Inside Manchester’s 11 Million Pound Library Transformation

Northern Power Women Podcast by powered by Simone Roche MBE and Northern PoWEr Women

Sep 7, 202641:26Business

On this episode, we step inside The Portico Library in Manchester with Thom Keep and Carol Ann Whitehead to explore how a £11 million transformation is reimagining a 220-year-old institution for the future. From improvin...

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