Advanced Manufacturing
Manchester is at the heart of the UK’s largest manufacturing and advanced engineering…
Creative And Media
Manchester is recognised as one of Europe’s largest creative, digital and technology…
Digital and Technology
As well as being home to a fast-growing £5 billion digital ecosystem, Manchester is…
Financial, Professional And Business Services
Manchester is home to the largest regional financial, professional and business…
Net zero
Manchester offers access to world-leading research facilities, state-of-the-art…
Life Science and Healthcare
Home to world-leading research and development assets as well as the largest clinical…
Talent
With access to 7.2 million people within a one-hour drive and over 100,000 students, Manchester is a region rich in talent with unrivalled access to expertise to shape our future.
Quality Of Life
Voted the UK’s Most Liveable City by the Economist, in 2022 Manchester has something to suit everyone. From quaint to eclectic, there is a rich variety of beauty, music, sport and culture on offer. If you choose to live here you get much more for your money, an important factor in recruiting and attracting people to work and live here.
Infrastructure
The city’s world-class, multimodal, integrated transport infrastructure provides outstanding connectivity across the North West and the nation. Businesses in Manchester can also flourish thanks to the city’s digital infrastructure, including high-speed fibre broadband, enterprise zones and a truly collaborative ecosystem.
Economy
Greater Manchester’s economic growth has been driven by its diverse industry base, which has specialisms in Advanced Manufacturing, Business, Finance and Professional Services, Life Sciences, Energy and Environment and Creative, Digital and Tech.
Manchester has a wide range of commercial properties where companies across a range of industries can grow, thrive and succeed on a global scale.
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Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Salford have been named in the top ten the UK’s leading sustainable universities in the People & Planet University League. Finishing third in…
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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…
Health Tech Conference 2022
Innovation in Healthcare is crucial in order to meet changing demands and deliver better outcomes for patients. Manchester is home to world-leading research and development assets as well as…
16th Annual Congress of the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders 2023
The 16th Annual Congress of the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders, EAHAD 2023, will be a face-to-face meeting, which will take place in Manchester in the UK, from 8-10…
IRMS Conference 2022
The annual IRMS Conference is *the* go-to event in the information management calendar, bringing together 400 practitioners, compliance managers, senior executives and others from a range of…
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Manchester China Friendship Programme
Manchester is known to be one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. Many of the locals are bilingual and there are around 153 languages spoken by the people in the city. Home to some of…
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A Day in the Life - Sim Singh-Landa, Investment Manager at Praetura Ventures
A Day in the Life In a new series, MIDAS speaks to professionals from Greater Manchester’s key sectors, to get a glimpse into a day in their working life. This month we speak to Sim…
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MIDAS Meets... Carlton Hopper, Managing Director at GFT
GFT is driving the digital transformation of the world’s leading companies in sectors including financial services and manufacturing. As an IT services and software engineering provider, GFT…
