Liverpool's £2bn fund, £50m for Manchester, £22.5m in the North East, a looming Bradford rail decision and a Sheffield AI…
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Greater Manchester signs off first £400m of its Good Growth plan
Greater Manchester leaders have approved a first £400m for homes, jobs and infrastructure, with the government backing the city region's…
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MarGen, a Sheffield-based GEO and AEO specialist, has been named Agency of the Week and the UK's fastest-growing AI SEO…
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The government's Industrial Strategy will split £150m across six regions outside London — four of them Northern — to grow…
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Bradford sits at the centre of the £45bn Northern Powerhouse Rail programme, with a station business-case decision due by summer…
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An Enterprise Ireland trade mission brought 30 high-growth firms to Manchester, with 38% of Irish companies planning to significantly increase…
Read MoreNorth East universities and mayor launch £22.5m fund to turn research into companies
The £22.5m Inspire Fund, part of a £100m regional framework, targets the gap between university research and investable start-ups across…
Read MoreGreater Manchester handed £50m to back its next generation of industries
A new £50m Local Innovation Partnerships programme puts mayoral hands on innovation funding across AI, advanced materials, life sciences and…
Read MoreLiverpool City Region launches £2bn Investment Fund — the biggest in its history
Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram's £2bn Investment Fund pulls public money into one pot to unlock 520,000 sq ft of commercial…
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A Quiet Private-Sector Pullback Is Rewriting the UK’s Economic Map
The UK is not entering 2026 in crisis. But it is entering it weaker than it looks. Behind the surface-level…
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