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Category: Net Zero
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A landmark agreement has been struck to boost innovation and R&D in Greater Manchester, with a vision for a £3.8bn economic benefit and more than 100,000 jobs across the city region. The Memorandum of…
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A new 186-mile walking trail known as the GM Ringway will explore the landscapes across all ten boroughs of the city-region. The countryside charity, CPRE, together with The Ramblers, Britain’s…
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Manchester property giant, Bruntwood, has submitted plans for the development of the UK’s lowest carbon new-build workspace. The Ev0 Building is a £31m scheme destined for Didsbury Technology…
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A new study of Greater Manchester’s green technologies and services sector has found the sector, which generated £8.6bn in sales in 2019-20, represents 14.5% of the business base and 3.2% of Greater…
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Transport for Greater Manchester has unveiled a new online business portal that supports Greater Manchester firms in encouraging their workforce and customers to get on board with public transport and…
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Carlton Power, one of the UK’s most experienced energy infrastructure development companies, has secured planning permission for Greater Manchester’s first low-carbon hydrogen fuel hub. The planning…
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For its fifth year, The Greater Manchester Green Summit will be held at The Lowry Theatre in Salford Quays on Monday 17 October. Hosted by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, the Green…
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City-region to introduce reduced fares at the start of the first full week of September to ease transport costs as more than two thirds of households confirm money worries Move signifies biggest…
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By working alongside renewable energy manufacturers Alpha 311, Greater Manchester hopes to become home to 2,000 wind turbine units which will be powered by the air moved by passing vehicles, and…
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The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has announced that its Sustainable Consumption Plan (SCP), has been approved. The plan aims to support the region’s five-year Environment Plan, which…
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