Industry Expertise
A World Class Investment Offer
Manchester is a leading European business destination and the most successful city for attracting foreign direct investment outside London across multiple industries. The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Manchester continues to be a city that innovates across a variety of sectors. The Data City for the UK's Top Digital Tech Cities – 2020 report shows how Manchester outperforms all other major UK cities in the fields of AI and data, advanced materials, cyber, construction tech, eCommerce, IoT, MedTech and service design.
Home to Leading Brands
Manchester provides an environment rich with commercial opportunities and has an outstanding reputation as a competitive place to do business. That’s why more than 2,000 foreign owned companies and leading brands such as Google, Amazon, Kellogg’s, Jaguar Land Rover and BNY Mellon have chosen to make Manchester their home.
Where the Experts Live
Today, the city region is home to more than 2.8 million people, providing businesses with access to an incredible talent pool of people and unique strengths across diverse sectors. This breadth and depth of expertise enables cross-industry opportunities for collaboration and a world-class offer for the international investor.
Ease of Doing Business
Manchester was the first city in the UK to gain governance over its economy, which means it has greater control over its transport, housing, planning, business skills, science and innovation. In particular, the city region has autonomy of its
£6 billion ($7.6 billion) health and social care budget – a landmark move in the development of UK health and social care policy.
Key Sectors
Manchester's breadth and depth of expertise enables cross-industry opportunities for collaboration and a world-class offer for the international investor.
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…
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Greater Manchester leaders sign trailblazing devolution deal giving more power over transport, skill
GREATER Manchester's Leaders came together today (Tuesday 21 March) to add their signatures to the trailblazing deal that represents the biggest step yet in the city-region's devolution…
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Greater Manchester and Tianjin Green Low Carbon Event
On March 13, 2023, the British Embassy Beijing, the Tianjin Foreign Affairs Office, and the Manchester China Forum co-hosted a hybrid exchange session between Greater Manchester and Tianjin…
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Greater Manchester strikes trailblazing new devolution deal – “New era for English devolution”
Greater Manchester’s Mayor and 10 Leaders have hailed the city-region’s first devolution deal with the Government since 2017 as the most significant yet - securing much greater influence…
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