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We Built This City: Greater ManchesterWe Built This City champions those Mancunians who are building a legacy through purposeful relationships, They champion values in all sectors from business and entrepreneurship, to sport and culture. Author: Roland Dransfield
Incredible conversations with the Mancunians - born, bred and adopted - who put the heart into Modern Manchester. We Built This City focuses on how these extraordinary Mancunians have built something that impacts lives and the purposeful relationships that have helped steer them, the values that have driven them to do it, and the legacies they plan to leave behind. Celebrate human grit, determination, loyalty, and diversity across culture, arts, politics, sport, music and business. Lisa Morton interviews Mancunian icons like Andy Burnham, John Thomson, Gary Neville, Sacha Lord, Stacey Copeland, Clint Boon, Sir Richard Leese, Diane Modahl MBE, Ged King, Chris Brindley MBE, Carl Austin-Behan OBE, Karina Jadhav, Joanne Roney OBE and Sir Howard Bernstein. Language: en Genres: Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Manc 104: Caroline Simpson - The Adopted Manc Moving Greater Manchester Forward
Monday, 22 June, 2026
What does it take to run one of the UK's most ambitious city regions?Caroline Simpson, Group Chief Executive of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, joins Lisa Morton to share how the region is turning devolution into real, tangible change for people's lives.Caroline has helped shape some of the most significant developments in Greater Manchester in recent years, including the Bee Network; the region's locally run public transport system. She also played a central role in developing the Greater Manchester Strategy, a plan that brings the public, private, and voluntary sectors together around a single, shared vision.You'll hear how the Greater Manchester Combined Authority identified the need for the Good Growth Fund, and how they're positioning the region as a compelling destination for outside investment. Caroline also explores what it means in practice to ensure that growth reaches all ten Greater Manchester Boroughs, so that no community is left behind.With the world watching the city’s growth, development and leadership, Lisa and Caroline also reflect on what Caroline believes will define Greater Manchester's next decade.--------------------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 30 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 Caroline and GMCAVia Caroline’s LinkedIn Via GMCA LinkedInVia GMCA InstagramConnect with Lisa and Roland Dransfield:Via our websiteOn InstagramOn X Thanks to our partners on this episode of We Built This City, Car Finance 247. You can visit CarFinance247.co.uk or follow Car Finance 247 on LinkedIn to find out more about them.
