right place, right time

Tom Stannard, the CEO of Salford City Council and Chair of the Institute of Economic Development reflects on the amazing regeneration journey Salford continues to be on, driven by great leadership, vision, patience and partnership. In his new role leading the IED he also has insight on the criticality of taking the community and anchor institutions with you to ensure not only the delivery of assets but also communities and places.

In this podcast we hear from Dr Angela Brockbank, Head of New Business and Growth at Thirteen Housing Group and Chair of the Redcar and Cleveland Place Board who oversee the place brand, ambassadors programme and are spokespeople for the area.  Angela is passionate about the place and brings her considerable private and public sector experience to leading the Board and shouting about the area. Home to Teesworks; the UK’s largest Freeport at 4500 acres and an agile and innovative industrial zone, there’s certainly plenty to shout about!

Iain Jenkinson, CBRE’s Co-Lead for Planning in the UK, gives a private sector perspective on place development. CBRE are the global leader in Real Estate and Iain provides some thought provoking views on what matters when thinking about developing your place; have you got project ready schemes, have you got the capacity to deliver and are you clear on your vision and distinctiveness?

Listen to our founding Director John Till in conversation with the Leader of Staffordshire County Council, Councillor Alan White. The County Council took the brave decision to invest in a story and brand for Staffordshire to put it on the map and get it thought about by those that matter. Alan highlights some of the early successes; being recognised by central Government, bringing the exciting ingredients and opportunities to the fore, working in a more unified way with the other councils and partners and being purposeful in what they do, especially outside their boundaries.

In this podcast thinkingplace is delighted to catch up with Clare Dewhirst, the founder and director of City Nation Place, the global forum for place branding and place marketing. 

City Nation Place creates connections and shares best practice between country brands, regional brands, and city brands around the world and Clare has a really insightful and up to date view of what’s working well and which places are worth a look at. 

www.citynationplace.com

The first episode of our place podcasts is with leading place thinker and provocateur Professor Martin Reeves, CEO of Coventry City Council. 

Coventry has undergone a massive transformation programme, including winning UK City of Culture 2021, and for the last 13 years Martin has been at the helm. 
When it comes to ‘place’ his views are sought after and respected, and he provides his perspective of ‘place-led’ best practice and what to do differently speaking at events and in places across the UK.

In this podcast we consider everything from culture to climate change, and Chatham to Coventry! 

Founding Director of thinkingplace, John Till, introduces this new series of podcasts