BOLTON residents are being urged to give their opinion on bus travel. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is carrying out a consultation on how buses should be run in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The consultation closes at midnight on Friday January 29 at www.gmconsult.org. Three in four public transport journeys made in Greater Manchester before and during the Covid-19 pandemic are by bus and they continue to be a critical link to jobs and essential services; especially for some of Greater Manchester’s poorest and most vulnerable communities and those without a car. Feedback from the consultation could result in bus services being franchised.
Sarah Townsend
The Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership and the city’s Growth Company have pledged to provide support and advice to local businesses as the UK announced its Brexit deal with the European Union today.
The UK and EU were last night finalising a historic post-Brexit deal intended to reduce the risk of Britain exiting the European single market on January 1 with no back-up arrangements in place.
The agreement was signed and announced this morning, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson claiming a “victory” over the EU.
A joint statement from Greater Manchester LEP co-chairs Lou Cordwell and Mo Isap, alongside Cllr Elise Wilson, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s portfolio lead for economy and business, and Mark Hughes, chief executive of the Growth Company, issued shortly before the deal was announced, said: “This has been an unprecedented year and we have all faced challenges like never before during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Former police rep says Andy Burnham must lead culture shift at Greater Manchester Police after force placed in âspecial measuresâ
Mr Hanson claims Mr Burnham met with him just once during his tenure
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INVESTMENT: The planned Raven Locks development at Little Hulton has been given a £4.75m boost by the GMCA A JOBS windfall is on the cards after a logistics development on the outskirts of Bolton was given a £4.75m shot in the arm. Land formerly owned by British Coal in Little Hulton has been identified as a ‘prime site’ for the area’s latest warehousing and deliveries project. And the project, dubbed ‘Ravens Locks’ has now been granted investment funding by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s (GMCA) Local Growth Deal. The old Ashton’s Field Colliery site, off Ravenscraig Road, is only a short distance away from the sprawling Logistics North complex.