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by Stephen Chapman
Described as a “significant chapter in Manchester’s economic recovery, work has started on a new £21m specialist workplace for science and technology businesses.
Base at Manchester Science Park is a 5-storey, 91,000 sq ft building, which will include office space and labs, as well as dedicated workshop space for prototyping. It will also be the home of the Manchester Innovation Activities Hub (MIAH).
MIAH will be delivered by Circle Square-based The Blair Project and will provide a “highly novel” community innovation activities hub and vocational training centre dedicated to the rapid upskilling, reskilling and retraining of more than 5,000 local residents over the next 5 years.
Sarah Townsend
The combined authority has formed a 24-member panel of experts and leaders representing the city-region’s communities, designed to combat racism and race-related discrimination.
The Greater Manchester Race Equality Panel met for the first time last week, led by Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Cllr Brenda Warrington, executive leader of Tameside Council and portfolio lead for age-friendly Greater Manchester and equalities at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
The panel intends to elect a chair, or co-chairs, at a future meeting. It has agreed two areas of work to address in early 2021:
Providing insight and input to the Independent Inequalities Commission report into systemic racism in Greater Manchester.
GM mayor Andy Burnham, courtesy of the GM combined authority MAYOR of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has announced his proposal to freeze the Mayoral General Precept for the financial year 2021/22. If accepted, the proposal will mean, when residents get their council tax bills in March, the Mayoral Precept will remain at £70.73 for a Band B property split between £51.48 for the fire service and £19.25 for other Mayoral-funded services. The Mayoral General Precept is part of the overall council tax paid by Greater Manchester residents and used to fund Greater Manchester-wide services for which the Mayor is responsible According to Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the decision to freeze the precept is intended to relieve pressure on residents who are struggling after the pandemic and facing wider increases in council tax bills following the Government’s failure to fund social care and other council services.
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