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Plans for Greater Manchester's largest employment hub at Atom Valley are set to be considered by Bury and Rochdale councils, taking another step forward. Plans to take forward Greater Manchester’s…
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Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has announced that around 1,500 employees are set to move to their new North West HQ in late 2025, which is to be based out of the Island…
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Manchester City Council has named Tom Stannard as its new permanent Chief Executive to lead the delivery of the city’s strategy for the decade ahead. He will become only the third Chief Executive…
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Health Innovation Manchester and The University of Manchester have announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) to initiate a five-year real-world evidence study…
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Broadcaster Channel 4 is set to extend its presence in Manchester as it takes up space in the landmark Manchester development, No.1 St Michael’s boosting the city’s creative, digital and tech sector…
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A record-breaking September has pushed Manchester Airport into the ‘30 Million Club’, putting it on a level with other major international airports across the world, including in New York, Melbourne…
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A roundtable discussion at Fieldfisher courtesy of TheBusinessDesk.com highlighted Manchester’s growing global influence, driven by its attractive talent pool and collaborative business environment…
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A collaborative project aimed at strengthening the commercialisation of research in Greater Manchester has been awarded funding through the Connecting Capability Fund (CCF) from the Research England…
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The University of Manchester is today launching a new capability, Unit M, to rethink how it supports the region’s innovation economy. With a mandate to drive the University’s new approach to…
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Kao Data, the specialist developer and operator of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing has today announced work has commenced on the construction of its new £350 million data centre…
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