GMLEP News
Northern Powerhouse Minister Visited Bury College’s Health Innovative STEM Centre.
Bury College was recently visited by Jake Berry, Cabinet Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth and two local MP’s James Daly (Bury North) and Christian Wakeford (Bury South). In 2018 the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership and Greater...
Bury Wins Greater Manchester Town Of Culture Award 2020
Bury secures prestigious Greater Manchester Town of Culture accolade The town of Bury, home to famous faces including Victoria Wood, Danny Boyle, Howard Jacobson, Arlene Philips, Guy Garvey and Celia Birtwell, is now able to add another cultural first – it has been...
Greater Manchester Leading On Climate Change
Greater Manchester has been ranked as one of the top global city-regions taking action on climate change by an international charity that measures environmental impact. The city-region was named on the CDP's (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) ‘A List’ of cities,...
Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Growth Deal Summary 2019
2019 has been a prosperous year for the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership in terms of investment and improvements for the city region. Working with GMCA, the GM LEP secured £494.5m of Growth Deal investment between 2015 and 2021, to help to create...
Andy Burnham Inspires Students At FutureSkills College Conference
The Mayor of Greater Manchester and LEP board member Andy Burnham attended the inaugural creative media conference at the FutureSkills college in Media City, and gave an inspiring speech to 150 students about careers in the media and creative industries. The £4M...
Construction Work Begins On Manchester Metropolitan University’s £35M School Of Digital Arts Facility
Construction is underway on Manchester Metropolitan University’s School of Digital Arts – with £19.4m out of the £35m state-of-the-art project funded by the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership and Combined Authority. Opening in 2021, the School of Digital...