GM2030

14 June 2022

Tech, transport and northern soul: Greater Manchester’s vision for 2030 and beyond.

Consensus is in short supply in UK politics, but most politicians and the public can agree on one thing: large regional disparities in wealth and opportunity are bad for everyone. Greater Manchester has been at the forefront of devolution, urban planning and urban regeneration. Last week, we organised an event to discuss the launch […]

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23 May 2022

Stephen Church: ‘This is the moving decade for green infrastructure.’

By 2030, Greater Manchester should be known for being hyperconnected, clean and green. With the region’s goal of achieving Net-Zero by 2038, a green economy must be created by 2030 to deliver this carbon neutral promise. When we consider green infrastructure, the obvious and initial thought is transport. In its own right, this is incredibly […]

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10 May 2022

Nile Henry: ‘Addressing Greater Manchester’s STEM skills gap.’

The Blair Project’s flagship ProtoEV STEM Challenge has supported more than 560 young people since its launch in 2014. The challenge gives young people from disadvantaged backgrounds knowledge and practical skills in renewable technologies through the retrofitting of petrol go-karts to e-karts. The Manchester Innovation Activities Hub (MIAH), due to open in Q3 2022, is […]

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5 May 2022

Chris Oglesby: ‘A thriving economy that’s inclusive, green and culturally vibrant.’

Our business has a purpose of creating thriving towns and cities, and when I look to 2030, I see Greater Manchester as a collection of thriving towns and cities. Wealth used to be in the suburbs, but this has been reversed through the growth of the service industry, however we now need to achieve a […]