The Manchester Boom - Special Episode
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Sean Farrington speaks with three Manchester business leaders - Laurence Newman of Beauty Tech Group, Shaun Morton of On The Beach, and Emma Thackray of Hip Pop - to discuss why the region is growing faster than the rest of the country.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | In 2019, we began investigating the disappearance of Dr. Ruzha Ignatva. |
| 0:14.0 | I believe we are a very special network. |
| 0:16.0 | A scammer who stole billions from investors around the world. |
| 0:21.4 | She's on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. |
| 0:24.5 | And now we have some unmissable updates. |
| 0:27.8 | She has money and when you have money, you have power. |
| 0:30.6 | Join me, Jamie Bartlett, as the hunt for the missing crypto queen continues. |
| 0:35.5 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello and welcome to a special wake-up to money about the performance of the Manchester economy and the surrounding region, not because we broadcast from the area every day in Sulphan Keys, but because the whole country has been standing up and paying attention. |
| 0:52.8 | Wake up to money with Sean Farrington. |
| 0:55.5 | Fair to say, Manchester is having a bit of a moment right now. |
| 0:58.9 | Greater Manchester is the fastest growing part of our economy. |
| 1:02.7 | The growth rate double the UK average. |
| 1:05.2 | And over the past few years, we've seen plenty of impressive business growth, |
| 1:08.9 | lots of innovation coming out of the region as well. |
| 1:11.3 | That's why we wanted to get a few founders and chief execs in the room together to discuss what's been driving that momentum. |
| 1:17.6 | What is it about Manchester that's been making it such a good place to build, to grow a business? |
| 1:22.9 | How does it compare to, that word, London and other UK cities? |
| 1:26.9 | Are there lessons we can learn from other |
| 1:28.7 | cities' successes as well? We recently heard this, didn't we, on the programme, from Tom Bion, |
| 1:32.6 | the co-founder of Sportswear brand castor. There is a deep pool of talent in this part of the world, |
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