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GMLEP ranked number one for action on climate change and low carbon economy
Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (GM LEP) is England’s best performing LEP for activity to tackle the causes and risks of climate change and encourage a low carbon economy. Research conducted for sustainability report Fit for the Future II placed GM LEP...
Greater Manchester LEP response to ResPublica report into the relocation of Channel 4 to Salford
Mike Blackburn, Chairman of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership board, said: “The BBC’s move to MediaCityUK in Salford has had a tremendously positive impact on the Greater Manchester economy, demonstrating that the region has the talent and...
Autumn Budget 2017: GM LEP response
Mike Blackburn, chairman of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership, has responded to the Government’s 2017 Autumn Budget. He said: “We welcome the opportunity to work alongside Government on a local industrial strategy that will support a long term vision...
Marketing Manchester creates new Manchester Content Curator role
Experienced journalist and PR professional Simon Donohue has joined Marketing Manchester in the newly created role of Manchester Content Curator. Supporting Greater Manchester’s global ambitions, Simon will develop a strategy to capture and tell the best stories that...
A clear vision set out for Greater Manchester in the Greater Manchester Strategy
A BOLD vision to make Greater Manchester one of the best places in the world to grow up, get on and grow old has been unveiled. Called ‘Our People, Our Place’, the new Greater Manchester Strategy is a long term blueprint for the future of the 2.8m people who make up...
Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership looking for projects to submit to The Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund
On August 4, 2017, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced a £15m capital fund, “The Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund” to help towns and cities in the North ‘build a lasting regional legacy from the Great Exhibition of the North’. All...