[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]The leader of Lancashire County Council CC Geoff Driver and the director of economic development and planning Stephen Young joined DIB chief executive Frank McKenna in the Downtown Den to discuss the implications of the county going into tier-3 and their vision for Lancashire’s recovery plan post-pandemic.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_raw_js]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[/vc_raw_js][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Ep.118 – Downtown Den: Stephen Young and CC Geoff Driver in the Downtown Den
The leader of Lancashire County Council CC Geoff Driver and the director of economic development and planning Stephen Young joined DIB to discuss the implications of the county going into tier-3 and their vision for Lancashire’s recovery plan post-pandemic.

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