About MIDAS Greater Manchester's inward investment promotion agency
MIDAS is the inward investment promotion agency for Greater Manchester, with a strategic aim to secure significant levels of new investment for the city region to create and safeguard jobs.
This is achieved through the global business marketing of the city region's key sectors and the provision of an extensive package of free advice and assistance for potential investors and location consultants.
MIDAS has helped hundreds of businesses successfully relocate to or expand in Greater Manchester.
Our Services
MIDAS offers a free and confidential package of services that are tailored to individual companies’ needs. The services MIDAS provide save companies money, time and effort.
By providing you with access to expert knowledge and local intelligence, MIDAS helps to de-risk your business investment and can ensure a faster and more successful relocation or expansion.
Support is available to both national and international firms of all sizes that are considering or wish to relocate to (or expand in) Greater Manchester, and includes:
- Investment case development including market intelligence and research
- Sourcing property solutions
- International market support
- Advice on recruitment and training
- Introductions to appropriate networks, suppliers, agencies and educational establishments
- Help you understand and navigate potential market opportunities
How is MIDAS Run?
MIDAS is wholly owned by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the economic development agency’s majority funder. Since 2017, funding has been supplemented by the public-private MIDAS Partnership.
MIDAS forms part of The Growth Company, which supports the growth and prosperity of Greater Manchester through the provision of services that will raise Greater Manchester’s profile, attract investment, help generate new business, support existing businesses to grow, and provide individuals with new skills and employment opportunities.
Two special purpose vehicles – Manchester China Forum and Manchester India Partnership – sit within MIDAS, helping to strengthen business, culture and tourism relationships between Greater Manchester and the two respective regions.
To find out more about how MIDAS can help your business move to Greater Manchester, get in touch with the team today. You can also keep up-to-date with us via Twitter and LinkedIn.
Joe Manning Managing Director
MIDAS Corporate Factsheet
DownloadSupport Services
Support is available to both national and international firms of all sizes that are considering or wish to relocate to (or expand in) Greater Manchester
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Production Futures will stage its largest event to date at the AO Arena on April 30th. Production Futures exists to create opportunities for young people to learn, train, network and develop real careers in production across every area of the live event, music, touring, theatre, TV, broadcast and film industries. The organisation’s forthcoming ON TOUR event will take place at the AO Arena, Manchester, one of the most cutting-edge facilities (and the largest) of its kind in the UK, on Tuesday April 30th. As its first Arena outing, this will be Production Futures’ largest and most ambitious ON TOUR event to date. The free-of-charge event will promote employability, transferable skills, diversity, free training, networking, and will present paid work opportunities to newcomers across the live event and broadcast production industry. Visitors to the show will enjoy a packed schedule, which includes special guests, talks and panels, while industry workshops will offer young visitors the chance to engage in a wide range of activities, from preparing to be job-ready with industry-oriented CVs, to hands on exploration of lighting programming, CAD, audio engineering, as well as getting under the skin of music production, virtual production and event production planning.
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Controls and Skills for You, Your Work, and Your World. Join ACOSTE in central Manchester on 1-2 May 2024, for an innovative community learning event focused on Controls and Skills for You, Your Work, and Your World. Designed for students, apprentices and young career professionals in Project Controls, Cost, Planning, Risk, Estimating, Commercial, Data and related disciplines. Accommodating different industries, insights, experts, qualifications, training, academia and so much more to create an explosion of opportunities for all who attend. Don’t miss unique features like the Human Library on Day 1 and ConnectHub on Day 2 for personalised networking and learning opportunities. You won't find another event in your diary this year that will deliver the level of interactivity and professional learning opportunities for the Project Controls profession at a community level. Just real people; connecting, sharing and learning together. For student tickets - enter student in the search box Book today; https://acoste2024.eventbrite.co.uk/
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