The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which represents 190,000 UK businesses, has called on Chancellor Sajid Javid to use the 2020 Budget on March 11th to support the UK’s regions. The CBI outlined that as the start of 2020 has seen a surge in business confidence, Sajid Javid should use … [Read more...]
News for: Investment
British Business Investments commits £50 million to fund supporting small businesses in the North
British Business Investments, part of the British Business Bank, has announced a commitment of £50 million to support Manchester based Tosca Debt Capital’s (TDC) fund supporting small businesses in the North of England. TDC’s fund will focus on funding regional businesses across all sectors, and … [Read more...]
Stockport M&S developers top out Cornbrook apartment buildings
Property developer, Glenbrook which is refurbishing Stockport's M&S, has topped out on its two 15 storey apartment buildings near Cornbrook Metrolink station in Manchester. The project is on schedule to complete by the end of 2020. Glenbrook are currently transforming the former Marks and … [Read more...]
Cheadle online retailer CurrentBody reaches £10 million funding milestone
Cheadle-based online beauty retailer, CurrentBody, has generated a total of £10 million in funding following backing from BGF and NVM Private Equity. CurrentBody has doubled revenues year-on-year over the last five years of growth, and claims to be the world’s largest supplier of beauty devices, … [Read more...]
Manchester buy-to-let properties offer better investment than London
A league table by Aldermore Bank has ranked Manchester one of the best cities for buy-to-let property investment, ahead of London, with a trickle-down effect bringing attention on surrounding boroughs like Stockport. Aldermore Bank analysed 25 UK cities to find the best places to invest. The … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester outperforming huge global cities for investment
Greater Manchester is 10th in the world for inward investment according to the latest IBM rankings and applauded at pro-manchester's annual Property and Regeneration lunch. Held at The Lowry Hotel, over 150 senior professionals attended the event featuring two expert panels focusing on the … [Read more...]
Safeguarding and wellbeing tool adopted by Greater Manchester councils
Local councils in Greater Manchester, as well as across the UK, have adopted technology of a Manchester start-up, Tootoot, to combat mental health issues in their schools, as well as taking part in early stage pilots for the wellbeing tool in the workplace. The business also received support … [Read more...]
Stockport Town Centre West plans step nearer approval
Stockport Council’s vision to develop Stockport Town Centre West and create a new urban ‘village’ community in the heart of the town centre is set to move forward when the final plans are presented at next Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, 12th November. The regeneration of Stockport Town Centre West … [Read more...]
Transport for the North urge all political parties ‘unleash North’s potential’
Ahead of the start of the General Election 2019 campaigns, Barry White, Chief Executive, Transport for the North has penned a powerful open message to political parties, calling on them to unleash the North’s potential and rebalance decades of underinvestment. Transport for the North, which is … [Read more...]
UK: High Streets emergency – new retail planning applications halve in 5 years
Struggling high streets face a fight for survival after new analysis by the District Councils Network (DCN) found that the number of planning applications for new retail units has almost halved in five years. There were 1,258 applications received by district councils for retail and service … [Read more...]
India trade mission deals could generate £45m and 600 jobs to region
An India trade mission has resulted in deals which, if successful, could generate £45m and 600 jobs for Greater Manchester. That’s according to Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, who said a delegation visit he led to Bangladesh and India this month has resulted in a series of deals, … [Read more...]
£600m investment boosts Greater Manchester’s economy
Investment designed to help generate thousands of local jobs, quality houses and the best commercial spaces for people to do business across Greater Manchester has topped £600 million since the funds launched in 2015, says the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). The boost to the local … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 15
- Next Page »