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Ofcom has outlined plans to open a digital and technology hub in Manchester, with the creation of up to 150 jobs by 2025.
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News from the Northern Powerhouse | Demand for robotics skills has increased dramatically in several northern UK cities, according to a report from professional services giant Accenture.
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Enterprise software, payments and e-commerce-enabling services provider Xplor has selected Newcastle as the base of its new customer service operation. The move is expected to bring more than 200 jobs to the North East.
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The location for Bradford's proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) station has been revealed with major changes planned for the city centre.
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Plans to build a pair of 56-storey skyscrapers in Manchester city centre have been revealed, with the development likely to yield a sizeable economic boost.
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Manchester-headquartered PRS developer Beech Holdings has purchased a landmark building in Newcastle – one of the tallest in the city – with plans to refurbish it into 250 low-carbon, co-living apartments. The development would be the first in the company's proposed expansion across the UK.
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Deloitte is set to launch a new northern hub in Leeds for its in-house creative agency.
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Details on a blueprint designed to boost R&D investment across the North West, helping create 100,000 jobs and yielding a £7bn economic boost, have been revealed.
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Network Space has acquired a 28-acre former distillery site in Liverpool, which once accommodated the headquarters of a wine, spirits and beer producer. Plans are now being drawn up to breathe life into the site in the form of a multi-let employment scheme.
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A new life science UK centre of excellence that would support about 300 jobs is set to be developed on a historic site in Leeds under new plans.
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A Newcastle-headquartered life sciences company focused on developing transformational point-of-care molecular diagnostics has completed an £11m funding fund.
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Aer Lingus is to launch its first ever transatlantic services direct from Manchester to the US and the Caribbean, in a move creating up to 120 jobs.
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A property management and urban regeneration business has moved to employee ownership.
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Powerhouse Perspective | In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, Simon Brown, director at Sniffers Pet Care, outlines what the initiative means to him, the need for greater focus on infrastructure and transport links, and the benefits that could be achieved from innovation partnerships with the North's universities.
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