UA-171643620-1 Eve Roodhouse Working Hours Interview - Working Hours

Episode 28

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Published on:

12th Nov 2024

Work is Fayre

Eve Roodhouse recorded on 10/05/2024

Eve Roodhouse, shares her journey managing the city's cultural and economic landscape. Discussions range from career transitions, the impact of local government services, and the importance of networking and stakeholder management.

The episode explores how Leeds has tackled significant challenges, including COVID-19 and Brexit, and the critical responses implemented to support businesses, manage financial stability, and adapt to new regulations and funding shifts post-Brexit. The importance of major cultural events in economic uplift, community spirit, and the continuous drive for inclusive growth is also highlighted through local examples like the Tour de France Grand Depart and the Yorkshire Sustainability Festival.

The conversation emphasizes the city's efforts in promoting sustainability and combating climate change through updated growth strategies, green job creation, and infrastructure improvements. The episode also covers the potential impacts of Universal Basic Income on societal and employment landscapes and spotlights the unique entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit that defines Leeds, making it a special place to work and innovate.

You can find Eve on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eve-roodhouse-10711b10/

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About the Podcast

Working Hours
The Story of Work in Leeds in the 2020s
What do you do?
Western Studios, Leeds presents Working Hours: a podcast series surveying the people of Leeds on their thoughts and feelings on the topic of work. I want to talk to my city about work. Why do we do it? Do we like it? What could we do differently? What will we? How does work change and how does it change us?
Leeds, the largest city in the largest county on the UK mainland, is a former imperial textile centre and is now a major UK financial centre. This series will document the city’s experiences through Lockdown, Brexit, creeping technological unemployment, new and continuing resource wars, the ongoing dismantling of the welfare state and our accelerating ecological emergency.
If you are in Leeds or from Leeds then help me to reach my target of interviewing 1000 Loiners over the 2020s. Let me ask you, what do you do?
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