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The English National Opera (ENO) is to move to Manchester under plans announced by Arts Council England (ACE) which made the organisation’s future funding contingent on establishing its main base…
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Greater Manchester has signed a landmark new partnership deal with Osaka on the first day of a mission to strengthen trade and cooperation links with Japan. The agreement will see closer…
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The BBC has outlined plans to expand its news operations to MediaCityUK by moving its News at One show to Salford as part of its reinvestment plans, which will boost the region’s growing media…
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Greater Manchester is the UK’s Top Digital Tech City outside London and the nation's fastest growing cyber eco-system A five-year plan has been set out to continue this growth entitled the Greater…
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More than 30,000 jobs and £1 billion of private sector investment forecast for the Greater Manchester Investment Zone £160 million of public funding to boost growth of city-region’s advanced…
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Hainan Airlines’ popular flights to Beijing will operate daily next summer The announcement means capacity on the route will almost double from the present four-times-weekly service Key…
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Greater Manchester secures £3 million through Government’s 5G Innovation Regions competition Funding will support innovative projects across the city-region helping to accelerate decarbonisation and…
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For the third year in a row, Greater Manchester has been recognized by CDP as one of 119 global cities that is taking bold leadership on environmental action and transparency, even in the wake of an…
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Victoria Braddock has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Marketing Manchester, the official place promotion agency for Greater Manchester. The promotion follows over 20 years of service…
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Leading national engineering consultancy Pell Frischmann has announced further investment in Manchester, with a significant office expansion into St James Square. The company first landed in…
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