"If you're really going to make a difference to people's lives, then you don't want to be asking for permission - you just want to be doing it."

Frank Mckenna is the Chief Executive of Downtown in Business and co-founder of UnitedCity – a campaigning group seeking to rebuild the city’s economy - and this Liverpool-born change-maker is ready to tell us why Manchester opened its doors wide for a scouser. 

Discover alongside Lisa Morton the value of disruption, the power of cohesive city leadership and why you should never tolerate a dope. 

We Built This City is a series of conversations with some of the amazing Mancunians - born, bred or adopted – who put the heart into modern Manchester. A celebration of the human grit, determination and love found throughout the city, these episodes will lift you up, make you laugh and inspire you to leave our city in a better place.

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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 24 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 Lisa and Roland Dransfield:

Via Phone: 01612361122

Via our website

On Instagram

On Twitter 

On Spotify 

Connect with Frank McKenna:

Via Downtown In Business

On Twitter

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We Built This City's partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University

On this episode, We Built This City has partnered with Manchester Metropolitan University.

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