Greater Manchester Chamber - Up Front

In this episode we are joined by Darren Grantham, Business Development Manager at Nybble IT. Nybble power the GM Tech Support service. 

Darren explains how Nybble started and developed into an integral part of the Blackburn community and beyond. He also talks about the importance of technology to businesses and how Nybble has supported businesses reach their goals through technology and strengthen their security in cyber spaces. 

Learn more about Nybble through our website www.gmchamber.co.uk 

Artist Ghislaine Howard and her husband, Michael, talk to Chamber Policy Director, Chris Fletcher, about their early lives, background and inspirations.

Ghislaine talks about why she decided to pursue a career in art - using art as a "social force" - and her belief that it makes the world a better place.

She also talks through the process she goes through when she's creating a piece of art and her passion for creating pieces of art that have feeling and a sense of community.

The Ghislaine Howard Collection will be opening in Elliot House, the Chamber's HQ in Manchester city centre, very soon - watch this space!

Paul Dennett is the Mayor of the City of Salford and our latest guest to be interviewed as part of our GMCC Leaders Series.

Leading the interview is Chris Fletcher, Director of Policy and Campaigns at the Chamber, and he asks Paul about his career so far and his journey into politics - making the choice between a career in education or the Labour Party.

Paul talks about the perception of Elected Mayors, the powers they hold, plus the 'Levelling Up' agenda and how to achieve economic growth in the city.

In the latest episode of our GMCC Leaders Series interviews, the Chamber's Policy and Campaigns Director, Chris Fletcher, chats to Lou Cordwell OBE. Lou is not only the Chief Creative Officer at Fluxx and magneticNorth, but is also the Chair of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).

Lou gives us an overview of her career, spanning the dawn of the Internet and the advent of Manchester's digital sector, and how she got involved with the LEP, plus she talks about the skills challenges the city region is now facing and how it can maintain its economic growth.  

In the next of our Leaders Series interviews, the Chamber's Policy Director, Chris Fletcher, talks to Wayne Jones OBE, Chief Sales Officer at MAN Energy Solutions. Wayne provides an overview of his career - how he began as an apprentice and rose to be the first British member of the Executive Board at MAN - then talks about the differences in culture between the UK and the other countries in which MAN operate.

Wayne also tells us about how the company has been impacted by Covid-19 and Brexit, and also its journey towards becoming net zero.  

In the next in our Leaders Series interviews, Chris Fletcher, Policy and Communications Director at the Chamber, talks to Karen Smart, MD at Manchester Airport. Karen talks about her background, career to date and the challenges of running one of the UK's busiest airports - "The global gateway for the North".

Karen discusses the longer-term ambitions and opportunities for the airport, as well as the impact of the pandemic and Brexit. 

In the latest episode of our GMCC Leaders Series podcasts, Chris Fletcher, Policy and Communications Director at the Chamber, speaks to Tom Stannard, Chief Executive at Salford City Council.

Tom talks about his varied career and how the 'magnetism of the city' of Salford drew him to his current role. He talks about how Salford is helping to drive the growth of Greater Manchester as a whole and the challenges he faces on a day-to-day basis.

Policy and Communications Director at the Chamber, Chris Fletcher, chats to Wayne Jones OBE from MAN Energy Solutions about net zero and the move to a low carbon economy.

In this episode of Chamber Chatter, the Chamber's Policy and Communications Director, Chris Fletcher, chats to the Founder and Chief Operating Officer of QEnergy, Vijay Natarajan, about climate change, COP26 and the work QEnergy is doing to help achieve net zero carbon targets.