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March 30 2011, 1.04PM Inside the M60
Greater Manchester picked as pilot area for new community budgets
The Communities Secretary Eric Pickles confirmed today that Greater Manchester is to be one of 16 pilot areas for the new community budgets that co...
March 25 2011, 2.37PM Inside the M60
Mike Blackburn to head Greater Manchester’s LEP
BT’s regional director for the north west, Mike Blackburn, is to lead the new Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) for Greater Manchester. The LEP ...
February 24 2011, 12.59PM Inside the M60
Trafford sets its budget for next financial year
Trafford Council passed its budget for the next financial year last night, Wednesday 23 February, which included a pledge not to increase council t...
February 23 2011, 12.35PM Inside the M60
Shake-up on the cards for Manchester’s economy agencies
A report to be submitted to the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) recommends the axing of around £4m funding for some of the ci...
January 27 2011, 12.59PM Inside the M60
Call for Manchester’s business leaders to join the LEP
Business leaders in Greater Manchester are being invited to join the new Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The government appr...
January 25 2011, 3.50PM Inside the M60
“Bank of Manchester†could boost conditions for entrepreneurs to thrive in the city
A new report out today lays the terms and conditions required for Manchester’s entrepreneurs to succeed in the current economic climate and i...
January 21 2011, 12.14PM Inside the M60
Comment: Localism – power in the hands of the people or a sham?
This week has seen the second reading of the much vaunted government’s Localism Bill. Communities secretary Eric Pickles claims the bill will...
January 12 2011, 10.47PM Manchester MULE
Local Enterprise Partnership takes shape – and it’s all power to the private sector
The new Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is set to become operational on April 1 and alongside the Greater Manchester Combined...
December 20 2010, 2.48PM Inside the M60
Manchester gets £1.2m grant for housing disabled youngsters
Manchester has been granted £1.183 million to create a supported housing scheme for young adults on the autistic spectrum. The funding will enable...
December 8 2010, 9.22AM Inside the M60
Taxi firm asks – why not water?
As the deadline for the public consultation on Manchester’s future transport proposals approaches, a Manchester taxi company is reminding peo...
November 22 2010, 1.23PM Inside the M60
AGMA to discuss cheap alcohol ban
Greater Manchester’s ten local authorities are considering bringing in a bylaw which will set minimum prices for the sale of alcohol in the r...
November 16 2010, 4.54PM Manchester MULE
Manchester to be governed by nation’s first ‘Super Council’
The ten local authorities making up Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) have been given new law-making powers forming Britain’s ...
November 12 2010, 12.28PM Inside the M60
Manchester’s Combined Authority gets the thumbs up from Whitehall
Manchester’s march to creating a city region got a boost today after it was announced that Whitehall has agreed to the creation of a new Grea...
October 28 2010, 2.04PM Inside the M60
Manchester gets the go ahead for LEP
Greater Manchester has become one of the first wave of regions to be given the go ahead to form an Local Enterprise partnership (LEP). Making the a...
October 27 2010, 7.55AM Inside the M60
AGMA have mixed feelings on Greater Manchester’s transport boost
Yesterday’s announcement made today by the Secretary of State for Transport about Greater Manchester capital schemes has received a mixed rea...
September 13 2010, 1.30PM Inside the M60
Public debate looms on minimum alcohol price proposal
Two opponents in the row over proposals to introduce a minimum drinks price in Manchester are to go head to head in a public debate on the issue. T...
August 28 2010, 10.58AM Inside the M60
Greater Manchester poised to submit LEP plans
Greater Manchester has moved to take the lead in the next stage of regional development authorities after it was announced that proposals for a pri...
August 3 2010, 8.27AM Inside the M60
Manchester city centre to consider minimum alcohol pricing
Manchester city centre could be the first in the country to set a minimum price for the sale of alcohol. The Association of Greater Manchester Auth...
July 7 2010, 1.29PM Inside the M60
AGMA’s vision for a low carbon economy in Manchester
By 2015 Greater Manchester will have established itself as a world leader in the transformation to a low carbon economy. That’s the plan of A...
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