Place North West Question Time: Manchester’s New Agenda

Cllr Sean Anstee, the former leader of Trafford Council, has joined Telcom Group to head a new division of the business.

Manchester technology business UKFast is to create a 30,000 sq ft incubator space for tech start-ups at its newly expanded campus.

Three floors of the White building at MediaCityUK have been repackaged as Arrive, a space intended to bridge the gap between start-up space and larger suites.

The outlook for retail includes both uncertainty and opportunity, according to a panel of industry experts speaking at the latest Place North West event last week.

Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire are among six pilot areas of the UK to share £10m from Government to help bring full fibre broadband networks straight to the doors of homes and businesses.

Transport for Greater Manchester’s progress towards a fully integrated ticketing system across public transport has taken a step forward with the launch of its "get me there" smartcard system across buses and Metrolink trams.

Funding for the International Screen School Manchester and a Cyber Innovation Hub to be developed at Heron House are among the key items to go before the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s meeting on Friday.

US medical technology business Stryker has taken 3,850 sq ft at Towers Business Park in Didsbury, South Manchester.