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 have adapted in the past 12 months both to support themselves and to help the wider community. She also reflects on the changes we have made here at the Chamber to best services our Members.

Following on from this, Chris catches up with Head of Membership Lewis Crowe to discuss our International Trade Services and the impact we have seen in the first month since the UK left the European Union. 

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 of the latest Coronavirus Lockdown and the effect on business of the Brexit Deal recently agreed between the UK Government and the European Union. 

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 with the British Chambers of Commerce to conduct a national survey focusing on the impact of both COVID and Brexit on the UK business landscape.

Membership and Services Manager Annie Platts introduces our Chamber partners VAT IT and Freeths. Firstly Michal Segal Product Development Manager from VAT IT takes us through the impact on VAT compliance and the ability to reclaim VAT caused by Brexit.

This is followed by a catch up with Miles Hacking who is a solicitor at Freeths specialising in insolvency and business restructuring. Miles takes us through the new Freeths hotline service which is now available for our Members. 

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 discuss how the Chamber analyses data and builds models to ensure we are providing our Members with the highest quality regular economic updates and forecasts. 

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 preparations for Brexit.  We welcome Lucy Mulligan from our Membership Management Team who talks us through the Support for Growth services.  

Carole Calland Health and Wellbeing consultant from our partners Westfield Health provides some valuable advice on mental wellbeing. 

Nathan Chew - our head of Venue and Events informs us of a brand new service we are introducing to our Chamber Space offering.

And finally Subrah Krishnan Harihara our Head of Research gives a brief overview of the current state of the Greater Manchester Economy. 

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 Government's new Kickstart Scheme. She also informs us of the Chamber Utilities Service which is powered by Inspired Energy and how this can benefit Chamber Members. 

Finally Lea-Anne Gardner from our Membership Team takes us through the events offering provided by the Chamber and how this has changed during the Pandemic. 

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. 

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 the economy.  Amy Swindells from our International Trade Team provides us with further information on the Chamber's activity ahead of Brexit.  

Our Membership Value Manager Lewis Crowe celebrates the Chamber Members who have been announced as UK Business Heroes. He also provides us with further information about the Skills for Growth programme.  

And finally, we are join by Ram Gupta, Managing Director of Nybble - who discusses their new partnership with the Chamber to deliver the GM Tech Support service. 

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 our partners Consultics. Nicoletta will be talking us through their platform which is designed to help our Members to trade in the Middle East.  

Our second guest is Megan Black from Transport for Greater Manchester - Megan is providing us with an update on the Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan which is currently under consultation.  

Finally, we are joined by two representatives from our Property & Construction Group - Liz Everett from Red Tree Construction and Andrew Turner from Interserve. Liz and Andrew will be sharing their thoughts on the sector at this testing time. 

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 available to our Members as part of our Chamber PR Service. 

Following on from this, Will Taylor our Skills Advisor informs us of the role the Chamber is playing in the Hate Crime Awareness Project. 

Finally Lewis Crowe from our Membership Management Team provides a brief update on the GM Business Community and the Members Lounge at Elliot House.