This morning saw the first in a series of three encounters between the members of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce (GMCC) and Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council having as their subject the very topical issue of the devolution of powers to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) or “Devo Manc” for…
Labour say they will deliver the devolution of £30bn of powers and resources to English Cities and Counties. The Manifesto is here… http://tinyurl.com/mnch2r7
A £1bn Brownfield Regeneration Fund is promised to facilitate the construction of 400,00 new homes… The Conservative Manifesto is here: http://tinyurl.com/mnch2r7
The Lib DEms are promising 10 new Garden Cities and also 300,000 new homes per annum…. http://tinyurl.com/pzgkl37
Peel Ports have produced a report, picked up on by Liverpool Echo, in which they suggest that Liverpool could become the UK Shale Gas “centre of excellence”. Given the regeneration and growth ambitions of Merseyside, this could present a significant opportunity in the mid to long term. Moe here: http://tinyurl.com/n7p4t2k
The new 900,000ft scheme will be retail focused, but around a quarter of that will consist of residential and office space. BDaily has more here: http://tinyurl.com/l4mklwm
MSPL has started construction work on 70,000 sq ft building which will incubate science and technology businesses at the heart of what is known as Manchester’s knowledge quarter. The incubation process will take the form of supporting collaboration between scientists, entrepreneurs, researchers and investors and will bring innovation-led businesses involved in the science and technology…
