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Booking.com, one of the world’s leading digital travel companies, has recently welcomed Andy Burnham as guest of honour at the official opening of its new Manchester campus. The Mayor of Greater…
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Manchester tech companies raised a record £532 million of funding in 2022. This is a 50 per cent increase on 2021 and more than many major European cities including Rome, Brussels, Warsaw and Lisbon…
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Work to transform the former Renaissance Hotel is expected to begin by the end of next month. New images giving a sneak peak at impressive £210 million plans to redevelop a Manchester city centre…
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Five buildings, including proposals for the city’s tallest at 213 metres, make up the next phase of the developer’s skyline-transforming Great Jackson Street masterplan. Renaker has today unveiled…
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JAPANESE industrial company Daikin has signed a deal with Manchester to deploy heat pumps in some of its public buildings and act as a test bed for the technology, the company told Reuters…
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Greater Manchester, as part of a collaborative across the North-West, will receive funding from NHS England to begin the development of a sub-national Secure Data Environment for Research &…
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The UK’s green economy contributed $71bn in Gross Value Added (GVA) last year according to a major new report from think-tank the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). Greater Manchester has…
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The University of Manchester’s Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) has signed a Tier 1 agreement with Nationwide Engineering Research & Development (NERD). The agreement will extend the…
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New facilities will provide a great airport experience and attract new routes to the UK’s global gateway in the North Investment will unlock billions in economic value for the North, supporting…
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From 16 th to 19 th January, Greater Manchester welcomed a delegation of city officials, academic and business leaders to the city-region to build on opportunities for partnership on the road to Net…
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