News for: Regional Business News

A purpose-built coronavirus testing lab in the North West has become fully operational, increasing the UK's capacity for testing for the virus. The second so-called Lighthouse Lab is based at Alderley Park, near Macclesfield, is now capable of testing thousands of samples daily, collected at … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has confirmed the funding for adult education, skills and employment programmes during the coronavirus outbreak. The £200 million funding for the city-region's local authorities, colleges, training providers and employment support organisations, … [Read more...]

The Government has given its formal approval for construction work to begin the HS2 high-speed rail link from London to Manchester. Firms will be expected to follow social distancing rules as work begins on the project. With costs of the project already expected to exceed £100 billion, the … [Read more...]

Despite a quarter of construction projects currently suspended due to coronavirus concerns, industry analysts, Glenigan, suggest that an uptick in planning application approvals offer a route to economic recovery. Despite a significant slowdown across the economy, Glenigan found that there is a … [Read more...]

Manchester has been named the UK’s Top Digital Tech City as a result of a deep dive study into digital businesses using artificial intelligence, the first of its kind. Manchester scored ahead of London in the AI survey, due its lower business rates, as well as the city-region’s scale of digital … [Read more...]

Cheadle Hulme based housing association, Equity Housing, has merged with North-West focused Great Places Housing Group from 1st April. As of 1 April 2020 Equity Housing Group will cease to exist, with all of its assets transferring to Great Places under a Transfer of Engagement (ToE). Equity is … [Read more...]

Cheadle based lender, Together, have sponsored a panel discussion on workplace equality at a Women in Specialist Lending Event. Speakers including actor Nicola Thorp (pictured), Fiona Hoyle, head of consumer and mortgage finance at the Finance and Leasing Association, Debbie Burton, CEO at … [Read more...]

The UK government has announced a wide-ranging package of financial support measures to ensure businesses can continue meeting running costs as the coronavirus outbreak hits the global economy. In the government's daily press conferences on the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak … [Read more...]