Manchester stories
Manchester's GBP £1.7bn Sister hub and Galway's Platform94 sign a 12-month pact to ease cross-Irish Sea expansion for start-ups.
Apex Computing turns firewall upgrades into planned security strategy, helping clients avoid breaches, downtime and costly distressed buys.
Microsoft partner mhance names Chris Allan as CEO to drive cloud, data and AI-led growth under private equity owner SilverTree Equity.
Personnel Checks buys Manchester-based Know Your Candidate, gaining 2,000 SME clients and a second UK base in a six-figure deal.
AI and tech upheaval is piling pressure on UK business leaders, with most saying their roles have become far more complex since 2020.
UA92 partners with Fujitsu to spotlight gender gaps and galvanise male allyship in boosting women's leadership across business and academia.
Latos Data Centres has launched consultation on a new “Neural Edge” AI-ready data centre planned for a brownfield site in East Manchester.
A Manchester dentist has launched Radismile, a smile-led wellbeing app offering three-minute audio sessions to ease daily stress worldwide.
UA92 and Fujitsu launch GBP £101,000 package of bursaries and apprenticeships to help more women and non-binary people build tech careers.
Willo names Jim Berrisford VP of Partnerships to drive global alliances after GBP £3 million backing and new UK office openings.
Most Britons have never heard of new AI and marketing roles, with many dismissing titles like Belonging Manager and Empathy Engineer as fake.
Manchester's mid-sized firms are stalling investment and expansion, citing volatile costs, policy shifts and tougher access to finance.
Immediate launches IX, a dedicated experiential agency using its live shows and media brands to create bespoke in-person campaigns for advertisers.
Ultamation taps Manchester digital agency Pixel Kicks to build a unified WordPress and WooCommerce platform for its growing software services.
Doorly secures GBP £600,000 to accelerate its shift from barber-booking app to nationwide on-demand home services marketplace.
ANS Academy becomes first apprenticeship provider to earn Ofsted's new 'strong standard' rating across all inspection categories.
PushON launches Connect to unify fragmented eCommerce marketing, promising cross-channel insight and clearer links between spend and sales.
Voicescape acquires Enterprise RPA to fuse AI tenant engagement with housing automation, targeting stretched landlords and local authorities.
Houlihan Lokey hires Mark Ward as Managing Director to expand European IT services coverage from its Manchester and London offices.
Manchester's Voxelo launches AI studio that turns a single product video into reusable 3D models, AR assets and eCommerce imagery in hours.
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