News for: Northern Powerhouse

Stockport based Shopblocks, an ecommerce platform that enables small businesses to set up an online store, has secured a £1.5 million investment to grow its market share within the B2B ecommerce market. The business has raised funding from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia … [Read more...]

Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, has urged professionals from across Northern England to apply for senior roles with public sector bodies. The call for more Northerners to join the public sector comes was made at a speech address business leaders in Darlington on … [Read more...]

A Stockport based supplier of educational technology has secured a six-figure investment from part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund to finance future growth. The investment from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital will support further growth for Computeam. The … [Read more...]

Avanti West Coast has revealed the newly liveried Class 805 trains set to enter service on its network connecting London and the North-west in the coming months. The trains have been revealed at Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe facility in the North East on 22nd September, with the first three units … [Read more...]

With a consultation on plans to close the majority of ticket offices across England having concluded, city-region mayors from across the North have issued a statement setting out that they will continue a legal challenger to oppose plans. Rail operating companies set out proposals earlier this … [Read more...]

A consultation on an updated blueprint for transport investment across the North of England closes today (Thursday 17th August) after 12 weeks. Sub-national transport body, Transport for the North (TfN), has been inviting feedback on its revised Strategic Transport Plan for the region, which sets … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has announced that its investment funds have delivered over £1 billion of funding to support the city-region's local economy. Greater Manchester’s investment funds have so far made £1.2 billion of investments, with the figure continuing to rise through … [Read more...]

The UK Government has confirmed that it will withdraw core funding transfer functions of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to local and combined authorities in April 2024. The move was first outlined in the Chancellor's March Budget earlier this year as part of a shift to giving greater powers … [Read more...]