Panic buying in Tesco pushed sales up 30 per cent for some products
Tesco has said that “significant panic buying” in recent weeks cleared its supply chain of certain items, with sales jumping by around 30%. It...
Greater Manchester Local Skills Plan reveals shortages across key growth sectors
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has unveiled the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) for Greater Manchester, which has brought together employers’ views, local authority...
Manchester’s fissara wins O2 contract
Manchester software developer fissara has been commissioned by O2, one of the largest mobile network operators and part of the international Telefónica Group, to...
New £10m research centre for greener global finance
The UK is investing £10 million in a new national green finance research centre that will advise lenders, investors and insurers.
The research centre will...
Tech start-up support programme, Exchange, opens applications for second cohort
Exchange,a digital and technology start-up support programme, has opened applications for its second cohort of ambitious tech entrepreneurs.
After a successful first intake of businesses...
Xero chooses Manchester for third UK office following stellar growth
the global small business platform, today announced it is opening a new UK office in Manchester as it expands its operations to meet growing...
How to Incentivise Employees to wear PPE
In the UK every year, more than 38.8 million working days are lost due to work-related illness or injury. The wearing of personal protective...
How to Ensure Security Risk Management With Automated DevSecOps
As many companies now transition from DevOps to DevSecOpsor Security DevOps, it results in more secure software releases. They carry the best practices of...
Manchester-based PAR Group acquires Mountford Rubber and Plastics
Manchester and Preston-based PAR Group, a leading manufacturer and supplier of engineering plastic, insulation and rubber products to customers in the UK, Europe and...
SME manufacturing output fell at the quickest pace in over a decade in the...
Output from small and medium sized manufacturers in the first quarter has fallen at the quickest rate in over a decade amid the coronavirus...