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Budget March 2020 – West Yorkshire devolution reaction from Ben Hall

12 03 20 leeds city centre
By Hannah Zitren

Reaction from Ben Hall, Head of the Leeds office of real estate services provider Colliers International.


The Budget announcement of a £2bn devolution deal with a directly elected mayor for West Yorkshire has been welcomed by Ben Hall, head of the Leeds office of real estate services provider Colliers International.

He said: “This devolution deal for West Yorkshire is long overdue, and recognises the significance of Leeds and also the city’s potential.

“Leeds provides the biggest contribution to the Northern Powerhouse, as well as being the UK’s largest regional finance centre with a total workforce of over 1.4 million. Devolution will mean decisions for Yorkshire can be made in Yorkshire, instead of in Westminster. It will also boost the regional economy by making it possible to realise transport schemes that will improve connectivity.”

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Hannah Zitren | Colliers | Manchester

Hannah Zitren

Associate Director

Marketing & Communications

Manchester

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I am responsible for media relations and generating coverage in top tier broadcast and print media. I work across a range of Colliers’ UK & Pan-EMEA business lines advising on their strategic and tactical PR needs.

My role includes:

·         Developing and executing PR plans for the various business lines to help promote their key messages across all aspects of the media - print, broadcast and social.

·          Media evaluation and reporting objectives, targets and successes across the business.

·         Reputation management and crisis management.

·         Media training.

·         Media engagement: setting up meetings with top tier media and various internal spokespeople to continuously expand and build a presence with property and vertical media network.

·         Consistently delivering service excellence, meeting with business heads of a regular basis and trying to influence the research as much as possible to ensure our content has a strong enough news hook.

·         Key campaigns that I work on include MIPIM; MAPIC; REVO; Midsummer Retail Report; IHIF; Cities of Influence in addition to a host of all alternative property sector research reports.

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