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Chamber Celebrates Greater Manchester’s Black History and Culture

Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has joined forces with Google Arts & Culture to highlight black history and culture. The Black and British project records the contribution of inspirational blac...

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Latest Economic Survey Reports ‘Robust Growth’ as Consumer Spending Increases

EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 28TH SEPTEMBER 2021 Increased consumer spending after the lifting of all Covid-19 related restrictions in July has contributed to an increase in economic activity in Q3, accordin...

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Chamber Calls For Resolution to Driver Shortage

Greater Manchester Chamber has put its weight behind a six point plan to resolve the increasing crisis created by the shortage of truck drivers. As a result of the pandemic, Brexit and government poli...

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MAN Energy Solutions Confirms World-First LAES Project

MAN Energy Solutions has formally signed a contract to provide its LAES turbomachinery solution to Highview Power’s CRYOBattery facility. The signing took place at Highview’s London offices and follow...

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Latest Economic Survey Reports Substantial Increase in Customer Demand

The success of the vaccination programme and relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions have contributed to a substantial increase in customer demand, according to the findings of this quarter's Economic Sur...

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GM Chamber Launches First Ever Excellence Awards

EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 AM FRIDAY 25th JUNE Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has launched its first ever Excellence Awards. The Awards will be a celebration of business achievements and resilience...

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Transport and Connectivity tops the to-do list for the next Mayor

Members of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce have identified transport and connectivity as being the main focus for the next Mayor of Greater Manchester ahead of the election on 6th May. The resu...

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New Trade Rules Could Hit Covid Re-opening Boost

Businesses attending last week’s Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Spring Assembly heard about the ongoing problems still affecting huge numbers of businesses trading with the EU following the st...

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MAN Energy Solutions to Partner on World’s Largest Liquid-Air Energy-Storage (LAES) Project and it’s in Manchester!

Highview Power to deploy MAN LAES turbomachinery solution in its CRYOBattery long-duration application. Highview Power, a global leader in long duration energy storage solutions, has selected MAN Ener...