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Green light for first phase of £1.7bn innovation district

Life sciences & healthcare innovation

Plans to redevelop a distinctive Manchester building as a home for entrepreneurs and SMEs - as part of the first phase of…

Launch of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II provides £660m

Financial, professional, business services

The British Business Bank has launched its new Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II, a £660m fund set to cover the…

Gametech365 community at HOST launches putting Greater Manchester at heart

Creative & media , Digital, cyber & AI

Gametech365@HOST Launch A groundbreaking tech community has launched at Media City’s innovation hub HOST, the Home of Skills & Technology,…

£1bn climate tech hub Sustainable Ventures deliver govt-supported hydrogen programme

Advanced materials & manufacturing

Europe’s largest climate tech hub, Sustainable Ventures, has partnered with independent technology innovation catalyst CPI to help innovative hydrogen startups…

First direct flights from Manchester to Shanghai set to deliver

Life sciences & healthcare innovation

The launch of a new route from Manchester to Shanghai with Juneyao Air has been backed to deliver a major…

Manchester makes its mark on MIPIM with these must-invest projects

Over 90 countries may have attended the world's leading real estate event, MIPIM this year, but it was Manchester which proved once…

Report shows Manchester Airport has potential to add £16.3bn per

Life sciences & healthcare innovation

Regional political and business leaders have backed a report showing how further investment and government support for Manchester Airport could nearly triple…

Studio Egret West picked to draft 4,500-home Holt Town vision

Advanced materials & manufacturing

Manchester City Council has appointed the design studio to draw up a 10-year regeneration and investment vision for 74 acres…

Caroline Simpson to become GMCA CEO

Financial, professional, business services

Stockport Council’s chief executive will replace Eamonn Boylan this summer following an “intensive recruitment process”. Caroline Simpson has been selected…