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Plans for major new hi-tech innovation hub given green light by Greater Manchester leaders

A MAJOR new development set to deliver thousands of new jobs and low carbon homes in the north east of Greater Manchester was given the green light on Friday 29 July.

Greater Manchester leaders have approved plans

Why all roads lead to Rochdale for logistics entrepreneur who built a business in the pandemic

The opportunity for entrepreneurs when the pandemic hit in 2020 was to spot changes to the way we were all living - and how to build a business from it.

For Heinz Zhou, it meant looking at

Regional engineering awards take place in Rochdale

School children aged 3-19 from across Greater Manchester and Yorkshire attended a prestigious awards ceremony in Rochdale to receive trophies and certificates as winners of the ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do’ Leaders Award competition.<

New Chair of the Strategy Board for AMPI is appointed

Dr Ruth Mallors-Ray OBE has been appointed as Chair of the Strategy Board of AMPI, (Advanced Machinery and Productivity Institute).

The newly formed Strategy Board, which includes representation from industry, government and academia, will

National STEM exhibition comes to Rochdale to showcase regional talent

The Rochdale Development Agency (RDA) and the Advanced Machinery & Productivity Institute (AMPI) have partnered with Primary Engineer to bring the 2022 ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’ Leaders Award ceremony and exhibition to Rochdale.

Atom Valley plan for thousands of jobs to take a major step forward

A once in a lifetime opportunity to transform the economy and create jobs in the north east of Greater Manchester is about to take a major step forward.

A Mayoral Development Zone (MDZ) is being proposed

Neil Eccles, Head of Innovation

“I liken the Innovation team’s service to an old fashioned telephone switchboard. Making connections is confusing and time consuming if you don’t know where to turn or you’re new to the area. But a trained

Opportunity to view development plans for brownfield site near Rochdale railway station

Residents are to be given the chance to look at plans to transform a brownfield site in the centre of Rochdale that has been vacant for the past ten years.

The site, previously part of Central