Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has launched a new online vehicle checker tool to help businesses find out how they will be affected and any financial support they may be eligible for when a Clean Air Zone is introduced on Greater Manchester's roads next year. The vehicle checker tool … [Read more...]
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Transport, innovation, skills and green economy at heart of GM levelling up deal
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...]
Greater Manchester to become easiest place in the UK for zero-carbon businesses
Greater Manchester is set to become the easiest place in the UK to be a zero-carbon businesses under an ambitious commitment from the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (GM LEP) and an alliance of businesses of partner organisations. The GM LEP have launched Bee Net Zero, a new … [Read more...]
Andy Burnham to set out accelerated plan to reduce carbon emissions
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is expected to set out accelerated plans to reduce carbon emissions in the city-region during a speech to delegates attending the Greater Manchester Green Summit 2021. At the annual summit, which is taking place at The Lowry on 18th October, Mr Burnham will … [Read more...]
Northern leaders set out five ‘gamechangers’ for levelling up the region
Political and business leaders from across the North of England has set out five 'gamechanger' policies that will help the region lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution and allowing government to deliver on its levelling up promise. In a document published by the NP11 group of northern local … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester universities launch flagship agreement to drive social and economic change
Five Greater Manchester universities have signed a flagship agreement with Mayor Andy Burnham to work together to drive social and economic change in the city-region. The Greater Manchester Civic University Agreement was signed by the vice-chancellors of the University of Bolton, the University … [Read more...]
TfN poll finds the North upbeat about future economy
A new opinion poll commissioned by Transport for the North (TfN) and carried out by Ipsos Mori has found people in the North are broadly optimistic about the economy over the course of the next year. The regional transport body's poll figures were released to coincide with TfN's annual … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester signs cooperation agreement with Germany’s Metropole Ruhr region
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has signed a new cooperation agreement with Germany's most populous metropolitan region following a visit by city-region leaders to the nation this week. In a trip on 2-3 September, a delegation from Greater Manchester including Mayor Andy Burnham and … [Read more...]
Andy Burnham re-elected as Greater Manchester Mayor
Andy Burnham has been re-elected to serve a second term as Greater Manchester Mayor in the election held on Thursday 6th May 2021. Burnham, who has served as Greater Manchester Mayor since 2017, won 67.31% of first-preference votes, campaigning on a platform to reform public transport in the … [Read more...]
Innovation Greater Manchester offers blueprint for £7 billion boost to local economy
A new blueprint to harness innovation could deliver a £7 billion boost to the economy and support 100,000 new jobs according to the business, science, academic and local government leaders from Greater Manchester behind the plans. Titled 'Innovation Greater Manchester', the plan is forms the … [Read more...]
Stockport and North-west business leaders react to Chancellor’s budget
Following the unveiling of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's budget for the coming financial year, business and political leaders from across the North-west have reacted to its contents. A summary of the 2021 Budget is available here. Greater Manchester's Night Time Economy Advisor, Sacha Lord, has … [Read more...]
Latest GM Economic survey reveals impact of Tier 3 restrictions
The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce's latest Quarterly Economic Survey have shown further falls in demand, attributed to the national and ongoing local Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions. The quarterly survey of nearly 400 businesses across the city region indicated that customer demand and … [Read more...]
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