Marketing Manchester
Marketing Manchester is the agency charged with promoting Greater Manchester nationally and internationally as a place to visit, invest, meet and study.
MIDAS
Our award-winning inward investment agency, seeks to secure significant levels of new investment and employment for Greater Manchester.
Manchester India Partnership
Established in 2018 to unite private businesses, academia and the public sector across India and Greater Manchester to build and strengthen trade, investment, cultural, and educational ties.
Manchester China Forum
Established in 2013 drives forward the Greater Manchester-China relationship. The unique public-private partnership fosters understanding and is designed to ensure growth in commercial connectivity between Greater Manchester and China.
GC Business Growth Hub
A Greater Manchester innovation, adopted nationally, delivers tailored programmes to assist entrepreneurs and businesses to start, grow, innovate, raise finance, develop their workforce, internationalise and become environmentally sustainable.
Skills for Growth - SME Support
Skills for Growth is a fully funded tailored service to help up-skill your employees and improve business productivity. This could be to streamline or improve your products or services, innovate new products and services or the core skills needed to run your business.
EnterprisingYou
EnterprisingYou is a specially designed programme to support self-employed individuals (including those who work in the gig economy) and small business owners to grow their income and business.
Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter
The Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter is a voluntary membership and assessment scheme which has been created to improve employment standards across all GM employers, regardless of size, sector or geography.
GC Education and Skills
As one of the largest providers of apprenticeships and training in the country, GC Education and Skills help people to develop their skills across a diverse range of sectors and levels, with our Ofsted Grade 2: Good provider status.
GC Employment
GC Employment delivers services across the UK which help tens of thousands of people move into good jobs and careers. Our highly personalised services take a holistic approach, empowering people to navigate the changing world of work at the same time as overcoming personal challenges.
The Manufacturing Institute
The Manufacturing Institute delivers training programmes to upskill manufacturing firms and is one of the only providers of The Shingo Model in Europe.
Aspire Recruitment
Aspire Recruitment is an award-winning, not-for-profit ethical recruitment agency that supports businesses and individuals with their employment challenges.
GC Insight
GC Insight combines the skills and expertise of ekosgen, Winning Moves and the Growth Company to provide a breadth and depth of consultancy and advisory support.
Our Pass
Our Pass offers its members free bus travel on most local bus services across Greater Manchester and half-price off-peak 1 day and weekend travelcards on Metrolink and with an Our Pass ‘Exclusives’ account, members get access to offers, events, discounts and experiences.
Green Skills Academy
The Green Skills Academy houses the latest green technology equipment for businesses and individuals to gain the knowledge and skills needed to support Greater Manchester's ambitions to reach Net Zero carbon as early as 2038.
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