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A fresh take on business, policy, and the big issues shaping Greater Manchester. Brought to you by Lucy Mulligan and Chris Fletcher from Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. This podcast puts local business voices at the heart of the conversation — from breaking down government decisions to spotlighting opportunities for growth. Join us as we explore the policies, opportunities and insights that matter to our members.

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Chamber Live - Episode 31 (22/06/2021) 30.06.2021 33:04

Welcome to Episode 31 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast. This Episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 22nd June 2021 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher. In this Episode Chris is joined by one of our Account Managers Harriet Jackson who shines a spotlight on some of our key Membership benefits fo...

Chamber Live - Episode 30 (08/06/2021) 30.06.2021 33:35

Welcome to Episode 30 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast. This episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 8th June 2021 and was hosted by our Head of Membership Reet Dhallu. In this Episode Reet is joined by Peter Ibbotson from our partners Journolink. Peter provides us with some insight into how journalists are reliant on local businesses for ne...

Chamber Live - Episode 29 (25/05/2021) 28.05.2021 48:24

Welcome to Episode 29 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast - this episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 25th May 2021 and was hosted by our Skills Coach Will Taylor. In this episode we welcome a variety of our Chamber Members to tell us more about the work they do and their individual journeys. Firstly, we are joined by Russell Miller and Kier...

Chamber Live - Episode 28 (11/05/2021) 19.05.2021 36:42

Welcome to Episode 27 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast - this episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 11th May 2021 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.   Following a week that has seen both the local and Mayoral Elections taking place, we look ahead to the next stage of restrictions ea...

Chamber Live - Episode 27 (27/04/2021) 19.05.2021 46:06

Welcome to Episode 27 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast - this episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 27th April 2021 and was hosted by our Kickstart Scheme Manager Diane Elebert-Morgan. In this Episode we are joined by Shaun Hinds the Chief Executive Officer of Manchester Central Convention Centre. Shaun discusses the challenges faced by Ma...

Chamber Chatter - Episode 1 - Digital Poverty and Digital Inclusion 19.04.2021 26:19

Welcome to the first Episode of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce's brand new podcast 'Chamber Chatter'. This week's episode is hosted by our Policy Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher. Chris is joined by Ram Gupta and Darren Grantham from our partners Nybble to discuss a key issue that has become even more prominent during the pandemic which is digital poverty and digit...

Chamber Live - Episode 26 (13/04/2021) 16.04.2021 45:34

Welcome to Episode 26 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast - this episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 13th April 2021 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher. We're delighted to have a fantastic group of guests for the Digital and Technology special.  The first guest Mo Isap CEO of IN4.0 who ope...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 24 (16/03/2021) 22.03.2021 38:18

Welcome to Episode 24 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast - this episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 16th March 2021 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher. Our first guest on this Episode is Sean Brophy, Project Manager of AI Foundry. Sean talks us through the £6m AI Foundry project - which aims t...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 23 (02/03/2021) 19.03.2021 40:32

Welcome to Episode 23 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast - this episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 2nd March 2021 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.  In this episode Chris is joined by our new partners Marston Holdings/Engage EV. Sally Nolan, Director of Business Development at Engage E...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 22 (16/02/2021) 23.02.2021 36:58

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast - this episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 16th February 2021 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.  In this Episode, Chris is joined by our Head of Research Subrah Krishnan-Harihara who talks us through the results of the recent Brit...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 21 (02/02/2021) 10.02.2021 37:08

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast - this episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 2nd February 2021 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.  In this Episode, we are joined by our Kickstart Scheme Manager Diane Elebert-Morgan shares her views on the way in which businesses ha...

GM Chamber Sounding Board - Episode 3 27.01.2021 25:02

Welcome to Episode 3 of the new Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Sounding Board Podcast. In this series Chris Fletcher and Subrah Krishnan-Harihara provide their insight on the key issues faced by the Greater Manchester Business Community. In this episode Chris and Subrah are joined by our Head of International Trade Susana Cordoba and our Head of Membership Lewis Crowe to discuss the impact...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 20 (19/01/2021) 25.01.2021 31:26

Welcome to Episode 20 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast - this week's episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on Tuesday 19th January and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher. In this our first Episode of 2021, Chris is joined by our Head of Research Subrah Krishnan-Harihara who discusses our collaboration wi...

GM Chamber Sounding Board - Episode 2 04.12.2020 26:20

Welcome to Episode 2 of the new Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Sounding Board Podcast. In this series Chris Fletcher and Subrah Krishnan-Harihara provide their insight on the key issues faced by the Greater Manchester Business Community. In this episode we focus on the struggles faced by the retail sector over recent years and how this is changing the look of our high streets. We also...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 19 (24/11/2020) 27.11.2020 48:32

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce podcast. This Episode contains audio from our Chamber Live event which took place on Tuesday 24th November 2020 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.  In this Episode Chris is joined by our Head of International Trade Susana Cordoba who provides an update on trade negotiations and...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 18 (10/11/2020) 13.11.2020 30:31

Welcome to Episode 18 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce podcast. This episode contains audio from our Chamber Live event which took place on Tuesday 10th November and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher. In this episode Chris is joined by Reet Dhallu from our Membership Management Team. Reet provides an overview of the Chamber's role in the Go...

GM Chamber Sounding Board - Episode 1 06.11.2020 34:12

Welcome to Episode 1 of the brand new Greater Manchester Chamber Sounding Board Podcast. In this new series - Chris Fletcher and Subrah Krishnan-Harihara provide their insight on the key issues facing the world of business. In this episode we cover topics including the US Presidential election, the second UK Coronavirus lockdown and much more. 

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 17 (27/10/2020) 29.10.2020 34:54

Welcome to Episode 17 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast. This episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event on 27th October 2020 which was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.  In this episode our Head of Research Subrah Krishnan-Harihara provides an update on our GM Chamber Recovery Tracker - detailing the latest developments in...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 16 (13/10/2020) 19.10.2020 42:35

Welcome to Episode 16 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast. The audio for this episode is from our Chamber Live Event which took place on Tuesday 13th October 2020 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.  Chris is joined by Amy Swindells from our International Trade Team - who is speaking with Nicoletta Costa, Head of Operations at...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 15 (29/09/2020) 02.10.2020 25:11

Welcome to Episode 15 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast. This episode uses audio from our Chamber Live event which took place on the 29th September 2020 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher. In this episode, Chris speaks with Peter Ibbetson from Journolink - who takes us through the benefits of the Journolink platform which is avail...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 14 (15/09/2020) 17.09.2020 37:30

Welcome to Episode 14 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce podcast. This Episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 15th September 2020 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher. First up we are very fortunate to have the Director of Trade Facilitation at the British Chamber of Commerce Liam Smith with us. Liam provi...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 13 (01/09/2020) 04.09.2020 40:26

Welcome to Episode 13 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce podcast. This Episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event on the 1st September 2020 which was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.   In this Episode, Chris is joined by Rubby Golo from Global Trade Consult and Emmanuel Maingi from Athena Consulting who are both GMCC approved...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 12 (18/08/2020) 19.08.2020 36:26

Welcome to Episode 12 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce podcast. This episode contains audio from our Chamber Live event which took place on the 18th August 2020 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.  This episode starts off with our Head of Research Subrah Krishnan-Harihara providing an update on the Greater Manchester Economy. Lucy M...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 11 (06/08/2020) 10.08.2020 29:53

Welcome to Episode 11 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce podcast. This episode contains audio from our Chamber Live Event which took place on Thursday 6th August and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.  In this episode our Head of Research Subrah Krishnan-Harihara exclusively launches the results of our latest Recovery Tracker Survey to g...

Chamber Live : The Weekly Brief - Episode 10 (30/07/2020) 31.07.2020 30:51

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Podcast. The audio for this episode is taken from our Chamber Live Event which took place on the 30th July 2020 and was hosted by our Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director Chris Fletcher.   In this episode Chris is joined by Pauline Puig and Susana Cordoba from our International Trade Team who are discussing the...