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Business leaders in the North West are championing plans from productivity experts to accelerate the levelling up agenda in the region. ...

Record results have been announced by The University of Manchester Innovation Factory, the organisation dedicated to driving commercialisation of innovations and intellectual property originating from The University of Manchester. ...

Former Bank of England Chief Economist joined Andy Haldane, who recently joined Alliance MBS as an Honorary Professor, has been appointed by Boris Johnson to head the UK’s levelling-up taskforce. ...

Professor Richard Jones appointed Vice-President for Innovation and Civic Engagement at The University of Manchester, to enhance links with regional businesses and policy makers. ...

£25m value-add puts Manchester at the top of the table for the UK's Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, as it becomes partner of choice for innovation in businesses  ...

New research by experts from The University of Manchester has identified significant shortcomings in the UK’s green recovery in comparison with France and Germany, and has called for a clearer post-pandemic strategy from the Government. ...

Foresight Group, an award-winning listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has invested £3.0 million of growth capital into NorthWest EHealth Limited (“NWEH” or “the Company”), providers of software and services to the clinical tr...

The Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield are launching a new investment company to help boost the commercialisation of university spinouts and start-ups in the North of England. ...

Information about the ways universities help level up their local areas is one of the highlights of the data released in the first iteration of Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) ...

An academic from The University of Manchester has been recognised as one of the most cited scholars in the world following a major research study, joining Nobel prize winners Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov in the top 300. ...

Returning to work after having a baby is highly taxing under normal circumstances, but it’s especially tough now. Returning parents currently face a triple whammy of readjusting to work, sorting out childcare and coping with pandemic-related restrict...

Alliance Manchester Business School will host a new institute funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to make the UK economy more productive. ...

Designed to be one of Europe’s most effective University Technology Transfer offices, the Innovation Factory has built a new team and processes for commercialising the University’s innovations and intellectual property. ...

In these difficult times, the press and the public are piling complaints on governments and corporations over their responses to the pandemic - yet it is amazing how well shutdowns and quarantines have worked so far in the developed world (protests l...

The University of Manchester has received a £2.5million donation to boost the region’s capacity and capability in Financial Technology (FinTech). ...

Honorary Professor of Business and Entrepreneurship at the Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), Vikas Shah MBE talks openly about his own struggles with depression despite being a successful entrepreneur. ...

Professor Jonatan Pinkse on global businesses and their adaptation to climate crisis requirements.  ...

The University of Manchester has announced the competitive tender process has begun to find its development and investment partner to deliver the new world-class innovation district ID Manchester, which has an estimated gross development value of £1....

Graphene-based sensors that can measure the quality of air using the 2D Material could soon enter mass production thanks to a new partnership between a University of Manchester spin-out company and Chinese corporation, Tunghsu Optoelectronics. ...

  Email and smart phones can be stressful. Academics are calling this constant work connection “technostress”. Consequently, many European countries are now offering employees the “right to disconnect”. The way email is used is complex, it cann...

The University has presented its plans for a new, world-class innovation district in the heart of Manchester at MIPIM. ...

The University of Manchester has featured extensively in a new report which looks at some of the innovative ways universities in Europe are working closely with companies, governmental agencies and other public organisations. ...

The National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester has signed an 18-month research project to develop graphene water filtration systems with LifeSaver®, a UK-based manufacturer of portable filtration systems. ...

The University of Manchester is pleased to announce a new collaborative partnership to further to further accelerate the commercialisation of graphene technology and product applications. ...

The Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) has been joined by a further five companies ahead of its official opening later this year. The new partners are the first to partner with the GEIC as part of its Affiliate model – a key part of the Gr...

The University of Manchester has “surged” 27 places on a list ranking the world’s most innovative universities.   ...

Despite widespread belief that men should be as involved as women in all aspects of childcare, they are both still largely playing traditional gender roles when looking after children, according to a new report from Business In The Community (BITC). ...

Grafine Ltd is a new business created to develop innovative high-performance rubbers, elastomers and other such soft materials enhanced with graphene - the extraordinary 2-dimensional material first isolated in Manchester. ...

The UK has an endemic low-pay culture. A new report backed by business leaders and the Archbishop of Canterbury says Britain’s economic model is “broken” and produces widespread inequality. Around 8m people in poverty now live in working households. ...

The University of Manchester’s Board of Governors has approved a proposal to seek a corporate partner to develop its North Campus site in Manchester city centre into a world-class innovation district over the next 20 years. ...