Digital skills festival returns to Manchester

The annual Digital Skills Festival, the only event of its kind in the North, returns to Manchester this month to help plug the widening skills...

Manchester-based conference call provider saves callers £7.6m in 2017

Manchester-based telephone conference provider WHYPAY? has announced it saved UK callers £7.6 million in 2017. Data shows that over 150,000 callers used the free conference...

Two years an counting as optimism dives again in Financial Services

Optimism in the financial services sector fell for the fourth consecutive quarter at the start of 2018, meaning confidence has been flat or falling...

The Northern Business Exhibition is returning to Manchester this week

Ever had a light-bulb moment for a brilliant business idea, but no clue how you would ever make it a reality? If so, this...

Universal Credit punishes the self-employed, Commons Committee report confirms

The system of monthly income assessments used to determine Universal Credit (UC) punishes the self-employed and should be scrapped in favour of yearly calculations,...

Manchester barrister Melanie Gavin shortlisted for regional Women in Business award

Melanie Gavin from Bury, recently won the Client Management Innovation category of the Legal Week Innovation Awards with Ward Hadaway's healthcare team and has...

Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre announces first partners

The University of Manchester’s recently completed £60m Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) has agreed the first in a series of industrial partnerships to accelerate...

Businesses to welcome new flexible workspace in Stretford

Global workspace provider Regus is opening the doors of a new centre in Manchester. The new centre will be based in Stretford, ideally located just...

Manchester researchers find screen-printed electrodes could unlock hydrogen as an affordable and sustainable fuel

Creating a renewable and sustainable source of energy from hydrogen that is also affordable could be unlocked with Manchester Metropolitan University’s innovative use of...

Toast PR appointed to launch Beauty of Eczema Book

Manchester-based Toast PR is helping to bring fresh hope to the UK’s 15 million eczema sufferers after being appointed to launch The Beauty of...