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Local Authority: Manchester

Greater Manchester climbs investment rankings
Advanced materials & manufacturing , Creative & media , Digital, cyber & AI , Financial, professional, business services , Life sciences & healthcare innovation , Low carbon , Place , Real Estate , Security & Defence
Greater Manchester has been named the UK's third most attractive location for foreign direct investment (FDI), according to new research…

Manchester’s Sister and Dublin’s Guinness Enterprise Centre Sign MoU Partnership
Creative & media , Digital, cyber & AI , Life sciences & healthcare innovation , Place
Sister, Manchester’s £1.7bn innovation district, and Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC), a world-leading incubation space for startups based in Dublin, Ireland,…

Manchester to host world leaders at the 2027 G20 Summit
• World leaders will gather in Manchester from 27 to 28 November 2027.• G20 brings together the world’s largest economies…

Where Creativity Connects: Fashion Britain Launches in Manchester
Creative & media
Last week saw the launch of Fashion Britain in Manchester, a landmark programme from the British Fashion Council designed to…

2026 Global Cities Index: Manchester outpaces all other UK cities
Manchester is highlighted as a standout performer following two decades of profound economic transformation in the 2026 Oxford Economics Global…

CyanLines celebrates one year with huge announcements
Place
CyanLines returned to Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, to celebrate its first anniversary with two major announcements: a significant…

Manchester Fashion Week to launch Campfield Studios as major production
Creative & media
The festival will provide the first full-scale showcase of the 24,000 sq ft venue Manchester Fashion Week is set to…


