Place Podcast

Stockport Council leader Wilson, and former Trafford Council leader Anstee, now executive director at Cratus Communications, discuss how Covid-19 has impacted them personally and professionally, and what it means for the future of place making and community engagement, in this Place North West podcast.

This podcast was sponsored by Cratus Communications and hosted by Sarah Townsend, editor of Place North West.

Questions asked in this episode:

• What have been the biggest challenges you’ve had to grapple with over the past eight months?
• What is the role of local authorities in stimulating greater confidence among local businesses and communities?
• How successful has the move towards digital planning and public consultation been in engaging hard-to-reach stakeholders
• What needs to happen to ensure that local economies are resilient and well positioned to bounce back quickly from the pandemic-enforced slowdown?
• What further collaboration is required between city regions, central Government and the private sector to drive that hoped-for recovery?
• Aside from a vaccine roll-out, what are your top asks for 2021 that would help the region, and the country, emerge robust from a rough period?