Podcasts about Northern Powerhouse

We sit down with Henri Murison, CEO of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, to discuss the past, present, and future of the North of England. From the realities of devolution to the controversial cancellation of HS2, Henri shares expert insights on how infrastructure, governance, and investment strategies must evolve to truly level up the North.

Is Northern Powerhouse Rail dead? And levelling up with it…? Has the Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander signalled the beginning of the end for Open Access operators on the railway? Richard visits Transport for Wales to talk to CEO James Price and learns about South Wales Metro as well as the challenges of delivering rail in Wales January train strikes hit the railway with RMT taking action on Avanti West Coast In this episode: (00:00) Intro (01:10) Is Northern Powerhouse Rail dead and HS2 at the Public Accounts Committee (28:33) Transport for Wales visit (34:08) Train strikes by RMT (39:18) The beginning of the end for Open Access? (47:55) Thanks to Super Thanks and Members (49:13) Railway News Round-Up (49:16) TransPennine Route Upgrade Christmas engineering (50:17) Britt Allcroft dies (51:03) Basford Hall freight depot work in Crewe (51:57) New Year's Honours list (53:33) Railway Industry Association 150th anniversary (54:25) The Quiz (58:07) TransPennine Express appoints new director Membership: If you want to see even more from Green Signals, including exclusive content, become a member and support the channel further too. YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@GreenSignals/join⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GreenSignals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Green Signals: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.greensignals.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.greensignals.org/#mailing-list⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow: X (Twitter) - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/greensignallers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-signals-productions-ltd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/greensignallers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Credits: Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)

Joshua Gould is CEO of thebigword, one of the largest language service providers globally. With over 20 years of experience in the language, defense and contingent workforce industries, Joshua is passionate about connecting people and businesses across borders and cultures. As the Group Chief Executive Officer at thebigword, he leads a global team of over 400 employees and 15,000 linguists, delivering translation, interpretation, and localization solutions to clients in over 250 languages and dialects. Joshua is also an Export Champion for the Department for International Trade and the Northern Powerhouse in the UK, where he advises and support companies on how to leverage international trade opportunities and expand their markets. His expertise in business growth, corporate strategy, and M&A preparation has been recognized by multiple awards, including the Stevie Award, the Business Insider 40 Under 40, and the European CEO of the Year Awards. He is always looking for new challenges and ways to make a positive impact in the world through innovation and enterprise.

With the general election in sight, has Nigel Farage made a campaign misstep? His claim that the west provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been met with international indignation – but will it have any on his polling?And as we enter the final 10 days of campaigning, things aren't looking great over at Conservative HQ – has Rishi Sunak accepted his party's dismal fate? The Tory leader appears to be switching to a strategy of damage control, but it's unclear if it will be enough to entice Conservative voters out… Plus, George Osborne marks 10 years since his first major speech on the Northern Powerhouse. What should an incoming Labour government learn from the mistakes of the past? JOIN OUR POLITICAL PARTY! Sign up to POLITICAL CURRENCY GOLD

The Northern Agenda podcast is back after a Christmas break for 2024 - and it seems only right to kick off the year with a look ahead to some of the stories we're going to be talking about in Northern politics in the next 12 months. The impending General Election will surely loom large over political debate in our region. But there are a host of fascinating sub-plots across the North that will make headlines of their own - and potentially play a part in deciding who gets the keys to Number 10. And Rob Parsons dissects some of them with two fantastic guests. Professor Andy Westwood from Manchester University and Jen Williams, Northern Correspondent for the Financial Times. Does Rishi Sunak have any chance of keeping hold of the Tories' seats in the North? What are the big mayoral and local elections to watch? And 10 years on from George Osborne's big Northern Powerhouse speech in 2014, are we any closer to seeing his vision become reality? Find out as we take a look ahead at what will surely be a frenetic and dramatic year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's podcast we speak to Helen Oldham, Board Director at the UK Business Angels Association. Helen discusses how she moved the two major Leeds newspapers out of the iconic Yorkshire Post building and the challenges (and learnings) that that brought, shares loads of great information for investors and entrepreneurs in the early stage investment landscape and teaches us what should be in the perfect angel investment pitch deck.And if you're looking for a Non-Exec Director, she tells us how you identify the perfect one for your business.INTRODUCING HELEN OLDHAMHelen is a Board member for the UK Business Angels Association, the national body for angel investing in the UK, and a Founding Board Director of NorthInvest, a multi award winning Angel network serving the Northern Powerhouse region.In 2020 she founded Fund Her North, a collective of 28 women in VCs and angel groups who support female founders to get equal access to finance. In the third sector Helen is Co Chair of the Trustees for Smart Works Leeds, a charity which provides coaching and clothing to unemployed women with a remarkable success rate of 65%+. She also holds various advisory and NED positions.Prior to this Helen was Chief Publishing Officer and Managing Director of the Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman at JPI Media.EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS[00:00:30] Helen's early career[00:04:00] Moving out of the iconic Yorkshire Post building and the cultural and structural changes it brought[00:08:00] The skills a business owner needs to make things happen[00:10:30] How to manage major business change[00:12:00] The importance of mentors and three great tips[00:16:00] How to build an effective angel network[00:19:00] How NorthInvest came about[00:22:00] Smartworks, the national women's employment charity[00:28:30] Top tips for businesses looking for angel investment[00:33:00] Top tips for potential Angel Investors[00:38:00] How to put an angel investment pitch deck together[00:46:00] What skills should you look for in a Non-Exec DirectorKEY TAKEAWAYS & BUSINESS LEARNINGSYou can only make major successful changes with a really good team around youYour first job in a (senior) new role is to a lot of active listeningListen to suggested solutions from the team to problemsAt times of change ensure you are communicating regularly Think about your communication style and who you communicate toFemale angel investors are more likely to back female foundersAsk yourself, “is Angel investment right for you at this point in time?”Start looking for angel investment 6 months before you need itYou don't need huge amounts of money to be an Angel InvestorWhen looking for a NED, start with a skills audit of your boardBEST MOMENTS“We relocated all of the staff out of the Yorkshire Post building in a record four months”“I decided on a major restructure of the YP and YEP and it hit the national news”“explaining how changes will affect individuals is vital to retain trust”“If someone says, “Helen there's no way you're going to do this that makes me determined to make sure we actually get there in the end”“If you say something to one person, you have to assume everyone will get a version of that”“50% of the businesses backed by NorthInvest were not revenue-generative”“Typically when the economy tightens up, that's when the greatest innovation happens”“Don't forget when looking for investment, people are interested in people”VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR YOUWebsite:

Greater Manchester has long been centre-stage in visions of a more geographically equal country – from the Northern Powerhouse to levelling up. But the rhetoric has outpaced the reality: productivity and wages across the city region remain 10 and 4 per cent below the national average. What it would take for Greater Manchester to become a much richer city – and who would benefit from such a transformation – is a central theme of the Economy 2030 Inquiry, a major project by the Resolution Foundation and LSE into what a new economic strategy for the UK might look like. Britain as a whole, not just the city itself, need a more successful Greater Manchester. But that will require significant change – on everything from housing and transport to how land is used and the jobs people do. What would a more productive Greater Manchester look like? Is there a plausible strategy for the city to reach that point – and how does it differ from what is currently in train? What difference will recent public transport improvements make? Should housing continue to be prioritised in city centre land use decisions? And how should we expect success to impact different kinds of residents? To debate these questions and launch the conclusions of this major Economy 2030 project on Greater Manchester, the Resolution Foundation is hosting an in-person and interactive webinar. Following a presentation of the report's highlights, alongside the findings from a deliberative workshop with local residents, we will hear from leading experts on how to deliver greater prosperity for Greater Manchester. The event will be open for people to physically attend, alongside being broadcast via YouTube and the Resolution Foundation website. Viewers will be able to submit questions to the panel before and during the event via Slido. This project is being run in collaboration with Centre for Cities. Read the report: https://economy2030.resolutionfoundation.org/reports/a-tale-of-two-cities-part-2/  View the event slides: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/making-greater-manchester-great-again/ 

Should Labour party bosses in Westminster or local party members be in charge of who the party puts forward for the biggest political jobs? Labour leader Keir Starmer is facing severe criticism this week for excluding the left-wing North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll from the Labour shortlist to be the first ever metro mayor of the North East. And there's been a huge backlash to the Government's plans to house hundreds of asylum seekers in barges, with Merseyside and Teesside the reported sites the Government are looking at. Rob Parsons looks at both these stories with Ruth Hannan, who's based in Manchester and is a director of the People's Powerhouse, a movement that aims to bring Northerners together to have a say on what the future of the North should be. And she explains why she's picked a fight with Northern Powerhouse Partnership chairman Lord Jim O'Neill after he set out how growth, investment and high wages should be the cornerstone of the North's future. *** Don't forget you can now watch the best interviews from The Northern Agenda podcast on YouTube - check out our playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzE0rXt9oGq2nfc3VHw-Pzx1tttiLpP6z *** The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin. You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digital inclusivity is vital in creating a fairer world. But how do you find a way to connect billions of people?Today's guest is Isabelle Mauro, former Head of Information, Communications & Technology Industries at the World Economic Forum. Isabelle has spent her career in telecommunications building relationships between sectors to help marginalised communities come online and grow.We discuss Isabelle's formative experience connecting women in Bangladesh through SMS, why it's so important that we promote digital inclusivity as part of ESG metrics, and how we can incentivise businesses to do more for those in need.00:00 - Intro01:52 - Why is Isabelle so passionate about digital inclusion?09:06 - Promoting digitalisation across sectors and business models16:10 - Why we need to refocus on the inclusion aspect of ESG19:18 - Dan's final thoughtsLINKS:Isabelle Mauro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelle-mauro-908546/GSOA: https://gsoasatellite.com/Women In Tech: https://women-in-tech.org/Dan Klein: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dplkleinZühlke: https://www.zuehlke.com/enWelcome to Data Today, a podcast from Zühlke.We're living in a world of opportunities. But to fully realise them, we have to reshape the way we innovate.We need to stop siloing data, ring-fencing knowledge, and looking at traditional value chains. And that's what this podcast is about. Every two weeks, we're taking a look at data outside the box to see how amazing individuals from disparate fields and industries are transforming the way they work with data, the challenges they are overcoming, and what we can all learn from them.Zühlke is a global innovation service provider. We envisage ideas and create new business models for our clients by developing services and products based on new technologies – from the initial vision through development to deployment, production, and operation.

Founder of the Eden Project, Sir Tim Smit, attended a conference on Friday which explored the economic opportunities for the Isle of Man through its strong cultural and business links with the North of England. The event, was a joint initiative by the Isle of Man Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. The ambition to replicate the success of the Eden Project in Cornwall with the new site in Morecambe is expected to attract thousands of visitors to North West England. Will the Isle of Man benefit from all these visitors just across the water?

Calculators at the ready - it's that time of year again when the North's political and business leaders but also members of the public pay a little extra attention to what's being said in Westminster. In a special live edition of The Northern Agenda podcast - Rob Parsons delves into Jeremy Hunt's first Budget as Chancellor and looks at what it means for the North. There were some big national news lines: we saw a major expansion in state-funded childcare and tax breaks for businesses in Budget measures aimed at boosting economic growth. But will levelling up efforts be helped by some of the other key policies - like big devolution deals for Greater Manchester, new low-tax investment zones and a massive boost for funding for carbon capture and storage? We've got a fantastic panel full of expertise about Northern politics to dissect what it all means for people in our region. - Zoë Billingham - Director of the IPPR North think-tank - Nicola Headlam - the Chief Economist at Red Flag Alert and former Head of Northern Powerhouse at the Government's Cities and Local Growth Unit - Tom Lees, the Managing Director at the Manchester-based economics consultancy firm Bradshaw Advisory - And Henri Murison, chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership   *** The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin. You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Data is the lifeblood of the public sector. But how do you make sure you're responsibly using data for the public good?That's been a career-long battle for today's guest Tom Smith, whose full job title is: Director, spatial data unit, chief data officer, Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.We discuss Tom's career, his journey, and the art of using data to cut through political pressure and external noise to facilitate real societal improvements which can help millions.00:00 - Intro01:20 - Tom's methodology and how data can be used for the public good16:30 - Tom's career and how he came to be here19:20 - How Tom stays the course against political pressure and lobbying27:20 - Dan's final thoughtsLINKS:Tom Smith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomdatasmith/?originalSubdomain=ukThe Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communitiesDan Klein: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dplkleinZühlke: https://www.zuehlke.com/enWelcome to Data Today with Dan Klein, a podcast from Zühlke. We're living in a world of opportunities. But to fully realise them, we have to reshape the way we innovate. We need to stop siloing data, ring-fencing knowledge, and thinking in traditional value chains. That's what this podcast is about. Every two weeks, we take a look at data outside the box. Join us to learn how inspiring individuals from diverse fields and industries are transforming the way they work with data to realise their greatest opportunities.Zühlke is a global innovation service provider. We turn big ideas into working solutions that deliver positive and sustainable value.

Does Northern Gritstone, an organisation investing in promising start-ups coming out of Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield, hold the key to levelling up the UK economy? In this episode of Business Studies we speak to Duncan Johnson, chief executive of Northern Gritstone, about his ambitions to build a new Silicon Valley in northern England, why businesses in the north haven't been supported enough, the terrible state of the transport network, and how to spot a promising business… This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit offtolunch.substack.com

How Boris Johnson broke the Northern Powerhouse, and other insights

This week's episode of Northern Spin looks at what the Tories have achieved in 12 years; greenwashing; and Gary Neville feels the heat

Rob Parsons is joined by Dan O'Donohue on The Northern Agenda to take stock on a week where Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are locked in battle to win over Tory members, who will decide which one of them will become our next prime minister.Ahead of the first regional hustings in the Conservative leadership contest, held in Leeds this week, Rob and Dan discuss the big intervention by The Northern Agenda and 16 major Northern news titles, asking Sunak and Truss not to turn their back on the North - and to keep their focus on levelling up and regional inequalities.Rob also speaks to Jake Berry, the chair of the influential Northern Research Group - made up of northern Tory backbenchers. The MP for Rossendale and Darwen tells the podcast what he wants to see from the two candidates running for prime minister.And Manchester-born Lord Jim O'Neill, the former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, speaks to Rob about how his vision for a Northern Powerhouse - which he came up with during his time at the Treasury with George Osborne in 2014 - is holding up eight years on. The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons and Daniel O'Donoghue, and it is produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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At this Vital Topics event we are joined by Marian Sudbury OBE, Director, Regions, Department for International Trade. The event is facilitated by Mario Kafouros, Professor of International Business & Innovation and Head of the Division of People, Management and Organisations, Alliance Manchester Business School. In her lecture Marian explores why governments including the UK government actively support exporting. She will discuss why governments partake in trade deals, and how the UK government is helping businesses to export through trade deals and through export support. Marian Sudbury A Cambridge graduate with an MBA from Manchester Business School, Marian's background as a senior business leader means she brings commercial acumen to the role of Director UK Regions for the Department for International Trade. Marian has worked on behalf of major blue chip companies, charities and government, defining organisational direction and designing and delivering short and long-term commercial strategy. She was made a Board Director in 2001 for planning and then setting up the international division within a Greater Manchester research firm. Subsequently a Senior Vice President in a top 15 research firm she ran a business division conducting research and advice contracts for multinationals such as DuPont, Caterpillar, Mars and Oxfam. She then founded her own lifestyle business which worked for clients in locations ranging from Sakhalin to Birmingham Alabama. After three very successful years of trading she experienced, at a very personal level, the impact of the banking crisis. Her career in advising clients on internationalisation began in Istanbul, where she provided research and advice to help Eveready, Mercedes and Avon Cosmetics understand how to operate in the Turkish market. Since January 2013 she has been working for the Department for International Trade, initially leading Global Operations and the Northern Powerhouse and now as the Director for English Regions, a national role focussed on growing the UK economy by helping high potential businesses learn and grow through doing business overseas and high quality global businesses create wealth by investing in the UK. Marian also sits on the Advisory Board at Alliance Manchester Business School. Sponsored by DWF, Vital Topics is Alliance MBS' series of prestigious business lectures, bringing powerful ideas and original thinking to audiences from the Manchester city-region and beyond.

David “Northern Powerhouse” Jarmany, an undefeated Heavyweight Chessboxer that masquerades as an accountant outside the ring, joins Tommy Butler to talk - you guessed it - Chessboxing. That entails mentioning the rules, grabbing a pint immediately after the round with your opponent, the Ring Berserker, how “Love is Blind” is connected to the sport, and much more about “the ultimate sporting challenge of the 21st Century!”Find more Chessboxing by searching for Chessboxing Nation all over social media!Theme music by Roman Senyk on PatreonSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This edition recorded before Putin's speech and the Russian incursion into Ukraine. “Levelling up” is a mantra for Boris Johnson, but what is his government actually doing about it? Our special guest Tracy Brabin, the Mayor of West Yorkshire and former MP, joins us to discuss tackling inequalities between regions. Plus, we discuss moves to tackle “legal but harmful” content online. What does that mean? And what career best prepares you for politics? Spoiler alert: it isn't being a Telegraph columnist. “The government must stop putting metro mayors into beauty competitions to bid for small pots of money.” – Tracy Brabin “Michael Gove is a bit of a disruptor who wants to deliver. But his levelling up plan has no new money and the same old story.” – Tracy Brabin “MPs are completely in the thick of online abuse on every form of social media… they get the worst of the internet every day in their inbox.” – Marie Le Conte https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Andrew Harrison with Justin Quirk and Marie Le Conte. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Recorded by Jade Bailey, audio production by Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. The Bunker is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Levelling Up White Paper - all 332 pages of it - was published today after a long wait for Boris Johnson to finally spell out the details of the mantra that's been in use since before the 2019 General Election.Recorded live an hour after its publication, Northern Agenda editor Rob Parsons is joined by a stellar panel of experts to discuss what it means for the North.Rob gets the reaction from Jen Williams, political and investigations editor at the Manchester Evening News, the University of Manchester's Professor Andrew Westwood, and Dr Nicola Headlam, chief economist at Red Flag Alert and the former head of Northern Powerhouse for the Government's Cities and Local Growth Unit.The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons and Daniel O'Donoghue, and it is produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sir Richard Leese reflects on key moments from the past 25 years in this one-on-one interview with Place North West's deputy editor, Julia Hatmaker.

PHIL It's Friday, so that can only mean one thing: it's Five in the Eye day here on Colourful Radio. In London, this is Phil Woodford giving a very warm welcome to our loyal band of listeners. This is episode 0333 of our weekly news review show. MICHAEL And joining Phil via Zoom this week, it's me - Michael Ohajuru - revealing that our number one story is about the Prime Minister. Has BoJo lost his mojo? With mounting concern within the Tory Party about his competence and ridicule over a speech involving Peppa Pig, how long has Boris got? PHIL Our second story this week is about the North of England. The government promised to level up, but they have cut back on the proposed high-speed rail investment. What's the future for the so-called Northern Powerhouse? MICHAEL What's story number three? Well according to my sauces, it's about ketchup. Some football managers like to control the diet of their players, while others take a more relaxed view. Should we really be micromanaging the food that sports professionals eat? PHIL For number four this week, do you suffer from HOGO? It's the new FOMO apparently and it stands for Hassle of Going Out. Restaurants are increasingly finding that people who book decide… nah… they can't be bothered! MICHAEL And finally this week, to wrap up the show, it's the Israeli firm that's invented a robotic bartender called Cecilia. She may soon be mixing cocktails in a boozer near you! PHIL Mine's a Margarita, Cecilia! And that's this week's Five in the Eye! +++++

Northern Powerhouse trains might be derailed, but as the CBI convenes across the country, levelling up is back on the agenda. Could Keir Starmer be on track to dismantle the Government's shoddy Integrated Rail Plan? And Austria returns to COVID lockdown, what will this mean for booster shots and mandatory vaccination at home? Plus Priti Patel faces pressure over the rise in dinghys in Dover, and do English Channel crossings really constitute a migrant crisis? Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou take you through the week ahead. “Johnson hasn't got Brexit done, and he hasn't levelled up the country.” - Naomi Smith “We needed an Integrated Rail Plan. We got a failure.” - Naomi Smith “Johnson has done a lot to push people away. Starmer has to try and pull them.” - Alex Andreou “You're always one step ahead of the next variant if you're not vaccinating the world.” - Naomi Smith “If you construct a crisis that isn't actually there, it becomes quite difficult to solve.” - Alex Andreou Presented by Alex Andreou with Naomi Smith. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Boulton and guests discuss the government's levelling up agenda through the prism of changes to the HS2 and Northern Powerhouse rail projects.They also analyse the ongoing sleaze row which isn't going away despite the Prime Minister's attempts to close it down with a move to clean up the system.Joining Adam on the this week's podcast are the former Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, Lord Andrew Adonis; the co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer and Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig.#AllOutPolitics

Join Gemma for a flash briefing on why we need continued commitment to the Northern Powerhouse Rail Network in the Integrated Rail Plan. Interim Strategy & Programmes Director Tim Foster gives us a quick run through of the huge benefits that a firm commitment to delivering the network would bring. These include new jobs, progress towards decarbonisation and uplifts in access to opportunity for people across the whole region. The network has been developed and agreed by all 20 local transport authorities across the North, along with business leaders across the region. The Integrated Rail Plan will set out how the Government will deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail alongside HS2. You can find out more about the programme here: https://transportforthenorth.com/northern-powerhouse-rail/

In a special edition of The Northern Agenda podcast, Rob Parsons and Dan O'Donoghue look at how the big newspapers of the North are demanding for the government to keep its rail promises.Rob chats to the Manchester Evening News political editor Jennifer Williams about the big rail campaign from Reach's northern titles - and the "not very encouraging" rumours about the government's Integrated Rail Plan.Dan speaks to Shipley MP Philip Davies about why he thinks HS2 should be "sacrificed" in order to make sure rail projects, like Northern Powerhouse Rail, are kept alive to fix the North's poor transport infrastructure. The Tory politician also gives his view on whether MPs should be able to take on second jobs.Rob also talks to Susan Hinchcliffe, the leader of Bradford Council, about why she wants the Yorkshire city to become "the heart of the North" by being connected through HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail, and other transport investments.And local democracy reporter Joseph Timan discusses five things we should know about the politics in Salford, including its leftwing leadership, its social housing campaign, and the differences between its booming investment and stark levels of deprivation.The Northern Agenda podcast is presented by Rob Parsons and Dan O'Donoghue, and it is produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin. It is a Laudable production for Reach.Don't forget to subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The start of a new season is a good time to take stock, and as we look forward to the next series, on companies, we reflect on where we are now, nearly a year after the launch of The Hidden Power Podcast, on October 11th, 2020. But who has time to reflect? These turbulent years have been eclipsed by another Summer of wild fires and wilder floods, as the climate crisis begins to bite - presenting an appalling, stunning spectacle of human tragedy. So we have the IPCC report, with it's Code Red for humanity. And then there's Afghanistan, which one struggles to adequately describe. In this special episode, we assess the accelerating climate disaster and take a clear-eyed look at what next month's COP26 Conference in Glasgow has to offer. We have a think about whether the UK's "Levelling Up" can have any more meaning than previous political slogans like "Northern Powerhouse" or "Compassionate Conservatism". We also take a look at the storied link between war and business - and see yet again the dark fact of government capture at work. With all this darkness, we also look forward for some light. In the final series of our Preflight Checklist we will be examining the role of companies in shifting our societies to a sustainably happy future. Talking points:The IPCC ReportThe COP26 ConferenceAfghanistan and Preferential LobbyingDominic Cummings Is Apparently Still RelevantMichael Gove is The Minister of Levelling Up - will he fake it or make it?What is working in Systems Thinking? Deliberative schema: DAD and EDDWe Need To Talk About Companies. LinksStructures and systems and thinking (Youtube, 10 minutes into an hour)https://youtu.be/A3P5XJJVN3IHere's the Big issue piece explaining why the supermarket shelves are often empty, and why HGV drivers are scarce - fed up with being treated as low lifeshttps://www.bigissue.com/news/inside-the-uk-food-shortages-why-nandos-and-sainsburys-are-running-out/Here's a piece on the futility of the war in afghanistanhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/what-i-learned-while-eavesdropping-on-the-taliban/619807/And here is a piece on what it cost and where some of it went:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/11/us-afghanistan-iraq-defense-spendingForeign intervention (article, behind paywall):https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n16/charles-glass/hush-hush-boom-boom'In 2011, as Obama was considering what action to take in Syria, some of his advisers urged him to support the rebels. Before making up his mind, Obama commissioned a report on the history of US covert operations. Robert Malley, then Obama's Middle East adviser and now President Biden's negotiator with Iran, read the CIA's classified report. It was, he told me in 2019, a litany of failure. ‘I think there were one or two, out of I don't know how many tens of cases, where you could, at a limit, say that there was a success by working through opposition proxies.' The vast majority of the CIA's secret wars had backfired, from Albania in the late 1940s through Angola in the 1980s to Afghanistan in the 1990s. Despite this, Obama ordered the CIA to arm and instruct militants in Turkey and Jordan under a programme that permits such activities in defence of American national security. The outcome was both predictable and tragic: the insurgents failed to overthrow Assad and Islamic State emerged.' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, the YPP are joined by Henri Murison from Northern Powerhouse, Polly Barker from Hatch, and Chris Wanzala-Ryan from the National Infrastructure Commission, to explore how we can adapt our infrastructure to suit future ways of working and living.

Join NPR Director Tim Wood as he gives us an update on how high speed rail development in the North is progressing, including updates on the Integrated Rail Plan which will set out how a transformational High Speed North will be delivered. Northern Powerhouse Rail is a new rail network for the North of England aimed at increasing the rail capacity for the 21st century. Featuring new and significantly upgraded railway lines, it will be the region's single biggest transport investment since the Industrial Revolution. It will improve journey times and boost the number of trains per hour, allowing the northern economy to operate on a better level. It will transform rail services making it easier to move between the region's towns and cities. It is much more than an infrastructure project – it has the potential to be a social and economic catalyst for the region and the people and businesses of the North. It is an investment in infrastructure that will deliver benefits to the economy, quality of life, education and the environment. Find out more about the programme here: https://transportforthenorth.com/northern-powerhouse-rail/

Gabby speaks to star economist Lord Jim O'Neill of Gatley about growing up in Manchester, trying to take over one of the city's football clubs and how an acronym made him famous. The former Northern Powerhouse minister also lifts the lid on life at Goldman Sachs and what he believes the next few years hold for the global economy – and where retail investors should be looking. Plus, interactive investor's Richard Hunter joins Gabby to suggest ways you can get started with your own investments. This episode is also available as a vodcast on the ii website at https://www.ii.co.uk/stock-market-news/video-podcasts and our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/ikswvhr_ZRQ. The ii Family Money Show is brought to you by interactive investor (ii). For more information on interactive investor's Super 60 list of rated investments, visit https://www.ii.co.uk/ii-super-60. And for help getting started with your fund selections, head to https://www.ii.co.uk/quick-start-funds. Follow Gabby: Twitter @GabbyLogan Instagram @gabbylogan Follow interactive investor: Twitter @ii_couk Facebook /weareii Instagram @interactive_investor Important information This material is intended for educational purposes only and is not investment research or a personal recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument or product, or to adopt any investment strategy. The value of your investments can rise as well as fall, and you could get back less than you invested. SIPPs are aimed at people happy to make their own investment decisions. You can normally only access the money from age 55 (57 from 2028). The investments referred to may not be suitable for all investors, and if in doubt, an investor should seek advice from a qualified investment adviser. Pension and tax rules depend on your circumstances and may change in future. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Interactive Investor Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Gabby speaks to star economist Lord Jim O'Neill of Gatley about growing up in Manchester, trying to take over one of the city's football clubs and how an acronym made him famous.The former Northern Powerhouse minister also lifts the lid on life at Goldman Sachs and what he believes the next few years hold for the global economy – and where retail investors should be looking.Plus, interactive investor's Richard Hunter joins Gabby to suggest ways you can get started with your own investments.This episode is also available as a vodcast on the ii website at https://www.ii.co.uk/stock-market-news/video-podcasts and our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/ikswvhr_ZRQ.The ii Family Money Show is brought to you by interactive investor (ii). For more information on interactive investor's Super 60 list of rated investments, visit https://www.ii.co.uk/ii-super-60.And for help getting started with your fund selections, head to https://www.ii.co.uk/quick-start-funds.Follow Gabby:Twitter @GabbyLoganInstagram @gabbyloganFollow interactive investor:Twitter @ii_coukFacebook /weareiiInstagram @interactive_investor  Important informationThis material is intended for educational purposes only and is not investment research or a personal recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument or product, or to adopt any investment strategy. The value of your investments can rise as well as fall, and you could get back less than you invested. SIPPs are aimed at people happy to make their own investment decisions. You can normally only access the money from age 55 (57 from 2028). The investments referred to may not be suitable for all investors, and if in doubt, an investor should seek advice from a qualified investment adviser. Pension and tax rules depend on your circumstances and may change in future. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Interactive Investor Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Zandra Moore. They discuss how to compete with tech company giants.Zandra Moore is the CEO and joint-founder of Panintelligence, a leading business intelligence and analytics software developer. She has over 20 years' experience of working in the technology sector, and her passion for enabling businesses to drive performance through data insights and analytics is highly infectious. Prior to working for Panintelligence, Zandra ran her own software solutions consultancy business and has founded a range of local B2B networking organisations, including LeanIn Leeds – a network of over 550 professional women, holding regular monthly events. She is particularly proactive in promoting Northern tech and women in tech and regularly gives talks and participates in panel discussions aimed at furthering these causes (eg. speaking for FinTech North at events across the Northern Powerhouse). Zandra is on a mission to make the industry accessible for everyone. In a sector that continues to suffer a gender imbalance, inclusivity is at the core of Panintelligence, from gender to disability. Its aim is to make sure everyone enjoys the same opportunities. In 2018 Zandra was recognised as the female CEO of the Year in the English Women's Awards, North.To connect with Zandra, CLICK HERE To visit Panintelligence's website, CLICK HERE Join Tech Brains Talk mailing list for more perks, CLICK HERE To find out more about 3 Colours Rule Agency, CLICK HERE

On the 6th of May residents of West Yorkshire will vote for the first time for their regional mayor in an election that will have ramifications beyond the region. The newly elected candidate will oversee a devolution deal which will include an annual £38 million budget, new powers over transport, education and housing and regeneration, as well as control of the Adult Education Budget. It's no surprise the deal is being pitched by government as evidence of further investment in the Northern Powerhouse and its ongoing commitment to levelling up.But at a time when inclusive economic recovery is critical, the first mayor of West Yorkshire will also carve a place on the national political landscape. The tensions between local and central government have become all too clear during the pandemic with mayors gaining increasing attention. An additional mayoralty will influence economic and social policy making beyond the region, as well as shaping the devolution debate and wider constitutional issues for years to come.After a longstanding career in the public eye, Tracy Brabin became the Labour Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen in 2016. Re-elected in 2017 and again in 2019, she is now running for Mayor of West Yorkshire and, if successful, would be the first elected female mayor of a combined authority in England. Ahead of May's local, mayoral and Scottish Parliament elections we will discuss her vision for the future of the region and how the first mayor for West Yorkshire could catalyse inclusive economic recovery and growth.Key questions include: What challenges and opportunities are likely to arise for West Yorkshire over the next four years and how can they be addressed? How has the coronavirus pandemic changed the role of local and regional leaders in shaping and delivering economic growth? How can mayors influence the levelling up debate and shape the Northern Powerhouse? How can they incentivise investment in their region to solve inequality and drive forward inclusive growth? In which ways might West Yorkshire shape the future of further devolution in England? What does a transition from MP to mayor involve in practice and which role can make the bigger difference?The event was chaired by Zoë Billingham, Head of Policy and Engagement, Centre for Progressive Policy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another week of Ask Rob & Rob.  To get us started this week we've got Luke.   He's only 22 and already looking into investing his money into property.   Luke knows that he wants to invest in buy-to-let properties through a limited company but he's unsure on where to actually buy.   He's been looking into the Northern Powerhouse locations but already knows that he's priced out of Manchester and Liverpool city centre so has been looking at surrounding towns.   This issus is that Luke is struggling to find the confidence to invest in these locations and is wondering if Rob & Rob have any advice on whether he should just go for it.   Second up we've got Paul calling from Dubai.   Thanks to all the free content from Propety Hub, Paul and his wife gained the confidence to invest and are about to complete on their third property in 12 months.   Pretty good going!   Paul is wondering if The Robs think that there's potential for the government to scrap stamp duty altogether and try to claw back the lost revenue by tightening on capital gains tax.  What do Rob & Rob think?  Tune in to find out.    Do you have a buy to let or property investment related question for Rob & Rob? You could feature on the next episode by giving us a call on 013 808 00035 and leaving a message with your name and question (normal UK call rates apply).   Or if you prefer, click here to leave a recording via your computer instead.  The next question on Ask Rob & Rob could be yours.   Have you joined us over on the Property Hub Forum yet? Our online community is friendly, informative, and the members are waiting to welcome you with open arms. So get yourself over and introduce yourself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our first episode of the Bylines Network podcast visits the North East, speaking to Jessie Joe Jacobs, Labour's candidate for Tees Valley Mayor.    Host Ellie Rainsley speaks with Jessie about her work in the charity sector, how the North has been let down by successive governments, and what she plans to do to make the Northern Powerhouse more than just a soundbite.    Their conversation is an exploration of the multi-faceted nature of being northern, breaking down the class and gender divides in the region, and how electing a woman who has experienced these first hand can be the first step in breaking down these barriers.  Be sure to follow us at @NE_Bylines on Twitter, and see more from Jessie at @JessieJoeJacobs 

Yorkshire Post Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott is joined by director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership Henri Murison to examine where the Northern Powerhouse is in 2021, and whether it will be boosted by the Budget.

The Northern Powerhouse has officially announced himself in the UFC. Tom Aspinall took the neck of former champ Andrei Arlovski at the weekend and started the conversation of how far can he go in the UFC?! We review the whole Las Vegas 19 card and look ahead to this weeks show too as well as talking about the Belal Muhammad matchup for Leon Edwards. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCAST WINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2017 AND 2018 *Please leave a review on iTunes http://apple.co/2wijpC1 *Follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/fightdisciples *Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/fightdisciples *Follow us on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/thefightdisciples *Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/fightdisciples #FIGHT #BOXING #MMA #UFC #TOMASPINALL #UFCVEGAS19 #BLAYDESLEWIS 

When Boris Johnson won the 2019 election, he did so pledging to tackle regional inequality and invest in parts of the country that felt left behind . His desire to 'level up' the UK is not the first attempt by a government to tackle one of the most fundamental problems in the country’s economy. But his plans were quickly derailed by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now he faces the enormous challenge of delivering tangible improvements to the lives of those who voted for him, while rebuilding the country after successive lockdowns. Can it be done? Political journalist Sebastian Payne takes a road trip to speak to business owners, residents and politicians from across the North and the Midlands - from Sedgefield and Liverpool to Stoke-on-Trent. He mulls over the importance of the 'levelling up' agenda, hearing from key figures like Labour’s Lisa Nandy on the need to broaden the government's focus beyond the cities. He speaks to former chancellor George Osborne about why his Northern Powerhouse agenda was abandoned, and policy makers Rachel Wolf and Diane Coyle about why 'levelling up' is important. And he asks transport secretary Grant Shapps whether his government’s ambitious plans can be realised. Presenter: Sebastian Payne Producer: Ellie Clifford Executive Producer: Robert Nicholson A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

How does a band make widescreen, forward-thinking communal rock music when they're suddenly locked down miles away from one another? And when your keyboard player has moved to Australia? Paul Smith of Newcastle postpunk adventurers Maxïmo Park tells Dorian Lynskey about finding inspiration in strange places, recording an album on WhatsApp and jerky FaceTime calls, writing about Brexit and Grenfell… and the myth of levelling up the North. “Whatever we might do to try and conceal it, our true nature always comes up through the cracks.”“My faith in Boris Johnson to roll out the vaccine and save the live industry is low – and it wasn't high to begin with.”“I don't want to be the North East guy with a chip on his shoulder… but it's going to take a lot of levelling up to level up Stockton.” “The live music industry is worth a lot to the Chancellor, whether he knows it or not”Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Logo and branding by Mark Taylor. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leeds City Council Chief Executive, Tom Riordan joined Downtown CEO, Frank McKenna in the Downtown Den to tell us how he thinks the Northern Powerhouse should respond to the post-Covid-19 world – and what changes he expects to see in cities across the country, most notably in Leeds.

Another episode of The Engineers Collective by New Civil Engineer, and another week spent working from home for most of us. This week Claire Smith, editor of NCE, is back with Rob Horgan, NCE's news editor. The pair discuss TfL funding woes and pending spending reviews by central government. Hammersmith Bridge and the need for turning plans into action for the benefit of the industry are the main parts of a discussion on why 2020 is not shaping up to be as expected in the world of engineering and infrastructure. Then, the pair are joined by Tim Wood, director of Northern Power House Rail. Tim talks about what the North needs to do to ensure a lasting future of those with expert skills, and why we need to avoid falling back into a boom, bust, skills landscape. He addresses the need to keep the North moving throughout the next decade or more of pending rail revolution, and how the UK's economy needs rebalancing. The Engineers Collective is powered by Bentley Systems. Around the world, engineers and architects, constructors and owner-operators are using Bentley's software solutions to accelerate project delivery and improve asset performance for transportation infrastructure that sustains our economy and our environment. Together, we are advancing infrastructure. Find out more at www.bentley.com

The chief executive of the Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership Philip Cox joined Downtown boss Frank McKenna in the #DowntownDen for this exclusive webinar to explore the issues that COVID-19 has had on the county and its economic growth and development. Also on the agenda was Cheshire's place in the Northern Powerhouse, a possible devolution deal for the area and the recovery plan.​

The Chief Executive of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Frank Rogers joined DIB boss Frank McKenna in the Downtown Den to talk Recovery Plans, transport, devolution and the Northern Powerhouse.

In episode #100, Three Local Enterprise Partnership chairs from across the Northern Powerhouse visited the Downtown Den. Roger Marsh (West Yorkshire), Clare Hayward (Cheshire & Warrington) and Steve Fogg (Lancashire) were in conversation with DIB boss Frank McKenna, offering their thoughts and opinions on how the UK and the North in particular can recover from the Coronavirus crisis.

In August of 2020, I did a webinar with the UK’s Department for International Trade as part of a virtual Northern Powerhouse trade mission to gamescom and devcom, on the topic of Best practices for video pitching. In this lecture, I talk to Northern Powerhouse delegates about how you can get the most out of the pitching video call, what kind of setup you should have and most importantly, how to have an organic discussion with your call participants. For new video ad creatives, check out https://getigc.com

This week my guest is the founder and Managing Director of UTC Events and Northern Powerhouse Media, Adam Birkett! If you recognise the names of these companies… yes… UTC and now Northern Powerhouse are sponsors of the podcast as well as being who who we work with to edit and produce Sod's Law… Adam's been a friend of mine for years and I've watched him grow his businesses from working as a one-man-band in his front room, to running award-winning internationally-recognised events and entertainment companies serving hundreds of events a year ranging from weddings to corporate functions, even being the voice of the Dr. Oetker adverts that play in between episodes of the Great British Bake Off on Channel 4, and being one of the founding members of the legendary Manchester skiffle band, Asparagus & the Kilburn Habit!! The reason why we've had Adam on today is due to the current times, whereby even though businesses all over the country are now starting to open up again, one sector is woefully being left to dangle in the wind - the events and live entertainment industry… Over the last few weeks there have been a number of high profile movements to promote the events industry and the lack of support they've had from the UK government, the most famous of which is #WEMAKEEVENTS, that was trending on social media. Adam has a fair few opinions on the situation and is bloody eloquent in talking about it... -- This episode is sponsored by Northern Powerhouse Media. To find out more about Northern Powerhouse Media's extensive range of products, go to npmedia.co.uk. Use promo code SODSPOD for a 50% introductory discount on your first order. If you'd like to support Sod's Law you can become a Sod's Law patron at patreon.com/sodspod from as little as £1 /$1 a month - there are different tiers including ad-free episodes, giveaways and more!

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.

This episode explores the findings from The Golden Thread, a research series by APM and PwC. The first Golden Thread paper was commissioned to throw light on a profession that has been hidden and undervalued for too long, and to prove that the size of the project profession in the UK is significant and growing. Two follow-up reports focused on fast-growth sectors for project management (including health, pharma and life sciences, SMEs, and charities) and regional hubs, including the Northern Powerhouse, the Heathrow Corridor and Cambridge's Silicon Fen. In this podcast, host Emma De Vita (editor, Project journal) asks: what's the big-picture take on project management in the UK? Is the profession given the serious recognition it deserves? And what does the future hold for project management amid the ongoing global pandemic? On the panel are: David Thomson, head of external affairs at APM. Andrew Edkins, professor of the management of complex projects and former director of the Bartlett Real Estate Institute at UCL (Andrew was also on the Golden Thread academic advisory panel). Tony Mulvahil, a consultant, coach, trainer and educator for project managers in the world of SMEs, and case study participant for The Golden Thread. His consultancy is called Planning for the Best.

We bring you our latest instalment of #TfNTalks and review why investment in Northern Powerhouse Rail is so important for achieving a transformed North of England. We also hear Part 1 of our interview with railway expert Richard George, who tells us about his exciting career and how transport can be improved in the North. Our latest TfN Board Meeting is also reviewed, with items including TransPennine Route Upgrade and our economic recovery plans...