News for: Regional Business News

Businesses across Greater Manchester can now access free, tailored skills development support to help address workforce challenges, boost productivity, and invest in staff training. The £4.5 million expansion, funded by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), allows GM Business Growth … [Read more...]

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has revealed a new map showing the high frequency bus and tram routes delivered by the Bee Network. Shown in one place for the first time it demonstrates how, with public transport under local control, the city-region is making major progress toward a fully … [Read more...]

A leading Irish customer service and sales outsourcing business, Uniquely, has announced a £7 million investment in Manchester as part of a wider £20 million investment across the UK. The Irish business is expected to create 100 new jobs in Greater Manchester by the end of 2025. Uniquely has also … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester’s Bee Network is accelerating progress towards carbon-neutral public transport as the first diesel bus to be converted to being fully electric powered takes to the roads. Bus operator, Go North West, which operates a number of Bee Network services in the North of the … [Read more...]

More than 20 students from local secondary schools met with female staff in roles at Manchester Airport as part of celebrations for International Women's Day (9th March 2025). Pupils from Manchester Enterprise Academy and Dixons Brooklands Academy spend the day at the airport on Friday 8th March … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester is among the 15 areas to pilot the WorkWell service, which offers support to help people with health issues stay in or return to work. The city-region has been awarded £7 million in government funding to deliver the tailored programme of support through to 31st March 2026. … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester leaders have signed a Friendship Cities Agreement with the State Capital of Texas, Austin, during a visit to the city. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, and Cllr Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City Council signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Austin … [Read more...]

A new campaign has launched to highlight the ease and benefit of contactless tap and go payments, already in use on Metrolink trams, and which will go live on Bee Network buses in Stockport and across Greater Manchester in two weeks’ time. From Sunday 23 March, passengers will be able to use … [Read more...]