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Quality news and interviews from Cumbria’s business community. We’re out across the county to bring you a true taste of what’s happening and gather opinions from those in the know. In our first edition Dianne Richardson, the CEO of Britain's Energy Coast Business Cluster (BECBC), joins Business Crack's Nigel Thompson. We discuss the Chancellor's Spring Statement, consider ⁠Barrow port's new Royal name⁠, hear from the ⁠award-winning (and fiercely Cumberland-based!) tailor⁠ and taste the innovative ⁠Lake District take on a Scottish staple⁠. Get the Crack from Cumbria’s first ...

Sir Nigel Thompson walked to school around the bomb craters of the London Blitz—it made him want to build things, rather than knock them down. After studying structural engineering in Africa, he worked on hospitals and theaters in London, and later headed the team that designed University of Qatar. He went on to design Embankment Place, a massive office complex built over London’s Charing Cross railway station. Turning from building to rebuilding, he explored construction opportunities for British firms during the Gulf War, in Kuwait’s still-burning oil fields.

It's home to one of the UK's most famous seaside resorts, is known worldwide for its birdlife, stunning sunsets and as the birthplace of comedian Eric Morecambe. In this series of podcasts journalist Nigel Thompson, who has had a lifelong association with the Bay, hears from people who make Morecambe Bay special. With over a hundred episodes it's a breath of fresh air, all about the Bay #MorecambeBay