Sam Whitear

Lawrence Jones MBE, founder and CEO of Manchester technology firm UKFast, has agreed a deal with Manchester City Council to acquire the 120,000 sq. ft. plot of land opposite UKFast’s Campus HQ in Birley Fields, Hulme.

Westbridge has backed the management buyout of APEM Limited, Europe’s leading independent environmental consultancy specialising in the aquatic environment and remote sensing.

Three of Bury’s most prominent female business leaders appeared together at a panel discussion to discuss their experiences in business to coincide with International Women’s Day 2019.

Manchester-based The Insights People, the award-winning research company behind Kids Insights and Parents Insights, have expanded into Europe boosted by a raft of new client wins in the US and the UK.

A Bolton-based recruitment business has received £500k funding from NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Wigan based software provider Outsource Management Services (OMS) has secured investment of £55,000 from NPIF, BFS & MSIF Microfinance, a fund managed by GC Business Finance in partnership with MSIF and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

A delegation representing coding bootcamp Northcoders this morning opened the London Stock Exchange.