Unsurprisingly, Manchester is leading the North West in the tech industry, according to the Tech Nation 2017 report published this week, with £2.9bn of digital turnover annually. But why do Reading, Bristol and Bath have much larger digital turnovers than Manchester, asks Laura Storey.
While Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein made his annual voyage to the south of France for property convention MIPIM, leader Sir Richard Leese led a separate delegation to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, to promote technology businesses in the region.
Following high demand for Place North West events throughout 2016, readers can now book on to all of our 2017 sector briefings and socials.
Network Rail is using virtual reality technology to save time, money and improve safety as it prepares to redevelop Liverpool Lime Street.
Free wi-fi is now available at Liverpool Central, Moorfields, James Street, as well as Birkenhead stations Hamilton Square and Conway Park. It will be introduced at Liverpool Lime Street lower level and Old Hall Street entrance to Moorfields by the end of the year.
A comprehensive analysis of digital technology clusters across the UK by Tech City UK and DueDil has listed Greater Manchester as the top area in the country for growth by company turnover.
George Osborne is due to announce a £34.4m transport infrastructure package and a new enterprise zone for the university district.
National open source software engineer The Inviqa Group has become the latest new arrival at Bruntwood's Cotton Exchange in Liverpool.
Liverpool Science Park has published a fly-through animation of its forthcoming 42,000 sq ft building, Innovation Centre 3, designed by Ryder Architecture.
