Richard Topliss
Managing Director, Corporate & Commercial Banking, North Region, Royal Bank of ScotlandRichard is the Local Enterprise Partnership lead for Action in Transport Innovation.
He has 40 years experience in Corporate Banking working for NatWest / RBS in Bristol, London, Birmingham and Scotland, prior to re-joining the North West in 2000.
He is now Managing Director of Corporate & Commercial banking in the North of England and North Wales leading a team delivering banking services to a full spectrum of businesses from SME’s through to FTSE100 names. He is also Chairman of The Manchester Growth Company and a member of The North West Business Leadership Team.

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Hundreds of high-skilled jobs created at defence firm MBDA’s expanded Bolton site.
Seven hundred high-skilled jobs are set to be created in Bolton following a £200 million investment from European defence company MBDA. The announcement follows new Security and Defence Partnership signed at the EU-UK Summit which will open the door to the EU’s new...
Manchester Airport and IndiGo announce the only flights between the North and India’s financial capital Mumbai
Manchester Airport and IndiGo – India’s most popular airline – have announced the only flights between a Northern airport and the country’s financial capital Mumbai. Tickets for the new service went on sale today. The service will run three times per week on Tuesdays,...
Greater Manchester and Ruhr strengthen ties as new Innovation Bridge UK launched
The United Kingdom and the Ruhr are strengthening their cooperation. With the new Innovation Bridge United Kingdom, Business Metropole Ruhr GmbH (BMR) is consolidating its activities related to the UK with a focus on the sectors of hydrogen, cybersecurity and digital...