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Manchester and Salford hailed as investors' dream - 09/03/07
Foreign investors would do well to invest in Manchester - the UK's second major financial centre, according to one property organisation.
The International Property Investment Network (Ipin) believes...Read More
Manchester Expands Online Services with Addition of eNom - 07/06/07
Manchester has become home to one of the world leaders in online services and domain name registration with the decision by eNom to set up an office in the city.
eNom aids companies with their websit...Read More
The U.K.'s Biobank Gets Intimate - 03/20/07
I pay a visit to the program that's asking a half-million Brits to reveal all to their government--genetically, that is.
By David Ewing Duncan
Would you want your government to know how smart yo...Read More
Renovo selected as World Economic Forum Technology pioneer - 02/08/07
Renovo Group plc, the biopharmaceutical company developing drugs for the prevention and reduction of scarring, has been selected by the World Economic Forum as one of the Technology Pioneers for 2007....Read More
European Centre for Aerospace Training officially opened - 02/08/07
This month saw the official opening of the first building to be completed on the £38 million Macclesfield Learning Zone, the European Centre for Aerospace Training (ECAT).
Steven Broomhead, Chi...Read More
Carphone investment to create hundreds of jobs - 02/08/07
A multi-million pound investment in Greater Manchester by the Carphone Warehouse is set to provide 300 new jobs within the region as the mobile communications company increases its capacity.
The comp...Read More
Manchester secures super-casino - 02/08/07
East Manchester has been chosen as the location for Britain's first super-casino, with potential to generate up to £265 million in investment and 2,700 direct and indirect jobs.
The new casino ...Read More
Food factory to recruit 90 posts - 02/02/07
A food manufacturer in Cumbria is to create 90 jobs, less than a year after 600 posts were lost.
Cavaghan and Gray in Carlisle, which makes ready meals, has recently secured a £10m contract to ...Read More
International business park to create over 1,000 jobs on Merseyside - 01/31/07
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) is investing £4.6 million on infrastructure to support the development of an international business park at the former MTL bus depot and Marconi ...Read More
Nuclear research centre unveiled - 01/26/07
Plans are being unveiled for a multi-million pound nuclear research and development centre in Cumbria.
The facility will be based at the West Lakes Science and Technology Park, near Whitehaven and is...Read More
Emirates Airline Announcement & Discounted Flights - 01/19/07
Emirates Airline last week announced the introduction of a new daily non-stop flight between Newcastle and Dubai, starting later this year.
The Dubai-based international carrier's new service, which ...Read More
'Creative zone' proposal revealed - 01/18/07
A £17m business "zone" to be built on Teesside will generate over 250 jobs, according to regeneration bosses.
The BoHo Zone, on several sites between Middlesbrough town centre and Middlehaven, ...Read More
BBC Salford is on! - 01/18/07
The BBC move to Salford is on! Despite a 'disappointing' licence fee settlement, BBC chiefs say that plans to relocate several departments to a Media City in Salford creating thousands of jobs, WILL g...Read More
