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Manchester Digital launches a 北方科技经济宣言

Today (April 18), Manchester Digital has launched its new 北方科技经济宣言, in advance of the Greater Manchester Mayoral elections on 2nd May.  

We are calling on the new Mayor of Greater Manchester to seize the opportunity to turbocharge the northern tech economy with the creation of a new body to boost skills, 整个地区的创新和投资.

北方科技经济宣言, which is supported by tech leaders across the region, calls for the formation of a new Northern Tech Nexus of key city-regions – led by Greater Manchester – which would coordinate efforts between political, 学术 and business leaders to create a powerful pan-regional tech ecosystem.

The Manifesto also calls for the establishment of an annual international Northern Tech Summit and the creation of a Regional Digital Investment Fund, which would supercharge global capital support for start-ups and scale-ups.

The firms also call for targeted support for industrial placements – including through the proposed Mbacc initiative – to inject a wave of new engineering talent into the northern tech economy.

艾莉森·罗斯, chair of Manchester Digital’s board and chief people and operations director at Auto Trader, 说:

“只要投资得当, 组织与协作, northern cities have the potential to become Britain’s biggest tech hub. As the representative of the city-region with the largest digital economy and the most developed devolved political arrangements in the north, the Mayor of Greater Manchester should instigate the creation of a Northern Tech Nexus with the aim of establishing a new global tech ecosystem that would serve as a counterpoint to the dominance of London and the South East.”

Katie Gallagher OBE, managing director at Manchester Digital, 说:

“We see an opportunity to build a powerful northern tech ecosystem with Greater Manchester at its heart. We want to work closely with the Mayor to create a combined northern approach to tech growth and innovation, harnessing core strengths across different city-regions to propel future growth on a larger scale. The recommendations in our Manifesto focus on the achievement of that goal, 在此过程中促进创新和技能.”

Manchester Digital’s 北方科技经济宣言 sets out recommendations for the new Mayor of Greater Manchester under three core themes: 

  • 建立北方科技中心(NTN) —一群政治的, 学术, business and public sector leaders from neighbouring city-regions, aimed at creating a globally significant tech ecosystem. This would include a new annual international Northern Tech Summit, 吸引科技公司, 风险投资公司, 教育领袖和政治家.

  • 促进创新和增长, which would involve supporting initiatives to grow diversity and inclusion in the tech industry, look at tax breaks for startups and scale-ups and explore best practice in achievement spinouts from universities. 

  • 提高数字人才和技能 by lobbying for Apprenticeship Levy reform to unlock more funding for businesses to grow and to earmark funding to develop industry placements for the new Mbacc qualifications. 

By creating further innovation and harnessing the power of the north collectively, our region will see huge growth in its already-powerful tech economy. 

The Manifesto points out that the total student population at universities in Manchester, 利兹, 利物浦和谢菲尔德合计超过250人,000, which dwarfs that of the Oxbridge universities which total around 60,000.

创建的报告 巴克莱鹰实验室 shows that there are 708 high growth tech companies across Manchester, 利兹, Liverpool and Sheffield and that the four cities combined saw over £1.1bn in investment collectively over the past five years. Greater Manchester already has a strong tech sector, 其中包括电子商务, 金融科技和健康科技. 

市长代表2人.十大网博靠谱平台有800万人, 索尔福德, 维冈, 博尔顿, 埋葬, 洛奇代尔, 奥尔德姆, Tameside, 斯托克波特和特拉福德. Andy Burnham has been the Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017 and will seek his third term as Mayor for the Labour party on 2nd May.

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