News for: Northern Powerhouse

Five of the region's city-region and combined authority mayors have written to government to call for rail plans for Northern England to be reassessed. The joint call by mayors representing Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, West and South Yorkshire and the North of Tyne Combined … [Read more...]

Following the publication of the Levelling Up White Paper, setting out the government's strategy for rebalancing inequalities between the South East and other parts of the UK, political and business leaders from the region have shared their thoughts on the plans. Responding on behalf of the … [Read more...]

Think-tank IPPR has published its annual State of the North report which has revealed the North-South divide in prosperity has continued to widen, despite 'levelling-up' pledges by government. The report, published on the IPPR website, has highlighted in particular the disparity between regions … [Read more...]

Over 5,000 new jobs were created across Greater Manchester in 2021, a record high, thanks to a strong year for inward investment in the city region. The city-region's inward investment agency, MIDAS, has revealed it successfully closed 63 projects in 2021, creating a record 5,080 new jobs, … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester has been named the UK's second leading tech city outside London according to analysis for the Digital Economy Council, thanks to record levels of job creation and high levels of outside investment. The city-region was beaten only by Cambridge in the analysis, conducted by … [Read more...]

Business leaders in Greater Manchester have called on the government to partner more closely with city-regions on driving innovation ahead of the publication of the Levelling-Up White Paper early next year. With the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee recently endorsing the … [Read more...]

A proposed restoration of regular rail services between Stockport and Ashton-under-Lyne has moved closer to restoration following a successful bid to the government's Restoring Your Railways scheme. As revealed in last week's Autumn Budget, £50,000 has been provided to develop further early stage … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester has called on the UK government to back its Levelling Up Deal, calling for support with the powers and funding to deliver on ambitions for the city-region. The Levelling Up Deal would follow on from previous devolution arrangements for Greater Manchester, such as over health … [Read more...]