Powering Innovation
Laying claim to 25 Nobel Laureates and infamous for spearheading the Industrial Revolution, Manchester has a deep-rooted history of discovery and invention. Today the city region’s unrelenting curiosity combined with its world class research institutes and renowned collaborative ecosystem continues to power its status as a leading UK city for innovation.
Manchester is the UK’s top digital tech city, a leading destination for Foreign Direct Investment and has recently been voted as the UK’s most entrepreneurial city offering pioneering companies - both large and small - the key ingredients to commercialise fresh and novel ideas.
Manchester, powering innovation
Manchester: The City to Scale
For SME’s, innovation provides a real opportunity to scale your business and recognised as a ‘Top 10 Global Emerging Centre for Start-ups’ – this is something else we do really well here in Manchester. Find out more here about our ‘Manchester: The City to Scale’ offering and how your business could really thrive here.
As the birthplace of the first stored-program computer, Atomic Theory, In Vitro Fertilisation and Graphene, the opportunity to innovate here spans multiple sectors. Find out more about the innovation opportunities within your industry in Manchester below:
Key Sectors
Manchester's breadth and depth of expertise enables cross-industry opportunities for collaboration and a world-class offer for the international investor.
Advanced Manufacturing
Manchester is at the heart of the UK’s largest manufacturing and advanced engineering…
Creative And Media
Manchester is recognised as one of Europe’s largest creative, digital and technology…
Digital and Technology
As well as being home to a fast-growing £5 billion digital ecosystem, Manchester is…
Financial, Professional And Business Services
Manchester is home to the largest regional financial, professional and business…
Net zero
Manchester offers access to world-leading research facilities, state-of-the-art…
Life Science and Healthcare
Home to world-leading research and development assets as well as the largest clinical…
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MIDAS Meets… Siân-Louise Montgomery, Community Engagement Manager at Manchester Tech Festival
Women In Tech [Unfiltered] was introduced as a new initiative designed to build a supportive community for women in tech. From offering mentorship to backing women-led businesses, the goal has been to…
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Greater Manchester and Texas Forge Stronger Ties As The MIDAS Team Visit Austin and Houston
Greater Manchester's international business connections continued to flourish last month as MIDAS completed another successful visit to Texas. Led by our Managing Director Joe Manning, Head of…
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Case Study - Kao Data
About the company: Kao Data is a pioneer in the development and operation of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing. With hyperscale-inspired facilities already in the east and west of…
MIDAS was previously funded by ERDF. To find out more about our previous ERDF funded offer click here.