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LEP board member appointed Chief Executive of Capital Theatres
Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership board member Fiona Gibson has been appointed new chief executive of the trust that runs Edinburgh’s Festival and King’s theatres. She is currently interim chief executive at Liverpool’s Everyman and Playhouse Theatres...
Elected and business leaders publish Manifesto for the North ahead of General Election
Northern business and elected leaders have published their Manifesto for the North which sets out a bold new vision for the North of England and key asks of a new Government to help power up the North. The first of its kind, the Manifesto will be presented to the...
GM LEP chair to join inaugural NP11 Summit
GM LEP chair Mike Blackburn will join other Local Enterprise Partnership leaders at the inaugural NP11 Summit in September. The NP11 is a newly-formed government-funded board comprising members of the 11 Local Enterprise Partnerships in the North. The board acts as...
Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership appoints two new board members
Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (GMLEP) has appointed two new members to its board. The new members are: Amanda Halford, SVP Sales, Service and Commercial Operations, GE Healthcare Life Sciences Chris Oglesby, Chief Executive, Bruntwood You can read...
Government backs Greater Manchester’s accelerated plans for carbon neutral living by 2038
GM Local Industrial StrategyLocal Industrial Strategy confirms Greater Manchester ambitions to become UK’s leading green and digital city-region Launch of UK’s first ground-breaking city-region Clean Growth Mission to achieve carbon neutral living in Greater...
Next generation molecular diagnostics business launches at Manchester’s health innovation campus
Health Innovation Manchester and global partner QIAGEN announce ground-breaking new company to develop new tests for the prediction, prevention, and diagnosis of disease. Manchester reinforced its place today as a leader in translating brilliant academic science into...