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Manchester STEM Education Provider The Blair Project Secures UKRI Funding to Drive Diverse Talent Pipeline
The Blair Project, a Black-owned STEM education provider based in Manchester, has been named one of the 16 UK-wide projects to share £4 million of funding from the Driving the Electric Revolution challenge, delivered by Innovate UK for UK Research and Innovation...
Electricity North West to bring Future Energy Roadshow to Greater Manchester to help accelerate Net Zero transition
Electricity North West is taking its teams on the road to meet with businesses and communities in a Future Energy Roadshow. As the region’s network operator, Electricity North West is playing a key role in this energy revolution. It aims to make sure Greater...
Business Secretary announces £95m boost to develop advanced materials in visit to Manchester’s Henry Royce Institute
Business Secretary Grant Shapps announced a £95m boost to develop the super-materials of the future during a visit to Manchester’s Henry Royce Institute. Grant Shapps visited the institute, based at the University of Manchester on Thursday 3 November, in his first...
Accenture launches the third Innovate Manchester Challenge with MIDAS and GC Business Growth Hub
Accenture has become the third organisation to launch an Innovate Manchester challenge as part of the 2022 programme. The workshops, designed to encourage local SMEs to work together and find fresh ideas and solutions to challenges faced by local businesses,...
Work begins on transformational new medical and clinical skills college in Bolton
Building work has begun on a new state-of-the-art medical and clinical skills training college in Bolton. The Bolton College of Medical Sciences (BCMS) is due to open next year at the Royal Bolton Hospital site on Minerva Road, Farnworth. Once completed, the college...
GMLEP Members come together to discuss Greater Manchester’s Green Future
On Monday 17 October, the fifth annual Greater Manchester Green Summit was held at The Lowry Theatre in Salford. Members of the GMLEP were in attendance to join panel sessions and network with business leaders, policymakers and community groups in hopes to accelerate...