our Challenging Procurement Series: Co-creating Innovation which is being held on 14th June. You'll get a chance to hear case studies and best practices in procurement, and learn why citizen-led projects are often cited as a powerful tool by innovative public sector organisations. To register, click here. To register for our next Virtual Connections Café on 9th June, click here. These SME innovation support webinars explore developments and opportunities in the built environment and mobility sectors, as well as offering support and guidance to growing businesses. Follow the show! Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Please also take a moment to write a review and rate us so that more people can hear about the podcast and what we do at Connected Places Catapult. 

‘Levelling up' has become an earworm. It featured highly in the Conservative manifesto in 2019, which was referring to improving infrastructure, skills, productivity and economic growth across the country. The idea is to make the UK economy less lop-sided, and less focused on London and the South East.  The aim of ‘levelling up' has gained even more potency because of the pandemic. For those working in health, policies to level up might also help tackle avoidable inequalities set out by Marmot and others, caused by factors injuring health like poor housing, low quality work, and low skills. In short, poverty and deprivation. But the government's levelling up strategy is still under construction. The recently announced Levelling Up Fund is mainly focused on basic infrastructure like transport, not health. So is levelling up a real and serious aspiration? What would a strategy look like that might also help reduce health inequalities? In the latest episode of our podcast, our Chief Executive Dr Jennifer Dixon discusses these issues with two expert guests: Professor Diane Coyle is an economist and the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Diane has many other distinguished roles, including advising the government on economic policy during the pandemic, and leading an independent review for Greater Manchester, which shaped its industrial strategy Sir Howard Bernstein was the Chief Executive of Manchester City Council from 1998 to 2017 and is honorary chair in politics at University of Manchester. He led the devolution of power and budgets to Greater Manchester – the ‘DevoManc' deal signed between the Government and Greater Manchester Combined Authority in November 2014. He is also a member of a new taskforce set up by the government to advise on the regeneration and development of town and city centres in the wake of COVID-19. 

This episode is with Joanne Roney, the Chief Executive of Manchester City Council. It's a fascinating discussion covering Manchester's response to Covid-19 and the collective effort that will be needed from the city's public services, businesses and communities to recover in a way that benefits everyone. This is particularly interesting in the context of Greater Manchester Joanne explains how the ten councils in GM work together with the elected Mayor and how that partnership has created resilience. Joanne was only a few months into her tenure as Chief Executive when the Manchester Arena bombing occurred. We discuss the emotional and operational impact of this and how incredibly proud she is of how the city pulled together to deal with this terrible terrorist attack. Manchester City Council is on the Times 100 top organisations to work for list. This is an incredible achievement and we talk about the cultural and organisational ingredients that were needed. I was incredibly grateful to Joanne for giving up her time to do this podcast and for sharing her experiences and thoughts. I hope you enjoy it.

DIB boss Frank McKenna, spoke to the Leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese about the Tier 2 restrictions placed on the region - and what impact the measures will have on Manchester's business community.

What values drive a CEO with integrity like Sir Howard Bernstein?    As the Chief Executive of Manchester City Council for nearly 20 years, Sir Howard got the city back on its feet after the IRA bomb in 1996. He then carried on his regeneration mission for almost two decades, galvanising public and private partnerships, changing the skyline and creating new communities in addition to bringing The Commonwealth Games to Manchester. Lisa Morton finds out how you rebuild a city, the values that drove Sir Howard to grow the community, and the legacy he wants to leave. Sir Howard also has some warm words of advice and support for Greater Manchester as we rebuild out of a pandemic. We Built This City is a series of conversations with some of the amazing Mancunians - born, bred or adopted – who put the heart into modern Manchester. A celebration of the human grit, determination and love found throughout the city, these episodes will lift you up, make you laugh and inspire you to leave our city in a better place. Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre. From that point, the business, and its team members, have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture.  To celebrate the 24 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Greater Mancunian ‘family’ and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best place in the world. Connect with Lisa and Roland Dransfield: Via Phone: 01612361122 Via their website (http://www.rdpr.co.uk/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/roland_dransfield/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/RDPRtweets)   On Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0YW3lVDOWrE0QZlV6XjEtF?si=nEuISHWcRfCF8l3kHKRNSw)   Connect with Howard: Via Deloitte (https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/profiles/howardbernstein.html)

New local lockdown rules for England are due to be announced later today. The Liverpool City Region is expected to face the tightest restrictions under a new "three-tier" system, which will classify regions as being on "medium", "high" or "very high" alert. Steve Rotheram, the city region's mayor, told Nick Robinson: "What we are trying to do is to see whether we can get support and the support package for the businesses in our city region that will be affected by the Government's decision." He added there is little they can do to challenge the decision: "We were told we were going into Tier 3, no ifs, no buts. We can either expend energy on that or we can try and get a better deal. Some people like to shout at the wind but if they can't change the direction of the wind it is important to shield people from its effects." With BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg and Leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese. Credit: Press Association

Our Very Special Guest this week is Sir Howard Bernstein, former Chief Executive of Manchester City Council. Court Judgments of the Week, both decisions of Holgate J Girling V East Suffolk Council & EDF & NNB [2020] EWHC 2579 a challenge to the grant of permission for major development in the AONB, replacement facilities related to Sizewell B, required as a precursor to a new Sizewell C nuclear power station raising issues about alternative sites and if the EIA was up to date. London Historic Parks v Secretary of State HCLG [2020] EWHC 2580 a case relating to the proposed Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens; whether the requirements for independence and objectivity in Art 9a of the EU Directive are properly transposed and if so if the handling arrangements to deal with called-in applications comply with reg 64 (2) if the EIA Regs 2017. Appeals of the Week Successful appeal for 105 C3 units scheme. An unsuccessful attempt to secure 505 dwellings on Green Belt land in Edinburgh. “Nudge of the week” and “Champion of the Week”

For this special 100th episode of FastForward we speak to Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council. We have heard stories from many visionary entrepreneurs and leaders on this podcast, but what does it take to lead an entire city? And just how do you take a city that's in economic collapse and transform it into the most livable city in the UK? (Economist Global Livability Index 2019) Sir Richard was elected to leader of Manchester City Council in 1996, a date now etched in the city's history following the IRA bombing. Over the last 24 years he's overseen rebuilding and regeneration projects and helped to cement the city's reputation as a global economic player. In this episode Sir Richard takes us on a journey though the past two decades, looking over some of his highlights and the many challenges he's faced and is continuing to encounter, particularly the impact of Covid-19. And with the transformation of Manchester still a work in progress Sir Richard explains why he wants future generations to say that the city is still not good enough. If you enjoyed this podcast feel free to leave a review here: https://ratethispodcast.com/fastforward Host: Patricia Keating Guest: Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council  https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/who-we-are/leaders/sir-richard-leese/ Listening Time: 60 mins Follow Tech Manchester: Twitter: @tecmcr LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/techmanchester/ Facebook: Tech Manchester 

Downtown in Business was joined in the Downtown Den by the leaders of Liverpool and Manchester, Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson and The Leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese. The two city leaders discussed Recovery Plans, business support, the Northern Powerhouse and much more besides with DIB chief executive Frank McKenna.

Maria Balshaw is the Director of Tate, overseeing four major art galleries: Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate Modern and Tate St Ives. Maria was born in 1970 in Birmingham, and grew up in Northampton, where her father, Walter, was a parks officer, and her mother, Colette, was a teacher. She read English and Cultural Studies at the University of Liverpool and fell in love with the newly opened Tate Liverpool at Albert Dock. After working as an academic for almost a decade, she changed career and headed a government campaign to inspire creativity in schools. In 2006, she became director of the Whitworth gallery in Manchester, where she promoted works by women artists and oversaw a major redevelopment and expansion of the building. The Whitworth won the Art Fund Museum of the Year award in 2015. Maria also took on the roles of Director of Manchester City Galleries, and Director of Culture for Manchester City Council. The Observer called her “a northern powerhouse in her own right”. She took over leadership of the four Tate galleries from Sir Nicholas Serota in June 2017, and is the first woman to hold this role. Maria has two children from her first marriage and lives in Kent and London with her second husband, Nick Merriman, Director of the Horniman Museum. DISC ONE: Ghost Town by The Specials DISC TWO: Wild is the Wind by David Bowie DISC THREE: It's a Sin by Pet Shop Boys DISC FOUR: Love Hurts by Emmylou Harris with Gram Parsons DISC FIVE: Hope There's Someone by Antony and the Johnsons DISC SIX: Cantelowes by Toumani Diabaté DISC SEVEN: Waiting for the Great Leap Forward by Billy Bragg DISC EIGHT: Crown by Stormzy BOOK CHOICE: Vickery’s Folk Flora: an A-Z of the Folklore and Uses of British and Irish Plants by Roy Vickery LUXURY ITEM: A full set of flower and vegetable seeds CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Waiting for the Great Leap Forward by Billy Bragg Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Cathy Drysdale

Sir Richard Leese says there is one fundamental thing that rebuilt Manchester in 1996. Lisa Morton finds out what it is.      Manchester City Council Leader Sir Richard Leese was instrumental in rebuilding the city after the IRA bomb in 1996. Hear how he plans to pull the city through COVID, making it stronger and more formidable than ever before.   We Built This City is a series of conversations with some of the amazing Mancunians - born, bred or adopted – who put the heart into modern Manchester. A celebration of the human grit, determination and love found throughout the city, these episodes will lift you up, make you laugh and inspire you to leave our city in a better place. _ _ _ _ _   Sir Richard Leese was voted into office one month before the IRA bomb, giving him the huge task of rebuilding the city.    Using the unwavering relationships that the city had built up over the years before, huge successes were achieved from setting up the lord mayor’s emergency fund to help countless businesses to reopen, to breaking down the north/south divide of the city. Needless to say, Sir Richard has created an exceptional legacy for Manchester.   Lisa Morton chats to Sir Richard about the challenges that Manchester faces now in the aftermath of a pandemic, and the ways in which he’ll tackle them head on to reestablish a thriving city that can recruit and retain for a modern economy.   And the best advice he has to give?    “Understanding that everything is done by teams – you can’t achieve much on your own.”   _ _ _ _ _   Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre. From that point, the business, and its team members, have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture.    To celebrate the 24 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Greater Mancunian ‘family’ and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best place in the world.       Connect with Lisa and Roland Dransfield: Via Phone: 01612361122 Via their website (http://www.rdpr.co.uk/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/roland_dransfield/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/RDPRtweets)   On Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0YW3lVDOWrE0QZlV6XjEtF?si=nEuISHWcRfCF8l3kHKRNSw)     Connect with Sir Richard: Via the Manchester City Council website (https://www.manchester.gov.uk/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/SirRichardLeese)

Sir Richard Leese, long-standing leader of Manchester City Council joins Public Sector Voices host, Emily Rodgers to discuss the events throughout his 24-year reign and the future landscape of the city.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Thomas Croall. Thomas is the current Business Continuity and Resilience Manager for SkyScanner. Before this, he did a similar role at Bank of Scotland, Manchester City Council, HSBC, Atos and Tesco Bank. He also served in part of the resilience team that lead the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. Key Minutes: 6:05 - Managing natural disasters 
10:00 - Scenarios for stress testing 15:07 - Communicating during crisis 18:10 - The term business continuity 20:50 - How prepared are company’s? 24:55 - Protecting your revenues and ultimately your customers 28:20 - Standing out with customers 31:08 - Changes are coming 40:55 - Ten Quick Fire Questions Key Messages: Create scenarios to match the stresses of the real experience You have to maintain a relationship with your customers and employees during a crisis What are you going to do with your business model to be able to weather the storm? You can find Thomas at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tcroall/ Follow us:
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With 18 buildings in Manchester currently identified as having dangerous cladding, and another 50 requiring remediation, the disaster at Grenfell Tower is still impacting thousands of people’s lives. On the 3rd anniversary of the disaster, Shannon Conway speaks to Cllr Suzanne Richards, the Executive Member of Housing and Regeneration at Manchester City Council.  They discuss Suzanne’s route into politics, the financial and health cost to residents living in unsafe buildings, the role of action groups like The Cladiators, and the challenges surrounding the £1billion building safety fund.

Russell and Robert chat to Maria Balshaw CBE, Director of Tate, a family of four art galleries in London, Liverpool and Cornwall known as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Balshaw is Tate’s first female Director.We discuss the effect of the lockdown on Tate museums, filming guided tours for their website of the on-hold blockbuster Andy Warhol and Aubrey Beardsley exhibitions for the public to access during lockdown, the increased global usage of their website during the pandemic in particular as a resource for children's art education, her passion for gardening, the lasting influence of Derek Jarman (and his music videos for Pet Shop Boys), the great news that Jarman’s house ‘Prospect Cottage’ has been saved for the nation by Artfund’s campaign and some inspiring lessons learned from collaborating with artist Marina Abramović.We learn of Maria's admiration for Steve McQueen's artwork and his recent epic portrait of London’s Year 3 school pupils (exhibited at Tate Britain), her love of Cornelia Parker's installation 'Cold Dark Matter' (which she first saw at Chisenhale gallery in 1991) and her longterm commitment to redressing the imbalance of representation for women artists, artists of colour and queer artists in museum collections and exhibition programmes. Recently a number of watercolours by Emmeline Pankhurst’s daughter Sylvia Pankhurst, best remembered as an activist/campaigner for the UK Suffragette movement, became part of Tate Collection. Finally we reminisce about Anne Imhof's now legendary live performance series at Tate's Tanks in 2019.We explore her years working as Director of the Whitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries, when she oversaw the £17 million transformation of the Whitworth, which was subsequently awarded the Art Fund Museum of the Year award for 2015. She was also Director of Culture for Manchester City Council from 2013-2017, played a leading role in establishing the city as a leading cultural centre for the UK. She is currently a Board Member of Arts Council England, the Clore Leadership Programme and Manchester International Festival. Maria was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to the arts in June 2015.Follow @MariaBalshaw on Instagram & @MBalshaw Twitter and @Tate on all social media platforms. Tate's website is: www.tate.org.uk For images of artworks discussed in this week's episode please visit @TalkArt and we are now on Twitter too @TalkArtPodcast. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Talking to the leader of Manchester City Council about how the council's continuing to operate, how they're delivering services, what support there is for business (and what businesses need to do), and what more help is needed.

Adam Macqueen talks to Kirsty about his debut novel, Beneath the Streets, a counterfactual thriller set in London in the 1970s which imagines what might have happened had Liberal politician Jeremy Thorpe successfully arranged the murder of his ex-lover Norman Scott. The story, the historic version of which was recently dramatized by Russell T. Davies for television, features a cast of real-life characters including Prime Minister Harold Wilson, his senior adviser Lady Falkender, gay Labour peer Tom Driberg and the investigative journalist Paul Foot. Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is Front Row’s Artist in Residence during the lockdown, performing live for us each week on the concert grand in the empty Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik. Tonight he plays an enigmatic piece by the French 18th Century composer Rameau, called La Cupis. Bryony Shanahan is joint artistic director of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. Dave Moutrey is Chief Executive at the venue HOME and Director of Culture for Manchester City Council. They talk about the challenges they face now their institutions are closed. What about their staff and their finances? Will things ever be the same again and what of their own working lives? What do they do, day to day, now? Last night the National Theatre streamed its popular production of Treasure Island and it is available, free, until next Thursday. When the show opened in the Olivier auditorium audiences were amazed by the set - it's a ship, a pub, a cave and a strange, pulsating island. And a pirate's corpse. It's impressive still on television. Kirsty talked to the designer, Lizzie Clachan on the set during a rehearsal just before the show opened, and we revisit this tonight. The Front Row Masterclass series continues. Amanda Litherland, presenter of 4 Extra’s Podcast Radio Hour and novelist and nature writer Melissa Harrison (who has just launched her own nature podcast The Stubborn Light Of Things) join Kirsty to talk about how to make your own podcast. The great American actor Brian Dennehy has died. His was a wide ranging career in films, on television and in the theatre. He was hailed for his performance as Willy Loman in the 50th anniversary production of Death of a Salesman, for which he won both a Tony and a Laurence Olivier Award. He spoke about his approach to this role in a programme called Playing the Salesman, and we hear some of his thoughts. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Julian May

Sir Richard Leese was DIBs guest in the very first ‘Downtown Den' Live event. The leader of Manchester City Council was joined by twenty business leaders and discussed a whole range of issues with DIB CEO Frank McKenna, including the city's response to the crisis, planning for the future, the Northern Powerhouse and devolution, the climate emergency and much more.

Today's episode features Manchester City Council principal resources and planning officer, Adrian Slatcher. Adrian has a ton of knowledge working Europe-wide at the smart city level and we talk data, Brexit, and interoperability between British cities. To find out more about Adrian go to http://adrianslatcher.com/. To subscribe to Cityscape for FREE go to cityscape.city!

Sam Stafford chats with David Rudlin, Principal and Director of URBED, about his book Climax City, co-authored with Shruti Humani, which is a critical exploration of the growth of cities and masterplanning. The conversation takes in David's first role at Manchester City Council where he worked on the early stages of Hulme's redevelopment, as well as the 2014 Wolfson Economics Prize, which David and URBED won for their work on delivering a garden city. David's contact details: http://urbed.coop/team/david-rudlin Climax City: https://www.architecture.com/riba-books/books/urban-design-planning-housing-and-infrastructure/planning/product/climax-city-masterplanning-and-the-complexity-of-urban-growth.html

Dame Alison Nimmo DBE is a Scottish Chartered Surveyor who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Crown Estate. For the last 8 years Alison has been inspiring and leading a very strong team to take £14.3 Bn business to record levels of employee engagement and resulting financial. performance. The Crown Estate returned over £343 million in profits to HM Treasury in 2019. Together they have grown the property portfolio from £10 Bn over 6 years ago which is a phenomenal achievement.Alison's first job was as a planning officer with Westminster City Council from 1986, after which she worked for the surveyors Drivers Jonas followed by KPMG and Manchester City Council (1996) where she was involved in the regeneration of the city after the IRA bombing of 1996. She worked on the redevelopment of Sheffield town centre for Sheffield One (2000) and was design and regeneration director at the Olympic Delivery Authority from 2006 (interim from 2003). She became chief executive of the Crown Estate on 1 January 2012, taking over from Roger Bright. Alison is a non-executive director of house-builders Berkeley Group Holdings, trustee of the UK Green building Council and a visiting professor at Sheffield Hallam University. She is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. In 2019 Alison became a published author in a team effort creating a book called "Regenerating Cities – leadership, vision and partnerships" and wrote the chapter on "the value of partnership working".A CBE for services to urban regeneration in 2004 and a DBE for public service and services to the Exchequer in 2019.Alison's philosophy - "Success is a team effort". Tips - Work out what works for yourself. “Leave your ego at home”. Alison says - I’m not your archetypal leader; more of a team coach leading in a thoughtful way.Im definitely not loud & directive - not “the big I am!” She has found that what works best for her is- "Set the strategy, then work to empower your team to deliver"."Hire really good people and let them have their wings and fly." As a recovering perfectionist it’s quite scary to let go. However, When you do then that’s when the magic happens. She learnt that style from others and passed it on. "You get the greatest sense of achievement when you see others succeed". Particular she found it very important "Getting from the engine room to steering the ship from the bridge. There you can be looking out for icebergs"."Hire and develop the very best and surround yourself with an army of giants". Trust is a really important - both ways. Consistency. Learning from mistakes. Fear of failure & trusting your own judgement. Her main regrets - is making bad hires.Crucial to tackle White Collar Psychopaths & stop any culture of bullying. Top Tip – inspired in the rebuilding of Manchester by Sir Howard Bernstein. He created “the Power of Purpose” – So inspiring working for him and coming to work "on purpose"#InspiringLeadership #leadership #marketingacademy #CEOs #MotivalionalSpeaker #teamcoach #resilience #Board See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At 25 years old, this Strong Manchester Women decided to take action against the injustices she was seeing in society. This wasn't simply the signing of a petition, she wanted to tackle community issues and concerns right at their core, so she put herself forward become a councillor in her local community. In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks to Sarah Judge, Manchester City Council’s member for Woodhouse Park and the Lead Member for women. Born and raised in Wythenshawe, Sarah is passionate about ensuring young women believe in themselves and have the opportunities and support they need to achieve their dreams. She has worked as a community organiser developing grassroots campaigns and was the brains behind the ‘Scrap the Fee’ campaign, which opposes financial charges for women who need medical professionals to confirm that they are suffering domestic abuse.  She also helps to run Wythenshawe Safespots, a user-led domestic abuse charity. In this episode Sarah talks about, the shift from a normal 25 years old to councillor  how to be a resilient and  authentic public leader what it’s really like on election night dealing with public backlash balancing day jobs and being an elected council member  the reality of working alongside her councillor dad  the spark that instigated her desire to help people the long process of becoming a local councillor "Each problem that someone comes to you with is the most important thing in their world at that moment. So I have to make it the most important thing in my world at that moment." Sarah Judge Links and information SafeSpots (https://safespots.org.uk) is the charity that Sarah runs Sarah’s on twitter here (https://twitter.com/sarahjudge90) There’s a website that explains how to become a councillor, it’s (obviously) called BeaCouncillor.com (https://beacouncillor.co.uk/) Read the full transcript of this episode here (http://bit.ly/2L7pYiF)   Listen to other Strong Manchester Manchester Women podcast episodes visit, www.MICmedia.co.uk/StrongManchesterWomenPodcast (http://www.micmedia.co.uk/StrongManchesterWomenPodcast) Strong Manchester Women  The podcast is inspired by the annual Strong Women campaign. The 14 women profiled in this podcast were selected for the 2019 campaign. For more information about the women visit The Pankhurst Trust’s website (https://www.pankhursttrust.org/get-involved/events/strong-manchester-women-display) .  Credits  Produced, edited and artwork by MIC Media www.MICmedia.co.uk (http://www.micmedia.co.uk) @MICmediauk (http://www.twitter.com/micmediauk) Next Episode Released 18th September

To achieve their vision to be trusted with data by their customers, learn how the Co-op have practically applied data ethics to their planning around new products and services. Get practical guidance from the data team at the Co-op on how they’ve applied data ethics throughout the delivery life-cycle. The Co-op have used the ODI’s Data Ethis Canvas to frame the how to make sensible decisions whilst balancing value and risk appetite. This work has helped them build capabilities to meet regulatory requirements, facilitate a long-term information management culture and supports the Co-op vision to be trusted with data. About the speaker Danny McCarthy is a Data Governance Manager, and has over 15 years working with Data – analysis, BI & reporting, cleanse, migration, projects, warehousing, quality and governance at in the public and private sectors for organisations like GE, Royal London, Manchester City Council and has recently been applying Data Ethics into the design of new Digital products and services at the Co-op.

In our first episode, we discuss places, people and public services with Sir Howard Bernstein. Sir Howard joined Manchester City Council in 1971 as a junior clerk and rose though its ranks to become chief executive, serving a total of 46 years for the city. During that time, he became well-known as one of the chief architects of Manchester’s resurgence. Rebecca George OBE leads Deloitte’s work with government and public services clients across the UK. She has worked extensively with central government departments such as HM Treasury, the Cabinet Office and the Department of Health and Social Care as well as the broader NHS. During this episode, Rebecca and Sir Howard discuss the challenges of leading place, the importance of vision and how to put people at the centre of change.

In the ninth episode of Humans of XS Manchester, Clint Boon speaks to Chief Executive of HOME and Director of Culture for Manchester City Council, Dave Moutrey.Dave tells Clint about moving to Manchester from the North East, his journey from drama teacher to becoming a pioneer of arts culture in the city and how the Punk revolution changed his life. Don't forget to subscribe to never miss an episode, and follow Humans of XS Manchester on Twitter (@HumansXS), Instagram (@humansofxs) and Facebook (@HumansOfXSManchester) for exclusive content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Curated and produced by a diverse group of individuals, aiming to spread the message of self love. We think that the root of all that is good comes from knowing who you are and being damn proud of it! After you have love for yourself, you are then free to love others and take care of those around you. Featuring a vast range of content including a debate about social media, a documentary about homelessness, live music and poetry and much more, all relating to how we look after ourselves and in turn, our community. Funded by European Union Structural and Investment Fund, Government Skills Funding Agency & Manchester City Council.

For our final episodes of CityCast, we want to send the project off in style. That's why, over the course of our two-part finale, you'll be hearing from the people responsible for keeping CityVerve on track and staying at the very forefront of smart city innovations. Regular listeners will recognise Rowena Burns as a former host of this podcast series, but she's also been instrumental in steering the CityVerve project as MSP's chief executive. Cisco's Nick Chrissos has been responsible for technical delivery of the project as a whole, and has plenty to share about the new challenges and experiences the past two years have thrown up. And from a Manchester City Council perspective, Mark Duncan has been on hand to make sure that the city's objectives are being met - and learning lots about futuristic IoT technology in the process! In this episode, the leadership team reflect on what's been achieved, overcome and celebrated on the project to date. What went well? What didn't turn out as expected? And, most importantly, what have we learned in the process? Part two will cover off what happens next for the project, and where our discoveries will take us next...

Curated and produced by a diverse group of individuals, aiming to spread the message of self love. We think that the root of all that is good comes from knowing who you are and being damn proud of it! After you have love for yourself, you are then free to love others and take care of those around you. Featuring a vast range of content including a debate about social media, a documentary about homelessness, live music and poetry and much more, all relating to how we look after ourselves and in turn, our community. Funded by European Union Structural and Investment Fund, Government Skills Funding Agency & Manchester City Council

It’s hard to believe that we’ve already hit double figures with CityCast (well, this episode is technically our eleventh, when you count the roundtable special from earlier in the year). We’ve covered everything from connected buildings, to poems, singing tram stops and street furniture. This month, Anne Dornan took the reins and was joined by three people who are putting citizens at the heart of the city. Minnie Yusaf is a self-described storyteller and design thinker, and currently works at FutureEverthing – Manchester’s cultural innovation lab, and a key CityVerve partner on the Culture & Public Realm theme. Kevin Moss is a technical project manager at Sparta Digital, and has been a hands-on player in the development of the Buzzin app that’s currently guiding people around the city’s Christmas Markets. And Reina Yaidoo works at a social enterprise called Bassajamba that specialises in the science, health and tech needs of disadvantaged and marginalised communities. She’s also one of our citizen journalists. Tackling the tricky topic of how to design smart solutions that can serve the needs of a diverse population, as well as how to make technology accessible to all, the discussion ranged from Human Centred Design to Star Trek and everything in between. Meanwhile, Adrian Slatcher went up against the clock for Meet The Partners – speaking about the work that Manchester City Council is contributing to the project.

Can the Northern Powerhouse solve Britain's North-South economic divide? For now, the Northern Powerhouse is a concept: an idea that towns and cities in the north can unite, forming their own economic hub to rival London and the south east. So how to turn it into a reality? Evan Davis and guests are with an audience at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce to discuss what kind of businesses will settle in the north of England and what needs to be done to encourage them to make the move. They'll talk about the frustrations of poor transport links, the joys of green spaces and the reasons why businesses like to cluster. Guests: Wayne Hemingway, Designer and entrepreneur, Hemingway Design Vanda Murray, an Independent Director, Manchester Airports Group Sir Richard Leese, Leader, Manchester City Council and Chair, Transport for the North Jo York, co-founder, Reframed TV Producer: Sally Abrahams.

 Annie Chisambo is the Managing Director of Elshaddai Money Training Limited, a company specialising in teaching money matters to children in simple ways that are easy for young people to understand. She has over twenty years experience in the financial sector, including roles with international charity Save the Children, the National Health Service, and at Manchester City Council.

With the financial successes of businesses working online making the headlines on a daily basis, those more traditional companies who've avoided the shift to digital for as long as possible are increasingly adding the task of building a website for their firm to their agendas. Just a few years ago, a handful of businesses who worked solely from a website led the online market. Now, everyone is looking to move online partially, if not fully; the online business world has grown massively and, in turn, so have the demands on web designers. ClickyMedia, established by a budding entrepreneur in 2007, has grown organically in parallel to the digital shift. It's built a reputation for building sophisticated websites for a range of clients, including NHS England, Manchester City Council and Cambridge University -- all of which are hosted on dedicated servers with UKFast.

For more information please visit: http://www.digital-entrepreneur.co.uk Manchester City Council Tech Innovation within Public Sector, Digital Entrepreneur Awards 2013 As main sponsor of the acclaimed Digital Entrepreneur Awards, UKFast exclusively interviewed the prestigious evening's 2013 winners. Here, Manchester City Council talk to us about winning Technological Innovation within the Public Sector, their feelings about winning, and the importance of the DEA awards recognising digital entrepreneurship in Britain.