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Find out about Greater Manchester’s latest success stories and thought leadership across our key sectors of Advanced Manufacturing, Creative and Media, Digital and Technology, Financial, Professional and Business Services, Life Science amd Healthcare and Low Carbon. Our blogs will also provide helpful tips and advice for companies relocating to or expanding within the U.K.

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Since developing the world's first stored-programme and commercial computers, Manchester has been creating and shaping the future for more than 250 years.

Case Study - Kadant

About the company Kadant is a global supplier of high value, engineered systems used in process industries worldwide. The Bury manufacturing site provides sales and applications expertise along with the design and manufacture of doctoring, cleaning, and filtration product lines to process…

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Case Study - Vanguard

About the Company Global investment management firm, Vanguard, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Vanguard Group Inc., a leading provider of high-value investment services, whose mission is to help clients achieve their goals by being one of the world’s highest value providers of investment…

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Case Study - HydroGraph

About the company HydroGraph is a Canadian public company that produces graphene by means of explosion synthesis that generates the highest purity graphene in the industry with the lowest environmental impact, currently positioned to be a global leader in commercializing graphene at scale…

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Case Study - DB Schenker

About the company With around 76,600 employees at more than 1,850 locations in over 130 countries, DB Schenker is one of the world’s leading logistics providers. The company operates land, air, and ocean transportation services, and it also offers comprehensive logistics and global supply chain…

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Case Study - ZEBOX UK

About the company ZEBOX is a global startup accelerator gathering a network of entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and ecosystem experts paving new paths toward sustainability starting with the supply chain. It was founded in 2018 by Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, a global…

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Event Recap - MIDAS at Singapore Fintech Festival

About the Festival The MIDAS team recently travelled to the 7th annual edition of the Singapore FinTech Festival where an estimated 60,000 attendees descended on the Singapore Expo for the world's largest FinTech conference. From 31st October to 4th November 850 speakers, 450 exhibitors and 25…

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Innovate Manchester - Syngenta Challenge

Innovate Manchester: Syngenta Challenge Innovate Manchester is designed to find fresh ideas and tangible solutions to challenges faced by local businesses. The new 2022 programme will consist of four themed cohorts running from September to December 2022, bringing together large organisations…

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The importance of Social Value

On Thursday 18 August, MIDAS and its sister organisation, the Business Growth Hub, hosted a round table to discuss the increasingly important theme of Social Value, and how to build better relationships and develop strategic partnerships in Greater Manchester between the private sector and…

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Shared Futures Series: Interview with Rhys Whalley

This Thursday, 4 November, sees the launch of Shared Futures, a new interview series co-produced by Manchester China Forum and Signal8 Digital, which aims to explore the common ground and shared interests that link China and the UK in this region and to ensure that informed views from those active…

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