by Nikki Brown | May 4, 2023 | GMLEP News
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has called upon businesses to help tackle skills shortages by contributing their views to the region’s Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), which aims to make the skills system more responsive to the needs of employers. As the...
by Nikki Brown | Mar 21, 2023 | GMLEP News
Levelling Up Minister Dehenna Davison and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, along with the ten local council Leaders, have today signed a landmark devolution deal for Greater Manchester, noting a shift in power, funding and responsibility from Whitehall to the...
by Nikki Brown | Feb 16, 2023 | Insights
Jet2.com has opened a multi-million-pound training centre for air and ground crew near Manchester airport. The £8.5 million new facility at Cheadle in Stockport, complements the leisure airline’s first training centre near Bradford, which opened in 2014. The...
by Nikki Brown | Feb 15, 2023 | GMLEP News
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has secured £7m from the Department for Education for the next phase of Skills Bootcamps in the city-region. The bootcamps aim to help people get into employment in Greater Manchester’s key growth sectors, switch...
by Nikki Brown | Jan 19, 2023 | GMLEP News
On Thursday 19 January, The Green Skills Academy established by The Growth Company launched in Trafford Park. Described as the “first of its kind” in the UK, The Green Skills Academy boasts innovative green technologies and offers comprehensive training in a range of...
