Category: News

Planning permission submitted for advanced sustainable materials & manufacturing hub

Advanced materials & manufacturing

Planning permission has been submitted for an advanced sustainable materials and manufacturing hub, the Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Centre (SMMC),…

New Liverpool-Manchester Railway Board to lead transformation of rail connectivity

Financial, professional, business services

A new Liverpool-Manchester Railway Board has been established to maximise the economic and social benefits of a new railway between…

‘Booming’ Greater Manchester has highest GDP growth of UK regional

Financial, professional, business services

A study of 11 regional UK cities has revealed Greater Manchester has attracted the most foreign investment projects and has…

Salford has been shortlisted in the City of the Year

Advanced materials & manufacturing

Salford has been shortlisted in the City of the Year Award. The EG award seeks to celebrate the UK’s cities…

Salford agrees to university’s 60,000 sq ft clinic

Life sciences & healthcare innovation

A three-storey healthcare building with a roof terrace will be built on a car park owned by the University of…

Peel, X1 get go-ahead for next phase of £1bn masterplan

Financial, professional, business services

Trafford Council has granted the developers permission to build 208 apartments at Trafford Waters. Peel and X1 Developments submitted plans…

Festivalgoers ‘joyful’ at celebration of weekend

Creative & media

Thousands of people have been celebrating the creation of the weekend at a "heartwarming" festival that was "full of joy",…

DB Schenker opens state-of-the-art facility in Greater Manchester

DB Schenker has officially opened its new, recently purchased purpose-built facility at Trafford Park. The £11 million freehold building provides…

The University of Salford part of £1 million project to

Advanced materials & manufacturing

Experts at the University of Salford are part of a major project looking at how to develop heat pump technology…