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🚌Bee Network has launched its 24/7 bus trial to support workers in the night-time economy. GM's night-time economy has 358,000 people working in jobs or businesses significantly active at night, around 33% of the region's workforce. Read more👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/new-24-7-…

📖The Royal Society & Royal Academy of Engineering's report 'Towards a Green Hydrogen Roadmap for the UK' has contributions from Manchester Metropolitan Uni Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre & Greater Manchester Combined Authority It cites Manchester as 'an exemplar regional model that has developed a place based strategy for #hydrogen' 👉 royalsociety.org/news-resources…

Greater Manchester will be well represented down at #ConnectedBritain next week, speaking on; 🚀 Digital transformation 📡 Connecting places 👩‍💻 Digital inclusion 📈 Investment & growth Find out more - check the Connected Britain agenda ➡️ orlo.uk/C44Oi

✅ Plans for a new health building at University of Salford have been approved by Salford City Council It will house the University's most popular healthcare courses and act as a health & wellbeing hub for the university and local community. Read more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/plans-for… 📸University of Salford

👩‍💻The Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester has launched its second AI accelerator programme to scale up a new cohort of Greater Manchester startups. The programme, in partnership Capital Enterprise , helps companies build sustainable businesses and meet fundraising goals. Read more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/turing-in…

🍝@BizGrowthHub is hosting a series of events to strengthen GM's Food, Drink & Hospitality Sector. The fully-funded workshops will support with building a data-driven social media strategy, growth strategies, laws and regulations. Learn more 👉 businessgrowthhub.com/events/food-an…

🎉 Greater Manchester Combined Authority's second phase of Greater Manchester’s Foundational Economy Innovation Fund has awarded a total of 15 projects with grants of up to £60,000. The fund aims to help businesses become more productive, sustainable and resilient. Read more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/further-f…

⚽ Manchester United, Trafford Council, and Greater Manchester Combined Authority have entered into a strategic partnership to maximise the growth and regeneration opportunities of the Trafford Wharfside area. Read more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/mancheste… #regeneration #trafford #oldtrafford #growth #economicgrowth

🦄 Manchester has another unicorn, global technology company SafetyCulture. The Manchester-based workplace operations platform, has closed an £85 million round of funding which values the company at £1.3 billion. Read more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/mancheste… #Manchester #Tech

🚋A report by Centre for Cities calls for greater devolution for the UK’s cities to accelerate decarbonisation. Using GM as a case study, the report suggests a coordinated approach to spatial, transport & local enery plans. Read more👉 centreforcities.org/wp-content/upl… #Decarbonisation

In exciting news for the region's financial services sector, Manchester's NOMA neighbourhood has been selected as the location of choice for global financial services company BNY Read more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/bny-choos… #GreaterManchester #Finance #ProfessionalServices #NOMA

This week, Greater Manchester became the first UK city-region to commit to importing a Housing First philosophy from Finland. Here’s what that means in practice. 🧵 1/5

✈️ Etihad Airways is doubling flight capacity from Manchester Airport helping the city-region to strengthen connections with the UAE and spur economic growth through increased tourism and business opportunities Read more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/etihad-ai… #GreaterManchester #ManchesterAirport

📅 Next week, we're attending the London Real Estate Forum alongside 2,000 leaders from government, investment and development communities. 🏙️ The theme this year is 'Reimagine', so we're looking back at how Greater Manchester has reimagined its future 👇 buff.ly/3znROo8 #mcrLREF #LREF

📝Greater Manchester is Open for Business This piece for Financial Times by MIDAS Manchester explains why the region is seeing such success as a business destination with insights from our Chair Lou Cordwell OBE. Read more👉ft.com/partnercontent… #GreaterManchester #Investment #Business

📽️ Showing the value of GMs creative sector, the BBC's Waterloo Road has brought economic and cultural benefits to the region, generating at least £6.5m for Greater Manchester and supporting creative careers. Read more 👉 bbc.com/mediacentre/20… #EconomicGrowth #WaterlooRoad

💡A brand-new initiative has been launched by GMColleges to support and empower apprentices working across industry in Greater Manchester to become ambassadors for innovation in their organisations. Read more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/greater-m… #GreaterManchester #Apprentice #Innovation

🏠Around 250,000 homes in Greater Manchester are eligible for a boost to their connectivity, thanks to a UK-first partnership between local government, housing providers, and the telecoms industry. Read more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/more-than… #GreaterManchester #Connectivity #Digital

✈️ More than 20 new shops, bars and restaurants will open in Manchester Airport’s new Terminal 2 in 2025 including luxury retailers and a new market hall-style street food dining experience. Learn more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/more-than… #ManchesterAirport #Leisure #Retail #Investment

👩‍💻 A new digital tool, Beeline, has been launched to give young people in Greater Manchester a clear line of sight to real jobs in the city-region's growing economy and key sectors. Learn more 👉 gmbusinessboard.com/news/greater-m… #jobs #skills #education #economicgrowth #careers #MBacc