NWDA TRANSCRIPTS FROM DVD: Big Things are Happening. TIMECODE
CONTENT BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING…IN ENGLAND’S NORTHWEST. ://EUROPES 12TH LARGEST ECONOMY. ://BETWEEN 2007 AND 2010 THE NWDA WILL INVEST £1.5 BILLION :// MAKING BIG THINGS HAPPEN :// LIVERPOOL’S WORLD HERITAGE WATERFRONT :// £63 MILLION INVESTMENT
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Mr Richard Tracey (Land Regeneration Manager, Developing damaged Brownfield sites): This is Liverpool, this is the most famous waterfront in the country, it has a world wide reputation, and we are out here making a big difference to it. You can just see the sheer size, the scale and the quality of the projects and the initiatives that we are involved in at the development agency. Ms Emily Smith (Development Executive, working behind the scenes of major regeneration projects): The idea behind all the projects is that together they will create a new reinforced visitor destination for Liverpool. To pull people in from the UK and in the case of the cruise liner international tourists Mr Richard Tracey (Land Regeneration Manager): There is a real sense of pride being part of an organisation that is able to take on board this kind of initiative You get a great chance to bring your own individual enthusiasm, skills and abilities to match up with a big organisation that works right across the whole region. Ms Emily Smith (Strategic Support Officer) : You can see the impact on the physical environment as you walk around the city, people talk about the projects they are in the local news, they’re in the press and it’s being able to say “well I was a part of that”, it’s quite satisfying it gives you a real sense of achievement. Mr Richard Trace (Land Regeneration Manager): We’ve got the chance here to get involved in shaping; changing and making this place something very, very special. We are working with a whole range of people to make this city happen. :// UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA :// ENGLAND’S NEWEST UNIVERSITY :// £190 MILLION INVESTMENT OVER THE TEN YEARS Ms Lis Smith (Director of Skills Policy, Developing skills and employment in the region): The project isn’t just about the capital investment we are making, it’s about trying to help and influence and support that wider academic, and provide access for higher education in Cumbria. Ms Linda Doyce (Senior Property Surveyor ,managing the NWDA;s assets and developing partner projects throughout Cumbria) : It’s looking to retain a lot of the 18 to 24 age range, because there is a migration of that age range away from Cumbria to go to Universities at Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle wherever - there isn’t a decent university perceived to be here.
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Ms Lis Smith (Director of Skills Policy): We are about trying to develop innovative people, creative people, enterprising people, people that business really want to work with, keeping that talent in the North West.
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Linda Doyce: In another 2/3 years time you will see buildings on the ground and then in another sort of 5/10 years you will start to see increases of the number of students going though their books and to feel that you have been part of that will be a very important thing for me personally. Ms Lis Smith (Director of Skills Policy): There’s a whole strategic element to all of this, but there’s a very personal element - actually thinking you have had a part to play in developing their career, it’s about ultimately making a difference to those people in Cumbria, and that’s what drives you forward. :// ANCOATS :// A NEW URBAN VILLAGE ://£69.9 MILLION PROJECT
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Ms Sarah Williams (Assistant Property Surveyor, helping to manager the NWDA’s Property Portfolio) : For local people it’s a very exciting place for them to be, there’s going to be some great places to work, some great places to live. Ms Rhoda Dooley: (Business Support Accountant, keeping strategic on a sound financial footing) Trying to pull together something like this you got to get so many people with so many different expertises working together at the same time and pulling in the right direction. I do think Ancoats is an example of if everyone does work together, then you can achieve something like this. Mr Martin Reynolds (Area Property Surveyor, Delivering Property Service across the Northwest): The future of Ancoats now is that it’s definitely going to be successful, people we want to come and live and work here because it’s got such character and such interest to be able work where we feel that we really are making a difference in the region and the economy, is very satisfying. Rhoda Dooley (Business Support Accountant): I love the projects that we work on, I love what they do, every single project is people trying to regenerate the North West everyone lives in the North West they want it to be a better place, so everybody wants each project to be a success. :// DARESBURY SCIENCE & INNOVATION CAMPUS :// A UK HUB SUPPORTING THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS WORLDWIDE Mr John Leake (General Manager, delivering the long-term development of the Campus): The role of the project is about creating an internationally recognised community of scientific, innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. Mr Paul Treloar (Business Development Manager ,attracting and supporting businesses on the Campus): The development agency’s role in this project has been pivotal, putting together an environment where we could grow and drive business growths and development, where we could capture technology entrepreneurs, where we could bring in high technology companies like IBM, and for me that’s a classic example of North West Development Agency successfully driving initiatives, crossing the gap and enabling economical development. Mr George Baxter (Director of Science & Innovation, regional lead on all matters involving science and innovation in the region): In my view, life is, there’s no point getting out of bed if don’t want to come and enjoy your work, if you work, if you work with a good bunch of people I think the quality of the people at NWDA is fantastic, we have got some really, really talented people working here I am very glad that we did a job for the
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John Leake: If you came here 6 years ago this would be a muddy field so what you see here now, as you can see here, is a vibrant science and technology community The role of the NWDA was crucial in terms of actually seeing the opportunity having the vision to take Daresbury Laboratory from a relatively small government funded research laboratory to being this major focal point of science and technology, not only regionally but actually nationally as well. :// MEDIACITY:UK :// SET TO DELIVER OVER £1 BILLION TO THE REGIONAL ECONOMY OVER FIVE YEARS Mr Jason Legget (Project Director, promoting opportunities for the media, creative & digital industries) : We are talking here about the BBC moving two and a half thousand people to this particular site and yes that is going to be a fantastic start, but really what we are talking about is just 10% of what we are building here and that is going to grow and grow and grow so you can really see how Salford is really going to develop and grow and make the most of this opportunity over the next ten 15 years. Mr Mike Hollows (Senior Development Executive, advising partners on how to progress projects): I think the team sprit with in the Agency is very strong and an awful lot is actually achieved because of the team, because no one individual has either got the capital and necessaries the skills to anyway, and the trick is knowing how to bring all those together so you have got all the best possible strength with in the team Anon: I love coming to work its an exciting environment, one of the things that really going to be rewarding is to actually see this city that we are developing here work so we can actually see the new kind of content created here, going to see new kinds of ways of working and that’s really going to be very rewarding for me and that’s something I am looking forward to doing. Mr David Holland (Head of Legal Services, Providing legal advice for NWDA projects): I think the most exciting part of the project for me is actually coming down to site and seeing the buildings go up and knowing that in a few years time there will be this fantastic development here. Working on this project has obviously given me the opportunity to impress my children cos we are going to have the blue peter garden in Salford. I am very pleased that we have got to a contracting stage and I am also very pleased that were actually seeing construction progressing rapidly on site cos I’m sure it will make a big difference. Mike Hollows (Senior Development Executive): This project is a great analogy of what I enjoy most about the Agency generally and that is the sheer buzz of doing something different something challenging in terms of the reward for this project I think it’s literally looking out of the window and seeing the activity coming out of the ground Anon: You can see that you’re making a difference you are influencing what happens within the North West. :// SINCE ITS INCEPTION THE NWDA HAS…CREATED OR SAFEGUARDED OVER 180,000 JOBS :// RECLAIMED 4,000 HECTARES OR BROWNFIELD LAND :// GENERATED 15,300 NEW BUSINESSES :// COME AND HELP US MAKE BIG THINGS HAPPEN