Place North West launches 2020 Media Pack
This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.
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Gandhi statue approved in Manchester
A 9ft statue of Mahatma Gandhi will be unveiled outside Manchester Cathedral on 25 November after receiving planning permission from the city council.
Council turns to ’hybrid grass’ to solve Piccadilly Gardens problem
Manchester City Council has announced a pilot scheme which will see a section of Piccadilly Gardens sown with reinforced ‘hybrid’ turf, as part of wider works to the public square.
Greater Manchester releases industrial plan
The city region’s leadership has joined with Government in publishing the Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy, the long-term plan aimed at increasing productivity.
Place North West Question Time: Manchester’s New Agenda
This one-off event puts the leaders shaping Manchester on the same stage for the very first time, to answer the tough questions about the past, present, and future of the city.
Refurbishment planned for key Piccadilly building
A public consultation is to take place ahead of the redevelopment of the former Prince of Wales Building at 67 Piccadilly, Manchester, with Feilden Clegg Bradley attached as architect.
Tributes paid to sustainability figurehead Menzies
Walter Menzies, a pioneering figure in sustainable development, has died aged 69.
Temple adds three in Manchester
Environmental consultancy Temple Group has grown its Manchester team by three, with the additions of Kevin Nimoh, Yanko Yankov and Andrew Humphrey.
Tower of Light set to start as budget balloons
Manchester’s Civic Quarter Heat Network, featuring a Tonkin Liu-designed ‘Tower of Light’, is set to get under way, although the project’s budget has nearly doubled in the last 18 months.
Manchester to revamp Exchange Square
Manchester City Council is to overhaul the fountains at Exchange Square as it seeks to improve the public's experience of what was the centrepiece of its post-IRA bomb regeneration.
