Mersey Basin Campaign | Items from 2003

Publication dateSeptember 2003 MBC041 Spotlight - Peter Batey Source talks to Professor Peter Batey of the University of Liverpool (later to become Chair of the Mersey Basin Campaign) about his involvement with the Mersey Estuary Management Plan, and the newly-formed Mersey Waterfront Regional Park.

Publication dateSeptember 2003 MBC042 This Land Is Our Land Ben Willis examines the Irk Valley Project, a pilot public participation exercise along the River Irwell which was one of the Northwest's first responses to the Water Framework Directive. He discovers how local people contributed to the river regeneration plans.

Publication dateSeptember 2003 MBC187 SourceNW Issue 2 Round-Up Campaign Round-Up Sensors Of The Sea - Edwin Colyer This Land Is Our Land - Ben Willis Spotlight - Professor Peter Batey Business Chemical Solutions - Paul Unger Research The Sharp End - Jim McClelland

Publication dateSeptember 2003 MBC222 Towards a branding / naming strategy for the Mersey Basin Campaign A report on the process undertaken in 2003 with a view to rebranding and possibly renaming the Mersey Basin Campaign. The process included workshops and interviewed with both staff and stakeholders, and this report is particularly interesting in terms of their perceptions of the Campaign and its values and characteristics.

Publication dateDecember 2003 MBC043 Seconds Out, Round Four Karma Ockenden reports on United Utilities price review for the period 2005-2010.

Publication dateDecember 2003 MBC044 Spotlight - Joe Dwek Source talks to Joe Dwek, then out-going Chair of the Mersey Basin Campaign about his experience in business, and with the Campaign.

Publication dateDecember 2003 MBC045 Stream of Words Elliot Morley, then Minister for Environment and Agri-Environment talks to Walter Menzies, Chief Executive of the Mersey Basin Campaign. The wide-ranging interview covers the regeneration of Liverpool ahead of its Capital of Culture designation, issues of pollution, public participation in the Water Framework Directive, and the PR04 review of water prices 2005-10.

Publication dateDecember 2003 MBC046 Timeline 2025 20 years into the Mersey Basin Campaign's activities, Ian Herbert reflects on progress to date, and asks a range of the Campaign's stakeholders and partners what they see as the challenges still to be faced.