Manchester A World Class Location for Business

Allison Brierley

Business Development Manager

Manchester’s Inward Investment Agency

In excess of 20 years experience supporting

companies

Actively worked with over 1000 companies

Helped over 150 companies to establish operations

in Manchester over the last 3 years

All services are free of charge and confidential

An Introduction to MIDAS

Manchester

UK’s largest & fastest growing regional economy

A workforce of 7.2 million within 50 miles

A low cost alternative to London – 30 - 40%

operational savings

Central UK location

First class connectivity – 2 hours by train from

London

International airport with direct flights to over

200 destinations world-wide

Gateway to Europe – most major European

cities within a 3 hr flight

Manchester’s Key Sectors

Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering

ICT

Life Sciences and Bio-medical

Creative, Digital, Media

Financial and Professional Services

Business Services

Logistics

Advanced Manufacturing

120,000 employees & 6,900 Advanced Manufacturing businesses

Strong industrial heritage evident but strong innovation taking place in Manchester

Specialist capabilities and skills in Aerospace – Automotive – Chemicals

Recent trends : engineering consultancy, semi-conductors linked to materials innovation in Manchester.

Strong research capabilities – Northwest Composites Centre, Cockcroft Institute (mathematical modelling and sensors for aerospace), National Graphene Institute.

Manchester’s ICT Sector

In excess of 100,000 employees with a further 5,000 students studying computer science and engineering courses

International Internet Exchange – Only one outside London

Only city in the UK to offer next generation broadband in a true ‘open access’ network

Home to the region’s only Usability Rooms for testing and analysing interactive technologies

The UK’s only Digital Workflow Centre

Home to the BBC’s Future Media and Technology Department (Interactive technology)

Life Sciences & Bio-Medical

Member of the ‘European Super League’ of biotech clusters

Home to 24 National Health Service organisations

Europe’s largest single-site clinical academic campus

280 biomedical companies in the region

Major pharmaceutical and healthcare companies

UK Centre of Excellence for Clinical Trials

World Class R&D

Home to the largest cancer treatment centre of its kind in Europe

Creative, Digital & Media Europe’s second largest media and digital hub

The sector is growing faster than anywhere else in the UK

Over £3.5bn investment in the sector

60,600 people employed in Digital, Creative & New Media

Broad strengths - film, TV to games and app development

Specialist eco systems: MediaCityUK, the Sharp Project and The Landing

New Coding School training 100 students a year in 3D and virtual reality coding and design

10,000 students studying over 300 media & digital courses

Financial & Professional Services

Employs 250,000 people – UK’s largest FPS sector outside of

London

One of the only UK regional cities to retain employment levels in

the sector since 2009 (FT 2012)

Largest legal sector outside London, specialisms include :

Corporate Finance, Insurance, Banking, IP, Media, Transport

Important centre for private equity

Strong general insurance sector outside London and a growing

broker community .

Typically 40% operational savings over London

Business Services in Manchester

30 Corporate Shared Service Centres in Manchester

Specialists in Human Resources, Finance, ICT and Customer Service

250 Contact Centre Operations

In excess of 70,000 employees

Significant pool of multi-lingual candidates to support global operations

Manchester is a low risk environment for Business Service Operations

Logistics - Access to Market

Growing consumer demand - 1.1m households within Greater Manchester

3.3m households across the North West region.

Motorway access across the UK London and Edinburgh within a 4 hour drive time

55,000 employees in the sector - higher than the National Average

Multi-Modal Capability

Port Salford

Manchester Airport City

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Key Developments

One of the UK’s first Enterprise Zones

£650 million development

Adjacent to 20 acre Medipark

Aimed at Global R&D centres and advanced manufacturers

Simplified planning process

Superfast broadband

First-class transport infrastructure

Up to £275,000 business rates relief

Airport City

Key Developments

£500 million investment

A shared media infrastructure for maximum flexibility

Innovative digital production environment

Home to two of the UK’s biggest broadcasters, BBC and ITV

Proximity to content commissioners

The new home of the BBC’s Future Media & Technology Department

MediaCityUK

Access to World Class Talent

25 Nobel Prize winners

100,000 students attending Manchester’s four Universities

30,000 graduates per annum

UK’s largest single-site university

17 universities within an hour’s drive

High student retention rate

Home to top two most popular universities in the UK (based upon applications)

Manchester’s Universities

MIDAS Services

Research & business case information

Funding

Soft-Landing Service

Support with building your labour pool

Advice and support with funding

Networking and integration into the Manchester business community

PR support

Relocation services such as familiarisation tours

Aftercare services

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