Greater Manchester secures £476.7m Growth Deal from government An ‘historic’ deal that will see more than 5,000 jobs created and £470m invested in science, skills and transport across Greater Manchester has today been revealed. The city region’s Local Enterprise Partnership has agreed the details of its Growth Deal with the government and it will see £169.7m spent in the first year of the agreement alone. Projects linked to the Growth Deal will start in 2015/16 and will also help more than 75,000 people learn new skills, as well as generating an estimated £80m in public and private investment. Greater Manchester Growth Deal: reaction Here, we look at the key elements of the deal: Science - A Life Sciences Investment Fund will give councils and businesses the power to invest in life sciences across the north west and support the transition of Alderley Park from its current role as Astra Zeneca’s research and development headquarters to the centre of a new world class bioscience cluster across Greater Manchester and Cheshire and Warrington. It comes after Alderley Park was bought by Manchester Science Parks. New owners of AstraZenecas Alderley Park unveil vision for site 4,000 jobs boost with plans to redevelop Manchester Science Parks campus Transport - Metrolink Service Improvement [...] manchesterinnews/greater-manchester-secures-476-7m-growth-deal-from-government/
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 05:01:47 +0000
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