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Category: Digital and Technology
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Greater Manchester has set out how, over the next three years, it will build on its increasing status as a world-class digital destination - with data and technology playing a crucial role in…
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A project which aims to strengthen Salford and Greater Manchester's digital and creative economy, has been awarded funding through the Innovation Accelerator pilot programme. Salford City Council…
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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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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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Applications for Spring cohorts of the Empowering Women to Lead, Cyber Security programme now open! An innovative cross-sector initiative, designed to tackle the long standing lack of gender diversity…
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An insurance company is launching a technology and data hub in Manchester city centre. Canopius Group (Canopius), a global specialty (re)insurer, is set to open the Canopius Tech & Data Hub at WeWork…
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A new multi-million-pound technical education institute in Greater Manchester will open to students in September 2023, after being granted a licence by the Department for Education. The Greater…
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The city council has entered a legal agreement with developer Allied London for the transformation of the grade two-listed Campfield Market buildings into a tech, media, and creative hub. Under the…
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MIDAS celebrates growth in Greater Manchester’s key sectors Over 2,960 jobs created by MIDAS in 2022 New HQ projects make Greater Manchester a hub for excellence A focus on R&D brings…
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