Trafford & Stockport College Group is inviting local businesses to explore how they can make use of virtual reality (VR) technology at an event at its Altrincham campus. The Virtual Reality in Business Roadshow will take place from 9.30am Friday, 14th June at Trafford College's Altrincham … [Read more...]
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UK property investors look to English regions to grow portfolios, finds Handelsbanken research
Commercial and residential property investors are increasingly turning away from the capital in favour of other English regions to grow their portfolios, new research from Handelsbanken has found. The East of England, North East and Cumbria, and North West regions have all overtaken the … [Read more...]
Together finances luxury Cheshire apartment development
A development finance facility from Cheadle-based property lender Together has financed a development of six apartments in Prestbury, Cheshire. Once construction completes in June, the exclusive development of six apartments – including two penthouses – will go on the market for between £2 … [Read more...]
Virgin Trains plan return to West Coast Mainline
The Virgin Trains brand could return to West Coast Mainline services between London and the North West to challenge existing operator, Avanti West Coast. Virgin Trains has submitted a bid to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for an Open Access License to operate trains between London and … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester residents invited to share views on plans to eliminate road deaths
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has launched an online survey to hear feedback on the city-region's draft Vision Zero Action Plan to eliminate road deaths. Greater Manchester began taking steps earlier this year towards adopting Vision Zero to eliminate all deaths and life-changing … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester Mayor begins work to improve housing standards
Greater Manchester is taking its first step towards improving standards of rented housing across the city-region. Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, who has made addressing the city-region's housing crisis a priority for his third term in office, announced in Moss Side on 16th May a … [Read more...]
Robinsons pub team named finalists for BII Licensee of the Year Awards
Licensees at Stockport's Robinsons Brewery's The Fletchers Arms pub in Denton have been shortlisted in the Licensee of the Year Awards (LOYA), run by the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII). The Fletchers Arms in Denton has, for the last 21 years, been a top spot for drinkers and diners. Locals … [Read more...]
TfGM urge travellers to plan their journey ahead of Sunday events
People travelling on Greater Manchester's transport network on Sunday 19th May are being advised to leave plenty of time for journeys ahead of major sporting and cultural events taking place. It will be an especially busy day on the transport network, with tens of thousands of football fans and … [Read more...]
Plans progress to bring further 7,000 government jobs to Greater Manchester
The Government Property Agency (GPA) has exchanged contracts to acquire a five-acre site in Ancoats that will bring 7,000 civil service jobs to Greater Manchester. The deal agreed with Manchester City Council will see a new state-of-the-art government digital campus built on the former Central … [Read more...]
Airport City to be reimagined as innovation hub
Plans to develop 60 acres of land close to Manchester Airport have been reimagined to a deliver a new innovation campus for the manufacturing, technology and science sectors. Dubbed, MIX MANCHESTER, plans will see development partners Columbia Threadneedle Real Estate, Manchester Airports Group … [Read more...]
Over 490 North West businesses express interest in accessing NPIF II investment
Expressions of interest have come in from over 490 businesses across the North West keen to access funding from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II) according to fund managers. Across the North of England as a whole, the £660 million fund which launched earlier this year, over … [Read more...]
New employment and health programme supports Greater Manchester residents with disabilities
A new programme dedicated to providing employment support for people with disabilities is seeing positive outcomes across Greater Manchester. Working Well: Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (WW:IPSPC) aims to help Greater Manchester residents with physical or mental health … [Read more...]
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