Stories Driven by change

Latest news
Greater Manchester Shares Plans to Integrate Local Rail Routes With
Low carbon
Greater Manchester has set out ambitions for a number of key rail routes in the city-region, including in Stockport, to…

MIDAS celebrates growth in Greater Manchester’s key sectors
Advanced materials & manufacturing , Creative & media , Digital, cyber & AI , Financial, professional, business services , Life sciences & healthcare innovation , Low carbon , Manchester China Forum , Manchester India Partnership
MIDAS celebrates growth in Greater Manchester’s key sectors Over 2,960 jobs created by MIDAS in 2022 New HQ projects make…

Arts, Culture, Heritage, Nature, and Environment Collaboration Could Add £2.7bn
Arts, culture, heritage, nature and environment working together could provide an extra £2.7bn to the Northern economy, helping to tackle…

Manchester’s Talent Pool Hailed as Bank Select Manchester for New
Financial, professional, business services
Starling Bank has hailed Manchester's "deep pool of tech talent and rich cultural and creative heritage" as key to its…

A Day in the Life – Asad Mustafa, Cyber Security
Digital, cyber & AI
In a new series, MIDAS speaks to professionals from Greater Manchester’s key sectors, to get a glimpse into a day…

Two Greater Manchester Universities make top 10 of the UK’s
Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Salford have been named in the top ten the UK’s leading sustainable universities in…

Landmark Agreement to Boost Innovation and R&D in City Region
Advanced materials & manufacturing , Life sciences & healthcare innovation , Low carbon
A landmark agreement has been struck to boost innovation and R&D in Greater Manchester, with a vision for a £3.8bn…

Danish Crown to Invest more than £100m in New Bacon
Advanced materials & manufacturing
Food giant Danish Crown has revealed a major job-creating investment in a new processing facility. The factory in Rochdale will…

Manchester China Friendship Programme
Manchester China Forum
Manchester is known to be one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. Many of the locals are…









