The Manchester Family

Today's headlines of the North West Insider Bulletin reads - Leese stresses importance of 'family' ties. This was one of the core themes of yesterday's Manchester Economic Forum. What a great job the Sir's Howard and Richard have done in placing Manchester as the UK's second city. The City has a brand that spans every corner of the globe and the investment attracted and regeneration projects completed must be applauded - a fantastic job. The work on the graphene hub also provides bags of excitement for the Region.

My concern lies at the heart of how the Manchester Family can be perceived - can it portray an image of "closed shop". This particularly relates to business support in the Greater Manchester Region. Every aspect of Manchester is world-class - however its business support infrastructure is outdated and out of touch with the real needs of growth SME's. The Business Growth Hub needs passionate leadership that reflects the needs of the coal face, not world domination and self interest.

Still some work to be done here!

John Leach

CEO Winning Pitch

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