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Recap – The impact of the Innovate Manchester Programme

Innovate Manchester was a series of focused-led innovation workshops, designed to find fresh ideas and tangible solutions to challenges faced…

Manchester City Council on track to install close to 10,000

Advanced materials & manufacturing , Low carbon

Manchester City Council is on course to reach an important milestone this year as part of its drive to become…

Manchester chosen to pilot UK’s first electric vehicle sharing platform

Advanced materials & manufacturing , Low carbon

The city of Manchester has been chosen to pilot the UK’s first peer-to-peer electric vehicle sharing platform. Cheshire-based Zoom EV’s…

Carlton Power Secures Planning Consent for World’s Largest Battery Energy

Advanced materials & manufacturing , Low carbon

Carlton Power, the UK independent energy infrastructure development company, has secured planning permission for the world’s largest battery energy storage…

Manchester is reported as most digitally inclusive city

Digital, cyber & AI

Manchester is reported as most digitally inclusive city, offering 11 Digital Inclusion Hubs per 100,000 population.  Recognising the issue of…

Renaker to bring emerging sport to Manchester

Digital, cyber & AI

Having recently submitted plans for the tallest building outside of London, the developer has lodged proposals to create a Padel…

Manchester’s New Era of Innovation: Driving Change Through Growth Locations

Greater Manchester’s Trailblazer Devolution Deal has given the city greater powers and a renewed sense of confidence to invest in…

HEINEKEN UK Makes £25m Sustainability Investment into Manchester Brewery

Advanced materials & manufacturing , Low carbon

HEINEKEN UK has announced it will invest £25 million into its iconic Manchester brewery to install heat pumps to reduce…

Greater Manchester welcomes Tianjin Delegation for a day of discovery

Manchester China Forum

Manchester China Forum and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority welcomed a delegation of high-profile civic representatives from Tianjin, China this…