Chamber Conversations

In this podcast Kay Wilson talks to Manuel Fantin, Erin Knight and Nynzi Maung, who have all lived outside the UK, about the Great Reasons to do business in the North East and why they love the region.

It has never been more important that everyone, no matter the colour of their skin, has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Nagma Ebanks-Beni MBE, Steph Edusi and Aneela Ali share their views on what the NE needs to do to be more fair and inclusive.

Darren Hankey, principal of Hartlepool College is a passionate advocate of further education, having benefited from it himself. He talks about his own career journey and why the Chamber's campaign to get more Government investment into the sector is so important.

The Under 30s Edit, Chamber team members talk about its Great Reasons campaign with Kay Wilson and each of their unique views of working and living in the North East.

Chamber international trade director Julie Underwood,  her colleagues Jack Simpson and Tom Kennedy  discuss Brexit with Chamber member, Sarfraz Mian, Neue Schule

The Chamber uses research to really add power to its campaigning, in this podcast we talk about the value of statistics and how best to use them.

Guests: Vicki Shouksmith, Research and Project Manager, MMC, Arlen Pettitt and Niamh Corcoran from the Chamber Policy team.

View our Q3 Economic Survey report: https://www.neechamber.co.uk/uploads/files/cx6w79MbZHrMrHOd.pdf

MMC research: https://mmc.agency/insights/business-owners-mental-health-during-lockdown/

Three trail-blazers in the North East tech and digital sector Dr Sue Black, TechUp Women, Durham University, Dean Benson, Visualsoft and Jamie Hardesty, Sunderland Software City talk about ones to watch, future trends and getting more diversity into the sector.