Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy

June 2019

1 Industrial Strategy Good Work Plan Contents

Foreword 04

Executive summary 07

Introduction 18

Greater Manchester’s Industrial Strategy 20

The Independent Prosperity Review 24

Strengths and opportunities 31

The five foundations of productivity

Ideas 59

People 62

Infrastructure 68

Business environment 76

Places 84

Implementation 92

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Foreword

“We can see only a short distance ahead but we can see plenty that And it seeks to raise productivity And digital transformation has needs to be done”. - Alan Turing, Manchester, 1950. and pay in the foundational sectors the potential to create better of the economy - including in large quality, future-facing jobs in all Alan Turing’s words have as much Greater Manchester has a proud history sectors such as retail, hospitality sectors of the economy. relevance today as they did then. of innovation, from the world’s first and tourism, and social care. Written in Manchester when he passenger railway, to the world’s first Led by a partnership including the was pioneering work that led to the stored program electronic computer, Crucially, the strategy builds on Greater Greater Manchester Mayor, the Greater modern computing revolution, he to the Nobel Prize winning isolation Manchester’s best asset - its people - to Manchester Combined Authority, the inspired technologies across the of graphene in our own time. Greater continue to drive social progress. It sets Greater Manchester Local Enterprise world which are transforming the way Manchester’s economic leadership out a plan for communities across the Partnership, and national government, we live our lives as workers, citizens has gone hand in hand with social cities and towns of Greater Manchester the Greater Manchester Local and consumers. We do not know all progress: the Chartists, the Trade to thrive and prosper, with good jobs Industrial Strategy builds on over 30 the ways in which our economy and Union movement, the co-operative being created across the city-region years of public and private sector society will be impacted by these global movement, and women’s suffrage were backed up by the infrastructure, collaboration in the city-region. The forces, but we have a clear picture all born in the city-region. England’s skills and networks needed to raise strategy’s development was a genuinely of what needs to be done to ensure first civic university, the University of productivity and earnings. It aims to collaborative effort with stakeholders, that the UK and Greater Manchester Manchester, was established in the ensure that everyone is supported drawing on expertise and advice are best placed to take advantage city-region and the area is now home to reach their full potential, that from a wide range of organisations of the opportunities they create. to four universities that play a leading people have hope and optimism including Greater Manchester’s for the future, and that the modern businesses and social enterprises, local Our modern Industrial Strategy sets role in social and economic progress. economy leaves nobody behind. authorities, universities and colleges, out how the UK will respond to these This pioneering and progressive spirit trade unions and community and economic and technological changes, is demonstrated today in the Greater This focus on frontier and foundational voluntary organisations, as well as as well as other global forces such Manchester Local Industrial Strategy. sectors – and the connections national organisations, and government as an ageing society and the need The strategy capitalises on Greater between them – will support the departments and agencies. It is based to transition to clean growth, while Manchester’s biggest opportunities, creation of a highly productive, on a robust evidence base produced raising productivity and earnings. where it can be a 21st century global more inclusive and prosperous city- by leading experts through the Greater Local Industrial Strategies are an pioneer at the centre of the Fourth region for all residents. It also means Manchester Independent Prosperity essential part of our plan, allowing Industrial Revolution – including in that the strategy will deliver more Review, which built on the 2016 Science communities to take control of their health innovation, advanced materials, than the sum of its parts. Health and Innovation Audit. It demonstrates own economic futures and ensuring and digital and creative industries. It innovation will create new products the successes of devolution to the city- that the UK takes advantage of local aims to capitalise on the local ambition and services Greater Manchester region over the past decade, and charts opportunities and the drive and to be carbon neutral by 2038, to can export around the world, while a course for how this partnership will ambition of people across the country. drive improvements to environmental simultaneously improving the health continue to develop into the future. quality while also stimulating of the city-region’s population. Carbon innovation and new industries. neutrality by 2038 will improve the environment across the city-region, boosting quality of life for residents.

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Greater Manchester does things differently. Plenty needs to be Greater Manchester’s ambitious Local Industrial Strategy is done and we are committed to work together to do it. designed to deliver an economy fit for the future, with prosperous communities across the city-region and radically increased productivity and earning power. This Local Industrial Strategy It has been developed from the ground represents a strong partnership up with local and national stakeholders, between local leaders and government, including business and social setting out an ambitious plan to achieve enterprises, trade unions, universities the aspirations of the national Industrial and colleges, and community Rt Hon Greg Clark MP Mike Blackburn OBE Strategy and to continue to contribute and voluntary organisations. Secretary of State for Business, Chair of Greater Manchester to Greater Manchester’s prosperity. Energy and Industrial Strategy Local Enterprise Partnership The strategy is based on the robust evidence provided by the 2019 Independent Prosperity Review, and the 2016 Science and Innovation Audit.

Greater Manchester fit for the 21st century

Rt Hon Andy Burnham Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell Greater Manchester’s success is central to the government’s vision Mayor of Greater Manchester FRS, FMedSci, President of a prosperous Northern Powerhouse. and Chair, Greater Manchester and Vice-Chancellor of the The city-region’s economy is robust, Greater Manchester is building on Combined Authority University of Manchester diverse and growing. With over a decade of strong investment in 124,000 businesses, it is already a businesses, infrastructure, and in new great place to live and work for many. forms of government. Since 2009, a Employment growth has been strong Combined Authority has been formed, a for a decade and there are reasons Mayor elected, and six devolution deals for optimism for the future: a growing signed, giving the city-region greater skills base, significant rises in business influence over billions of pounds of Sir Richard Leese Juergen Maier CBE start-ups, and major infrastructure spending. Working with government, Leader of Manchester City Council Chief Executive of Siemens plc investments are planned. Innovative Greater Manchester has developed the and Deputy Mayor, Greater forms of cooperation between Greater UK’s largest and most successful light- Manchester Combined Authority Manchester’s private and public sector rail system, invested in institutions that mean it continues to be an example of provide an unrivalled critical mass of effective leadership for the Northern graphene and 2D materials research Powerhouse, the UK, and the world. and commercialisation expertise, and

6 7 Industrial Strategy Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy successfully supported the long-term These include population health, Key to the success of the Local investment into infrastructure to sit unemployed back into work through education and skills, infrastructure, Industrial Strategy will be strengthening alongside devolved funding streams. the nationally acclaimed Working innovation and leadership and the city-region’s foundations of ``Business environment: strengthening Well programme. This Local Industrial management. The Greater Manchester productivity and ensuring that growth Greater Manchester programmes Strategy maintains the momentum. Local Industrial Strategy will tackle benefits all people and places: that support businesses to improve The Independent Prosperity these barriers, while also responding ``Ideas: Greater Manchester partners productivity. The leadership and Review identified that there are to global changes affecting us all will continue to work with UK Research management programmes provided barriers to be overcome to improve including climate change, technological and Innovation (UKRI) to maximise by Greater Manchester partners will economic performance. change and the Fourth Industrial investments in innovation assets in the be complemented by a new Greater Revolution, and an ageing society. conurbation, increasing the take-up Manchester Good Employment and impact of funding to drive applied Charter and plan for the ‘foundational Working to agree this Local Industrial Strategy R&D to meet the strategic needs of economy’, to improve productivity, the Greater Manchester economy. wages and job quality in all sectors. ``People: working in partnership to ``P l a c e s :a thriving and productive This Local Industrial Strategy sets out how Greater Manchester explore areas to connect national economy in all parts of Greater will forge its future. and local policies for the post-16 skills Manchester will be supported by As well as setting out a number innovative firms to experiment and work system in the city-region. addressing barriers to participating of specific actions, it also sets out with, develop and adopt advanced ``Infrastructure: government will join in employment and accessing Greater Manchester’s long-term materials in manufacturing; the Greater Manchester Strategic opportunities across the city-region, and by Greater Manchester continuing aspirations and the specific outcomes ``build on Greater Manchester’s position Infrastructure Board. Greater to redesign public services around local partners are aiming to achieve. as a leading European digital city- Manchester will explore options its model of unified public services. These will help guide future action and region; enable the digitalisation of all for sustainable, long-term local evaluate progress. These locally led and sectors; and capitalise on the links ambitious outcomes are the product between digital and creative industries Seizing opportunities for the future of extensive consultation with local that feed internationally significant leaders, business and civil society. They clusters in broadcasting, content are also underpinned by the work of creation and media, and maximise Health Innovation Working with government, health and the Independent Prosperity Review. growing assets in cyber security; The interactions between poor physical social care devolution has given the Where appropriate, this Local Industrial ``achieve carbon neutral living in and mental health and economic growth city-region greater control over £6bn Strategy will inform how local leaders Greater Manchester by 2038, by stand out in Greater Manchester and, of health and care budgets. This gives will capitalise on the city-region’s launching the UK’s first like all UK cities and regions, Greater an ability for Greater Manchester to unique assets and opportunities city-region Clean Growth mission. Manchester’s population base is drive innovation in the health and care over the long-term by aiming to: ageing. By 2036, Greater Manchester system to improve population health, In addition to the specific shared will see a 75 per cent increase in the while also creating new industries and ``set Greater Manchester up to be commitments agreed with government, proportion of the population who new jobs. This makes improving the a global leader on health and care this Local Industrial Strategy also are 75 and over compared to 2011. health of the local population Greater innovation - creating new industries details how Greater Manchester and jobs, improving population health Manchester’s biggest opportunity, will work with a variety of local, The city-region has recognised research as well as its biggest challenge. and extending healthy life expectancy; national and international actors to capabilities in health innovation ``position Greater Manchester as deliver the strategy’s ambitions. and one of the largest life sciences a world-leading city-region for clusters outside south east England.

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The Greater Manchester Local successful commercialisation, adoption Overview of the Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy Industrial Strategy takes the city- and diffusion of these materials will region’s ambitions further. It sets support an industrial renaissance Global Change the ambition for Greater Manchester in the UK and help address all four

Technological and Economic Change Demographic and Climate Change to be a global leader on health and Grand Challenges. Greater Manchester care innovation, not only creating has a complementary advanced new industries and jobs, but also manufacturing base with strengths in Strategic Drivers improving population health and materials and textiles, chemicals, and extending healthy life expectancy. food and drink, amongst others, which Greater Manchester Strategy National Industrial Strategy ‘Our People, Our Place’ Greater Manchester aims to lead provides the industrial capacity to Britain and the world in the roll-out of commercialise these new materials. The

Place: prosperous cities, towns and communities new health and care technologies, and city-region’s manufacturing industry, Building on our strengths and opportunities. transforming health and care systems. which employs 110,000 people and Supporting the foundations of productivity. The Industrial Strategy’s Ageing generates £8bn of economic output Society Grand Challenge recognises each year, is being transformed by the Advanced Ideas: innovation, partnerships and the opportunity posed by an ageing Fourth Industrial Revolution, which Health materials and investment to drive prosperity and is driving productivity improvements innovation: manufacturing: transformation. population. As the UK’s first World Global leadership A world-leading Health Organisation Age Friendly through the adoption of digital on health and city region for People: a skills and work system that city-region, Greater Manchester technologies, artificial intelligence care innovation, advanced ensures everyone reaches their and efficiency improvements. extending materials, and a potential and employers have the has already taken charge of healthy lives. Made Smarter skills they need. ecosystem. capitalising on this opportunity. Through this Local Industrial Strategy, Greater Manchester will combine these Infrastructure: integrated 21st This Local Industrial Strategy century infrastructure for digitally- strengths to make the city-region Digital, creative announces the establishment of an Clean growth: driven, clean and inclusive growth. and media: one of the world’s leading regions for Carbon neutral Innovation Partnership on Healthy A leading living in the city- Business environment: innovative firms to experiment with, European digital Ageing, with a board comprising region by 2038. strengthening leadership, increasing develop and adopt advanced materials. city-region. innovation adoption, raising export of representatives from Greater levels. Manchester, the private sector and To drive progress towards achieving government agencies and departments. this priority, Greater Manchester Drive progress towards delivering on the following long-term, locally driven aspirations: Greater Manchester will also work will develop world-class sites and to identify a home for a prospective premises across the city-region, Raised productivity and pay across sectors, driven by innovative well-managed businesses which are trading and investing globally. International Centre for Healthy including the University of Manchester Ageing to drive real-world testing work to establish ‘Graphene City’ More high-quality manufacturing opportunities close to transport links and population centres. and commercialisation of health, in the centre, and the ambitions A fully integrated, digital health and care system, using preventative and assistive health care and wellbeing innovations of Greater Manchester partners tech; helping people stay productive for longer. that support healthy ageing. for an ‘Advanced Materials City’ in Carbon neutrality that improves quality of life for residents, minimises the productivity north east Greater Manchester. impact on businesses and maximises commercial opportunities. Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Greater Manchester will establish a A top five city-region for the digital economy in Europe, with full fibre broadband and 5G new Graphene, Advanced Materials coverage, and with internationally-significant media and cyber-security clusters. Greater Manchester is the home of and Manufacturing Alliance to A skills and work system that enables people to realise their potential, supports emerging graphene and other revolutionary industries and is responsive to employers. develop the city-region’s advanced 2D and advanced materials. The A coordinated infrastructure system, better commuting and connections north-south and materials and manufacturing strategy, across the Northern Powerhouse.

10 11 Industrial Strategy Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy with government on its board. Greater Manchester will also continue While significant progress has been UK’s first city-region Clean Growth The city-region will build on the to support the growth of creative made in improving the city-region’s Mission to achieve carbon neutral ongoing Made Smarter pilot to create and media clusters in the centre environment, Greater Manchester living in Greater Manchester by an ecosystem that supports next and throughout the city-region. will face challenges including rapidly 2038. Greater Manchester’s 5-Year generation manufacturing capabilities. Greater Manchester and government increasing the energy efficiency of Environment Plan points to the have already invested in the city- buildings, decarbonising heating opportunities around innovations that: Digital, Creative and Media region’s digital infrastructure, and cooling, significantly upscaling ``improve the environment; Greater Manchester has the largest local renewable energy generation creative and media infrastructure and increase the energy efficiency digital and creative sectors outside the and decarbonising transport. To `` committed to a new cyber security of homes and buildings; south east, with the potential to create Centre of Excellence in the city-region drive progress, Greater Manchester internationally significant clusters in that will create hundreds of high-skilled has already developed a 5-year ``adopt new models of local broadcasting, content creation and jobs. Greater Manchester’s £3m Digital Environment Plan that sets out renewable energy generation; and actions to reduce carbon across all media and cyber security, alongside Skills Pilot, agreed at the 2018 Budget, ``accelerate the implementation new sub-sectors like e-commerce where will see the city-region and government sectors of society, and is working towards a coordinated Clean Air of energy and material efficiency the city-region has the potential to lead work together to boost digital skills. measures by businesses. industries of the future. The explosion of Local partners will also initiate a review Plan, to address poor air quality – the data and digital economy over the of local data, to identify and address the largest environmental risk to Government welcomes Greater past decade is enabling growth across barriers to making this openly available public health in the city-region. Manchester’s local mission, the economy, and has the potential to for re-use. Greater Manchester will Through this Local Industrial Strategy which will support the delivery transform public services to support lead a biennial international event to Greater Manchester is launching the of the government’s Clean improved productivity. At the same showcase to the world the best of the Growth Grand Challenge. time, cross-cutting digital strengths city-region’s digital and creative talent, will accelerate the use of productivity- with support from government officials. Strengthening the foundations of productivity enhancing digital technologies and big data in all sectors to meet the Artificial Clean Growth Grand Challenge Intelligence and Data Grand Challenge. The transition to a carbon neutral Ideas Increasing innovation by firms Through this Local Industrial Strategy economy is a global challenge and central Innovation – the development and across the public sector will Greater Manchester aims to build on to the Clean Growth Grand Challenge, and deployment of new ideas – is be crucial to meet the Industrial its position as a leading European which aims to ensure future growth does embedded throughout this Local Strategy target of 2.4 per cent of digital city region, to maximise growing not come at the expense of the planet. Industrial Strategy: in health and GDP being invested in R&D by 2027, assets in cyber security and capitalise Greater Manchester’s ambition to achieve care innovation and the development and 3 per cent in the longer term. carbon neutral living in the city-region by on the links between digital, creative and commercialisation of advanced Greater Manchester has already 2038 provides a significant opportunity and other industries in the city-region materials, in meeting the Clean Growth been working to reinforce the to deliver substantial carbon reductions, that feed innovation in broadcasting, Grand Challenge and in digital and region’s innovation system, by environmental and health benefits to content creation and media, as well as creativity. However, there are gaps building collaboration through residents, whilst also creating new green in e-commerce, fintech and other new in the commercialisation ecosystem Knowledge Transfer Partnerships industries and jobs capitalising on Greater technologies. Greater Manchester will and Greater Manchester’s research and Impact Accelerator Accounts, Manchester’s research assets and large take a Made Smarter approach to all and development spending is lower and coordinating activity through the low carbon goods and services sector. industries, supporting firms to adopt than comparable city-regions. Greater Manchester Innovation Board. new digital and creative techniques and This already includes 2,500 companies enabling the digitalisation of all sectors. and employs over 45,000 people.

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Greater Manchester and government Greater Manchester’s ambition is The Partnership will report within Government is already working in will continue to maximise the impact to deliver ambitious improvements nine months; early areas for closer partnership with Greater Manchester of investments in innovation assets in skills and employment for the cooperation could include: to improve transport system in the conurbation, increasing the 2.8 million people living in the city- performance through implementation ``ensuring greater businesses take-up and impact of research region. Central to this is developing engagement in the whole system of Greater Manchester’s devolution and innovation funding in Greater a responsive city-region skills system from careers to in-work progression; deals, greater local influence over Manchester and embedding that enables all people to achieve rail services and stations, bus reform, connections between universities, their full potential and provides the ``supporting institutions with their trialling tram-trains and regulatory businesses and public bodies. skills businesses need for the future. efforts to raise quality and therefore reform. In line with our national Future help more young people to benefit of Mobility Grand Challenge, Greater Greater Manchester will also work to To achieve this ambition, Greater from good or outstanding learning; incentivise private sector investment Manchester is rolling out a new Manchester and government will also in research and development. To delivery model for early years based ``identifying what more can be develop a programme of transport address gaps in the innovation funding around integrated public services done at a national and local level innovation to explore digital mobility landscape, Greater Manchester will at neighbourhood level. Combined to support those in work on solutions. This complements existing review the city-region’s venture capital Authority plans to pilot free bus travel low pay to progress in work; partnership working to improve digital infrastructure in the city-region, to meet funding landscape in partnership with for 16-18 year olds; the interactions ``supporting employers to retain the City of London, assessing the with employers enabled by the Bridge national targets of nationwide full fibre older workers and those with coverage by 2033 and roll-out of 5G case for an Early Stage Investment GM programme; the new UCAS-style health problems; and seed funding programme drawing on careers platform; and Curriculum for technologies for most people by 2027. local funding and targeted at private Life will help all of the city-region’s ``supporting more high quality Greater Manchester’s £312.5m investments. To exploit opportunities young people become work and life apprenticeship opportunities allocation from the Transforming Cities from latent Intellectual Property (IP) ready. Government is already working with SMEs, securing employer Fund has also supported developments held by large UK firms and research differently in the city-region through commitments to provide to Metrolink and the ‘Bee Network’ (the organisations, Greater Manchester will the Employment and Skills Advisory high-quality T Level industry city-region’s transformative cycling launch a pilot programme to develop a Panel and the devolution of the Adult placements, and boosting employer and walking infrastructure plan). cooperative Intellectual Property Bank Education Budget. Government and investment in retraining. To continue addressing congestion to make IP available to smaller firms. Greater Manchester are working Infrastructure and increase productivity in the together to deliver new initiatives short term, Greater Manchester will Greater Manchester has successfully People including the Oldham Opportunity Area, implement the next stage of the city- delivered significant infrastructure The city-region has made huge Digital Skills Pilot, Self-Employment region’s 2040 Transport Strategy and improvements and investment in strides over the past decade to Pilot, Future Workforce Fund, National continue to expand the Bee network the past ten years. The city-region improve the skills base and reduce the Retraining Scheme and to test new to encourage increased walking and now aims to upgrade, integrate and proportion of the population without approaches to employability support. cycling. The city-region will also work any qualifications or out of work due future-proof its infrastructure, to To ensure the skills and employment to deliver growth cases for High to ill health. However, poor health create a 21st century city-region with system supports everyone in the Speed 2 and (via Transport for the and deficits in certain types of skills extreme digital connectivity, clean conurbation, government and Greater North) Northern Powerhouse Rail. and talent is restricting economic and inclusive growth and – through Manchester have agreed to work growth, and the fragmentation in work with others – improved access together to explore opportunities to the education and training system to national and global markets. connect national and local post-16 skills presents barriers to further progress. and work policies in the city-region to deliver a more effective offer.

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This Local Industrial Strategy Through the Greater Manchester The Growth Hub and Greater The city-region will also take an announces that government Local Industrial Strategy, activity will Manchester partners will better integrated place-based approach to will join the Greater Manchester be coordinated to radically improve coordinate existing business support bringing forward strategic regeneration Strategic Infrastructure Board, the productivity of businesses across programmes for increasing innovation proposals in town centres and strategic overseeing implementation of all sectors by strengthening their and productivity, to enable more sites, which integrate investment in national and local plans and providing leadership and management capacity, local businesses to access them, land remediation, housing transport operational expertise to improve increasing innovation adoption and and provide more targeted support and other infrastructure to create the performance of the city-region’s raising levels of export and investment. including one-to-one advice, mentoring sustainable employment locations. infrastructure, including transport, This includes programmes being and peer-to-peer programmes. Mayoral Development Corporations energy, housing and digital. delivered by the Business Growth Hub; Greater Manchester will also launch will be used where appropriate To underpin the strategic and the local Good Employment Charter a Global Prosperity Partnerships to drive strategic regeneration, integrated approach to infrastructure designed by Greater Manchester Model to promote high value trade, and Greater Manchester will the city-region has embedded, Greater partners; and a plan to increase the technology exchange, and scale up continue pubic service reform. Manchester will review its institutions, productivity of big sectors in the high-growth companies to compete Government will work in partnership structures and processes to ensure ‘foundational economy’. Together, they globally. These will be promoted by the with the city-region to deliver continued success in delivery relating will improve skills utilisation, wages Department for International Trade. place-based policies that improve and job quality and management to infrastructure, and also explore Places productivity and prosperity, including options for achieving sustainable, standards across the business base. through national initiatives such as Greater Manchester has many long-term local investment to meet the A new Greater Manchester Social the Future High Street Fund and the strengths: from the dynamic city ambitions set out in the draft Greater Enterprise Strategy will set out how the Stronger Towns Fund to support and centre, to the creative cluster around Manchester Spatial Framework. sector can support the implementation fund local areas’ plans to make high the Quays and the concentration of of this industrial strategy and streets and town centres fit for the research excellence on the Oxford Business Environment promote good jobs in the sector. future. Government will continue Road Corridor, to the industrial hubs Greater Manchester’s economy is Greater Manchester and government working with Greater Manchester in Trafford Park, Wigan, Rochdale diverse and there is a sophisticated mix have worked in partnership to partners to deliver the Transforming and Bolton, and vibrant town of industries and supply chains in the encourage local investment, Cities Fund in ways that support centres across the city-region. city-region creating huge opportunities demonstrated through the mature the Local Industrial Strategy, and for business growth and diversification. and extensive business support The Local Industrial Strategy recognises maximise the long term impact of the Frontier firms in every sector are offer in the city-region and an the city-region’s local variation, and new UK Shared Prosperity Fund. exporting, innovating and growing aims to bring prosperity to all of increased local presence of the British investment in the city-region, but a ‘long Business Bank and the Department Greater Manchester’s communities, in tail’ of low-productivity firms exists for International Trade, supporting line with the recommendations of the in Greater Manchester as elsewhere, work including the £400m Northern Independent Prosperity Review. Each of and the city-region underperforms Powerhouse Investment Fund. Greater Manchester’s local authorities on exports and innovation adoption. will develop a borough-level response to the Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy, to identify key opportunities and barriers in each locality and ensure coordinated implementation.

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It is focused and ambitious, building This included a formal six-week Introduction on the existing strengths in the local consultation in Autumn 2018 when economy and those areas where the over 20 events were held, attended city-region has the potential to excel by 500 stakeholders, which resulted Greater Manchester is known globally for its heritage and its in the future. It also recognises the in more than 120 written responses. pioneering and progressive culture, which reflects the distinctive challenges faced and actions required The Greater Manchester Local personality of the city-region, its towns, rural communities to overcome them. One of these Industrial Strategy represents a and its people. challenges is to raise productivity true partnership between Greater across all parts of the economy by A rich history, including the The city-region has an institutional Manchester and government. It will improving the quality of jobs, adopting support coordinated action around a establishment of the modern capacity, culture of collaborative and new technologies and designing cooperative movement, and strong partnership working, and delivery track- coherent vision and agreed common new business models, including set of outcomes. It sets clear priorities cultural and sporting assets give record that makes it an example to in the foundational economy. Greater Manchester a globally other areas in the UK. Over the past ten to capitalise on the research and recognised brand that speaks of years, devolution has become a reality The aim of this strategy is to boost industrial strengths of the city-region, innovation, creativity and social with the election of a city-region Mayor, productivity and prosperity by setting and to strengthen the foundations of progress. Its scientific and industrial formation of a Combined Authority, a course for capitalising on the biggest the economy in line with the policy inventions, social movements, art and and local strategic accountability for opportunities, but at its centre is a plan framework set out in the national design, music and sport continue to key services such as health and social for building on Greater Manchester’s Industrial Strategy. Both government create impact throughout the world. care and transport. With support and best asset: its people. It aims to ensure and Greater Manchester are committed all of Greater Manchester’s people to delivering this strategy over the Greater Manchester’s 2.8 million funding from the UK government, Greater Manchester has developed thrive and prosper, that everyone is long term. It will continue to inform residents live in ten local authority supported to reach their full potential, the strategic use of local funding areas: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, the UK’s largest light-rail system; invested in institutions to provide a that young people have hope and streams and, where relevant, spending Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, optimism for the future, and that and decisions at the national level. Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. The city- critical mass of advanced materials expertise; and successfully supported nobody is left behind. It is also a plan for region is located at the heart of the UK, the environment, to ensure that Greater with easy access to all of its constituent long term unemployed residents into work through the Working Well Manchester becomes carbon neutral nations, and is only a short distance in ways that drive local innovation, and from other major cities such as Leeds programme. This strategy capitalises on the capacity, powers and resources that improves quality of life and health to and Liverpool. Manchester Airport is benefit Greater Manchester’s residents. the UK’s third largest, with international have been granted to the city-region. connections to over 200 countries, over The Greater Manchester Local The strategy has been built from the 50 of which are long-haul. The strategic Industrial Strategy charts the next ground up with local and national location, strength, and growth potential phase of the city-region’s social stakeholders, including business of Greater Manchester puts it in an and economic leadership and sets and social enterprise, trade unions, ideal place to act as one of the core out a bold vision for the future. universities and colleges, local drivers of the Northern Powerhouse. authorities, government departments and agencies, and community and voluntary organisations.

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To achieve this ambition, it identifies and Clean Growth – where the UK has Greater Manchester’s Industrial Strategy actions around five foundations the potential to be at the forefront of of productivity – Ideas, People, industries of the future. The Greater Infrastructure, Business Environment Manchester Local Industrial Strategy This strategy is agreed by government and the leaders of Greater and Places – which are the essential takes an approach that builds on Manchester. It is underpinned by a shared understanding of the attributes of every successful economy. local strengths and develops a city- place and its people, and is designed to enable the city-region to go It also identifies opportunities grouped region specific approach to tackling further and faster towards its ambitions than ever before, while under four Grand Challenges – the foundations of productivity and meeting key national objectives. Artificial Intelligence and Data, the capitalising on the Grand Challenges. Ageing Society, Future of Mobility, The Greater Manchester Local ``safe, decent and affordable housing Industrial Strategy builds on the in stronger and safer communities; findings of the Greater Manchester Shared priorities between local leaders, ``a high quality cultural and leisure offer government, and local stakeholders Independent Prosperity Review and its for everyone in a green city-region; detailed analysis of the local economy and the social and environmental ``better health, and quality care This Local Industrial Strategy has innovation and commercialisation, challenges that must be overcome. and support for people to live fulfilling and healthy lives; and identified opportunities to capitalise while also improving the health of The Greater Manchester Local on the city-region’s industrial the population, extending healthy, Industrial Strategy will not work in ``an age-friendly city-region and and research strengths, and the independent life expectancy to isolation. It complements other national safer and stronger communities. ambitions and leadership of its take advantage of the longevity and local strategies including the Successful implementation of the institutions, to harness opportunities dividend and address the Ageing national Industrial Strategy and the Greater Manchester Local Industrial from all four Grand Challenges and Society Grand Challenge, whilst Greater Manchester Strategy ‘Our Strategy will depend on national create industries of the future: also reducing inequalities and People, Our Place’. Our People, Our approaches to the Grand Challenges ``In health innovation, Greater increasing productivity. Place sets a clear objective to make and wider policy, but also a number Manchester has internationally ``In advanced materials and Greater Manchester one of the best of plans being developed locally to recognised research capabilities, manufacturing, Greater Manchester places in the world to grow up, get on shape the future of the city-region one of the largest life sciences is the home of graphene and other in life and grow old – where there is: for generations to come. These clusters outside the South East, and revolutionary 2D materials which ``a good start in life for everyone, with include the draft Greater Manchester a devolved health and care system. have the potential to provide new children starting school ready to learn; Spatial Framework, the Infrastructure But the city-region also has worse ways of addressing all four Grand Framework, the 2040 Transport health outcomes than other UK Challenges. Greater Manchester’s ``excellent opportunities for young Delivery Plan, the White Paper people, who are equipped for life; regions, such as the South East, and complementary advanced on Unified Public Services for the the barriers that poor health creates manufacturing base, which is being ``a thriving, productive, carbon People of Greater Manchester, the to work and progression in work are transformed by the Fourth Industrial neutral economy, providing good Health and Social Care Prospectus, an important explanation for slow Revolution, provides the industrial employment and opportunities and the 5-Year Environment Plan. overall growth in the last decade. capacity to commercialise these new to progress and develop for all; The modern Industrial Strategy sets These factors combined create the technologies and create a world- ``world-class connectivity – digitally out government’s ambition to create opportunity for the city-region to be leading cluster in advanced materials. and through an integrated an economy that boosts productivity a global leader on health and care transport network – within all and earning power throughout the UK. parts of Greater Manchester;

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``Greater Manchester has the largest As these new industries grow and Greater Manchester will also create ``To be successful in this, the city- digital and creative cluster outside flourish, they will create significant the optimum conditions for social region’s innovation ecosystem should: the South East, with the potential global competence and additional enterprises and cooperatives to thrive. facilitate business adoption and to create international significant value in the economy of Greater ``supporting all places in Greater commercialisation of the cutting- clusters in broadcasting, content Manchester and for the UK. Manchester to realise their full edge innovations developed in creation and media, and cyber The consultation process and evidence potential by ensuring that the universities and innovation, research security. The establishment of developed also stressed the importance conditions are in place for investment and technology organisations; provide a Government Communications of the foundations of productivity. and jobs growth across the city- the technical skills industry needs, Headquarters (GCHQ) hub in the The foundations will enable growth in region; and equipping people – and employment opportunities across city-region will anchor the growth areas of strength and opportunity, and through improvements in skills and the city-region; and be supported of an internationally important support productivity improvements transport accessibility – to access by the right infrastructure for large- cyber and digital security cluster across all sectors to benefit all jobs across the conurbation. scale productivity improvements. in Greater Manchester. At the parts of Greater Manchester. For ``Likewise, an integrated approach same time, cross-cutting digital These proposals amount to more than Greater Manchester this will mean: to digital infrastructure and strengths offer the potential to the sum of their parts. For example: improving the availability of digital increase the use of productivity- ``leading industrial, social and ``By capitalising on health innovation skills will underpin the city-region’s enhancing digital technologies, economic transformation through assets Greater Manchester will growing digital industries and the artificial intelligence and big data in innovation and the spread of ideas improve the health of the local wider digitalisation of the whole all sectors to meet the AI and Data throughout the city-region; population, enabling residents to fully economy. Greater Manchester’s Grand Challenge whilst also driving ``designing a skills and work system participate in the economy, progress digital capabilities intersect with health innovation and clean growth. that ensures all people reach their in their careers and age well. By the city-region’s dynamic creative ``The transition to a carbon neutral potential and employers have the providing the health and social care and cultural industries, as well as economy is a global challenge and skills to deliver the Industrial Strategy; workforce with the skills to fulfil the its leading financial professional central to the Clean Growth Grand ``developing a single infrastructure new roles, the skills system will enable services sector. Harnessing these Challenge. Greater Manchester’s plan – and identifying opportunities the increased adoption of new health capabilities will again improve the city-region mission for carbon to fund that plan - to put in place the and care technologies, processes and productivity of businesses across the neutral living by 2038 is a significant integrated 21st century infrastructure services. Improving the health of the city-region and increase inclusivity. opportunity to deliver environmental people in Greater Manchester will also needed for digital driven, clean ``The carbon neutral clean growth and health benefits to residents, while improve the productivity of the city- and inclusive growth; and mission is, by its very nature, also creating new green industries region’s businesses and economy. cross sectoral and it will shape and jobs capitalising on Greater ``transforming the productivity of ``The focus on advanced materials all actions in this strategy. Manchester’s research assets and businesses and all forms of enterprise by strengthening leadership and and manufacturing in this strategy large low carbon goods and services will tackle some of the key strategic Collectively, these priorities create sector. These already include 2,500 management, increasing innovation a clear place-based Industrial adoption, digital transformation, challenges the city-region and UK companies, employing over 45,000 face, developing new technologies Strategy for the future of Greater people. This will be delivered through and raising levels of exports. Manchester’s economy. The Greater Manchester Good and designing products and services a series of Greater Manchester- such as energy storage to support led mission-orientated projects. Employment Charter will engage Greater Manchester’s employers, carbon neutrality, or new medical By focusing on these four areas this improving productivity, wages devices to support older people to strategy will pioneer emerging sectors. and job quality in all sectors. stay in their homes for longer.

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Understanding the Greater The Greater Manchester Independent Prosperity Review Manchester Economy: the The Prosperity Review was ``Professor Mariana Mazzucato: Independent Prosperity Review established to undertake a Professor of Economics of detailed and rigorous assessment Innovation and Public Value of the current state and future and Director of the University The success of devolution in Greater Manchester has been built potential of Greater Manchester’s College London Institute for on a strong evidence base – particularly through the 2009 economy. Ten years on from Innovation and Public Purpose. Manchester Independent Economic Review1. the path-breaking Manchester ``Professor Henry Overman: Independent Economic Review, it The Greater Manchester Local Industrial The Prosperity Review recommended Professor of Economic Geography, provides a fresh understanding London School of Economics, and Strategy continues this approach. the Greater Manchester Local of what needs to be done to It is built on the robust assessment Industrial Strategy focuses on the Director of the What Works Centre improve productivity and drive for Local Economic Growth. of the city-region’s economy, and potential for these sectors to create prosperity across the city-region. what needs to be done to improve new, highly productive activity Independent of local and national ``Darra Singh: Government and Public productivity and drive prosperity that at the frontier of innovation. government, the Prosperity Review Sector Lead at Ernst and Young. was assembled through the Greater The Prosperity Review highlighted was led by a panel of six experts: The Panel commissioned new cutting- Manchester Independent Prosperity that the transition to a carbon neutral edge analysis of key economic issues, Review (‘the Prosperity Review’)2. ``Professor Diane Coyle (Chair): economy is a global challenge, but Bennett Professor of Public including productivity and pay, Key findings Greater Manchester’s leadership and Policy, University of Cambridge. supply chains and international trade, ambitions have the potential to drive Opportunities: Greater Manchester has innovation ecosystems and sources mission-based innovation to attract ``Stephanie Flanders: Head of become one of the most economically of global competitiveness, education investment into new green industries Bloomberg Economics. diverse city-regions in the UK, and and skills, and infrastructure. and bring direct benefits to residents contains a sophisticated mix of ``Professor Ed Glaeser: Fred and from quality of life improvements, such industries and supply chains. Within Eleanor Glimp Professor of as better air quality and housing, as this complex economy, the city-region Economics, Harvard University. well as easy access to enhanced green has internationally recognised research spaces and urban planting. A mission- strengths and complementary industrial based approach will harness creativity specialisms in health innovation and from across the economy including The Prosperity Review confirmed The four universities together advanced materials, as also identified that of the digital sector alongside Greater Manchester’s broad and generated almost 20,000 first-degree in the 2016 Science and Innovation education and training, to drive relatively deep base of innovation, graduates and graduate retention Audit3. These are supported by innovation that interacts with all citizens and the findings of the 2016 Science rates, already strong, are rising. The other high productivity sectors that, and businesses across the city-region. and Innovation Audit, produced jointly city-region has globally significant if not nationally unique, remain by Greater Manchester, Cheshire and recognised concentrations of important strengths. These include East and government. There are four research excellence in graphene and manufacturing, digital and creative universities with main campuses in the other advanced materials and in life industries, and professional services. city-region (University of Manchester, sciences and health innovation. Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Salford and University of Bolton) with over 96,000 students.

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Innovation and research strengths At the same time, average resident are also present in data sciences and earnings (taking account of inflation) Greater Manchester’s economy in context analytics and other aspects relating to have fallen and the average worker digital technologies and applications, earns 81p an hour less in real In the decade prior to the 2008/09 cent per annum). But the overall and in energy and industrial terms than they did in 2006. recession, Greater Manchester’s rate of economic growth has slowed biotechnology. The city-region’s There have also been significant economy experienced strong growth. significantly, falling to 1.5 per cent research and innovation assets and disparities in the economic performance Between 1998 and 2008 real GVA per annum between 2010 and 2016, capabilities in these areas offer scope experience across the city-region. grew by 2.6 per cent per annum, significantly lower than the national for future international excellence. Between 1996 and 2016, total GVA broadly in line with the UK’s overall average (2.1 per cent per annum). Economic challenges: While Greater grew by 83 per cent in Manchester, average (2.7 per cent). Over the same Real productivity growth fell to Manchester has made great strides 54 per cent in Salford and 52 per cent period, real productivity grew by 1.6 just under 0.1 per cent per annum over the past few decades to become in Trafford. Comparable figures for per cent per annum, the same as the in the city-region compared to 0.5 an increasingly integrated and modern Rochdale and Tameside were 24 per UK. Population decline in the city- per cent per annum in the UK. city-region, there is still significant cent and 8 per cent, respectively. While region, which had been more or less More recent data suggests that potential to raise productivity and fulfil the disparity in GVA performance is continuous since the 1970s, started Greater Manchester’s performance its potential as the UK’s second growth stark, inequality on some measures has to reverse in the run-up to and turn is improving, with continued strong pole. High productivity firms exist in improved across the city-region: the of the millennium; a period where employment growth and sharp all sectors; the challenge is to move number of neighbourhoods that are employment growth was also strong. improvements in business start-up more companies up the productivity among the 10 per cent most deprived Employment growth remained rates. Greater Manchester is now one curve in both high-skill and innovative nationally has declined from 396 in strong after the financial crisis. of the best performing city-regions frontier sectors, as well as in the ‘long 2004 to 348 in 2015. Nevertheless, Between 2010 and 2016 117,000 net outside London for business births, tail’ of low productivity businesses social and spatial disparities contribute jobs were created, a 1.4 per cent at 115 births per year per 10,000 in the city-region, and to deliver to the productivity challenge and growth per annum, almost in line working age population compared inclusive growth across the region. tackling their causes is fundamental to with the national average (1.6 per to 85 on average for core cities. In recent years the balance of the success of this Industrial Strategy. employment has shifted towards lower productivity sectors and activities, and Health challenges: The interactions At the same time, the devolved the share of low productivity sectors between poor physical and mental structures integrating health and in Greater Manchester (those with health and growth stand out care in Greater Manchester provide a lower than £30,000 GVA4 per worker dramatically in Greater Manchester. nationally unique opportunity to find at 2013 prices) increased from 38 per The city-region continues to have new ways to improve the health of local cent of the economy in 2005 to 42 worse health outcomes than other residents, and link health interventions per cent in 2015. Retail, social care, UK regions and the barriers that poor with local skills provision and other hospitality and tourism account for the health creates to work and progression services to improve progression in work bulk of low paying jobs, in what is often in work is an important explanation for and address long-term unemployment called the ‘foundational’ economy. slow overall growth in the last decade. among older age groups and people The Prosperity Review subsequently with multiple or complex needs. argued that human capital should be at the heart of industrial and economic strategy in the city-region.

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Greater Manchester’s scientific Infrastructure challenges: The city- Pioneering work by the University is correlated with earnings per capita strengths in life sciences and health region’s infrastructure is not currently of Cambridge explored the idea of and a significant predictor of future innovation also create an ability to serving the needs of the economy well. economic complexity (the number earnings growth. The analysis, based combine progress at the productivity A long term, integrated approach to of industries in which a particular on the current industry profile and and innovation frontier with direct infrastructure planning and funding is local authority has a comparative skills mix in a local authority, identifies health benefits for the whole of needed to put in place the 21st century advantage), providing a powerful new possibilities to diversify into new the city-region’s population. infrastructure needed for sustainable way to identify future growth prospects specialisms and increase the level of Skills and education challenges: growth and to integrate the different and options to shape the trajectory complexity in a locality. It demonstrates The Prosperity Review highlights the parts of the city-region more effectively. of local economies. The analysis that there are opportunities for new, fundamental link between skill levels The Prosperity Review found that clearly demonstrates that, at a UK and higher productivity industries in all and productivity. Greater Manchester parts of Greater Manchester with lower Greater Manchester level, the level districts in the city-region (see Figure 2). has seen significant improvements in productivity, pay and living standards of economic complexity of a district its workforce qualification profile over need infrastructure that supports the last decade, but the city-region’s both access to jobs in the centre of the city-region and improved local skills profile still lags behind national Figure 2. Geographical distribution of economic complexity across the UK benchmarks. The Prosperity Review job opportunities. That requires an identified many strengths in Greater integrated transport system providing Manchester’s education and skills affordable, clean and versatile access Local authorities with a score above 1 are ‘competitive’ or have ‘revealed system, but concluded that it remains to employment, education and other comparative advantage’ in a particular industry or mix of industries. fragmented and is delivering less than economic and social opportunities the sum of its parts. At the moment, located across the city-region. This too many young people are learning also requires integration between in institutions that are not good or planning for transport infrastructure, outstanding, and too many people homes and jobs, and other critical lack the functional and technical skills utilities such as digital, water, flood risk that employers need and that are the management, energy (heat and power) foundations of being able to progress and green space. The Prosperity Review in work. As well as continuing efforts supported the National Infrastructure to improve the supply of skills, the Assessment’s recommendation that an Prosperity Review also found that integrated strategy for infrastructure productivity is being significantly needs to be backed up with stable, limited by low demand for skilled substantial devolved funding. labour and poor skills utilisation by Increasing productivity, innovation businesses and in the public sector. and competitiveness: A key route for The Prosperity Review recommended improving the quality of jobs in all parts taking an integrated approach, like of Greater Manchester will be to identify Greater Manchester and government new industrial opportunities based are already applying in health and social on what different areas are currently care, to create a single education, skills good at and, crucially, where they have and work system for the city-region. potential to move up the value chain.

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The Prosperity Review highlights Similarly, there are opportunities that management and leadership in health and care for in-work Building skills within businesses are critical to progression through the integration capitalising on future potential and of NHS and social care services and comparative strength. Improving new technology-led innovations on Greater management quality encourages for care at home. As new digital demand for, and better utilisation technologies become ever more of, highly skilled employees and pervasive, foundational sectors may Manchester’s improves business processes, both find themselves at the frontier of of which contribute to productivity technology and innovation, creating strengths and improvements. The Prosperity Review opportunities for first-movers. argued that the city-region’s network Coordination: The Panel conclude opportunities of business advice services and the that, although investment in developing Good Employment Charter assets is required, most of their should be aligned with national recommendations rely on ensuring programmes and focused on critical the right powers are devolved to the factors for raising skills utilisation and city-region, and improved governance productivity (particularly by improving and coordination – both locally and leadership and management in firms). between local and national government. Equally important is a business Better coordination would make the environment where all firms are economy function more effectively enabled to innovate, including firms as a system, and lead to more in the ‘long tail’ and foundational effective use of existing resources sectors. The Prosperity Review by achieving a more productive considered two foundational economy balance between national and local sectors in detail - retail and social decision-making about expenditure. care - which are major employers but have concentrations of low pay and low productivity jobs. Findings indicate there are opportunities to transform these sectors and move them up the productivity frontier through digitalisation and innovation, and to explore the productivity of social and cooperative forms of enterprise. The city-region already has emerging strengths in e-commerce and the use of technology in retail.

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Health Innovation: global leadership on improving population health and tackling the Ageing Society Greater Manchester’s strategic priorities Grand Challenge To help realise the long-term ``Through the Greater Manchester strategic aspirations set out in Ageing Hub, link the Greater Greater Manchester aims to lead the UK and the world in the this Local Industrial Strategy, Manchester health and care roll-out of innovative new health and care solutions improving Greater Manchester will: innovation pipeline to global economic opportunities local population health. ``Continue using devolved health and social care arrangements around healthy ageing, and The national Ageing Society Grand change, including the need for to act as a test-bed for large accelerate the pace of health Challenge aims to secure five extra, significant innovation to transform scale clinical and med-tech trials, and care system transformation healthy, independent years of life by the health and social care system. accelerating the pace of application by identifying a home for a 2035, with reduced health inequalities. In deprived areas, increasing healthy life of new technologies to manage prospective International Centre In order to maximise the local expectancy is even more of a challenge. and treat diseases, linked to core for Action on Healthy Ageing. contribution to this national This challenge will be reflected in parts strengths in genomics, precision ``Capitalise on the broader mission, Greater Manchester will of Greater Manchester, as healthy health, data analytics, and real economic and innovation potential focus on adopting innovations life expectancy varies significantly world environment clinical trials, of demographic change by that support healthy ageing. across the conurbation. For example, improving residents’ health and creating a city-region test-bed to Tameside and Manchester are two developing new export orientated trial close-to-market goods and Good health will drive Greater of the seven local authority areas products and services. services for older people, testing Manchester forward with the worst levels of healthy life ``Lead the transformation of health new opportunities and linking Greater Manchester’s population expectancy in the UK5. Poor population and care systems to respond to the them to Greater Manchester’s is growing and getting older. The health (compared to the UK average) needs of an ageing population by business, export and skills base. Prosperity Review confirmed that the is also a very significant barrier to establishing a Greater Manchester- The specific actions identified forecast 13 per cent growth in the local economic growth and productivity. government Innovation Partnership in this chapter will contribute population by 2040 only includes a Levels of worklessness for people with around the Ageing Society Grand to, and complement, the five per cent increase in the working physical and mental health conditions Challenge, and the implementation delivery of these aspirations. age population, compared to 50 per in Greater Manchester remain well of the NHS Long Term Plan. cent growth for over-65s and 100 per above national averages, and have risen cent growth for over-85s. The national among people over 50, despite falling Industrial Strategy includes an ambition amongst the city-region’s population for people to enjoy ‘five extra healthy, overall. Poor health is also a major The devolution of health budgets and trusts, and NHS England with a independent years of life by 2035’; to contributor to low in-work productivity. powers creates an unprecedented collective spend of £6bn per annum. narrow health inequalities between the opportunity to accelerate innovation Health improvement is consequently richest and poorest; and (via the Ageing A global opportunity adoption across the health and one of Greater Manchester’s Society Grand Challenge) to position Greater Manchester has a unique social care system, capitalising on greatest opportunities and one of the UK as an international leader in opportunity to use its research and the Greater Manchester Health and its most significant challenges. health, care and ageing innovation. industry strengths in health and care Social Care Partnership which brings The model introduced by Health However, the UK faces major innovation to improve local population together partners including 10 local Innovation Manchester provides an challenges to improving population health, lead health and care system authorities, 10 clinical commissioning integrated academic health science health and capitalising on the transformation and create nationally groups, 12 NHS trusts and foundation and innovation system that is linked opportunities created by demographic significant economic opportunities.

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to the demand for innovation in the Greater Manchester will continue to city-region’s health and care system, use its devolved health and social care ensuring a pipeline between supply arrangements, excellence in health and demand to drive new ideas, research and thriving life sciences and products and services. All of Greater digital industries to act as a test-bed Manchester’s NHS trusts, clinical for large-scale clinical and medical commissioning groups and councils technology trials, accelerating the pace are part of the Health Innovation of application of new technologies to Manchester network-embedding a city- manage and treat physical and mental region approach to innovation priorities health problems, and integrate health and need that is accelerating R&D, and social care through digitalisation. clinical trials, real world testing and the This will drive innovation linked to adoption of innovations with a stable the city-region’s core strengths in and diverse population of almost three genomics, precision health, data million. This gives Greater Manchester analytics, and real world environment the tools to bring specialisms in fields clinical trials, benefitting Greater like precision medicine, genomics, Manchester residents’ health and health informatics and real world creating new businesses, technology clinical trials to bear on clearly defined industries and inward investment. health and care priorities while driving new technology industries that can be scaled up and the technology exported. Greater Manchester has already attracted major new investment into the city-region by providing the certainty industry partners need to develop new medicines, technologies, products and services.

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Health and Care Innovation Assets Health and Care Innovation Assets (continued)

Greater Manchester has one of This is complemented by cross-overs This type of innovation is supported Following the Science and the largest life sciences clusters with a deep local understanding of by the digital infrastructure Innovation Audit, there have been and centres of excellence in health the power of digital technologies to provided by the shared Greater further developments in the health research outside south east England. transform traditional approaches Manchester care record (part of innovation ecosystem, including This includes excellence in precision to maintaining health and treating the Local Health and Care Record activity to develop The Pankhurst medicine, health informatics, ill-health. Strengths in data Exemplar programme): a single data Centre: a hub for translational and bringing clinical research (including big data), analytics, data exchange platform; emerging digital research to link clinical research excellence and innovation into science, computer science, artificial innovation hub; digital accelerator with materials science, informatics, practice. The thriving sector includes intelligence, and imaging are leading programme; and the legacy of shared social sciences and computer companies specialising in med-tech, to innovation in disease prevention, data assets created by Connected science to address major health molecular diagnostics, biomarker diagnosis, treatment and in non- Health Cities and CityVerve. problems, and generate new start- industrialisation, bioinformatics and clinical care. One example is the The city-region also has ups and high-growth clusters. pharmaceutical manufacturing. NorthWest EHealth Salford Lung internationally leading strengths These assets include cross-sectoral Academic-industrial partnerships Study, an internationally recognised in ageing research, including partnerships. One example is the are accelerating clinical-industrial exemplar for clinical trials. Salford the Manchester Institute for Manchester Institute of Health collaboration and attracting major Royal is one of 16 NHS acute Global Collaborative Research on Ageing and Performance - a partnership companies and platform providers. Digital Exemplars, and is one of the (MICRA) which contains over 300 between City Football Group, Sport The major biomarker discovery most mature digital health trusts researchers, international experts, England and Manchester City Council, campus developing around the in the UK. The Connected Health and 60+ research projects and which aims to advance sports recent investment from Qiagen Cities project led by the Farr Institute programmes spanning humanities, medicine and science to improve will embed links between digital, demonstrates the power of data biology, medicine and health, the health of the community. precision care and economic to change care delivery models and science and engineering. development. These industries are and develop digital tools valued supported by an excellent digital, by patients and professionals. bio-technology and innovation service sector and specialised business support, incubation and post-incubation facilities through science parks, business schools and enterprise centres.

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One of the best places in the world World-class ageing research centres in This pipeline should also meet the Taken forward locally, the ICAHA to grow up, get on and get old the city-region include the University of ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan, will have a primary goal to drive real including those around digitally enabled world testing and commercialisation of The World Health Organisation has Manchester Institute for Collaborative care, and local transformation priorities. health, care and wellbeing innovations designated Greater Manchester the Research on Ageing (MICRA), The partnership will also develop that support healthy ageing. UK’s first Age Friendly city-region. Health Innovation Manchester, the practice development programmes Greater Manchester is already Dermapharmacology Unit Partnership The Centre will: in coordination with the Accelerated deploying innovative programmes to between University of Manchester Access Collaborative, provide industry ``drive innovation that improves prevent ill-health in middle and older and Salford Royal, the Manchester engagement, accelerate R&D, and population health, increasing age and keep people in work, active, Biomedical Research Centre, and support innovation adoption and wellness by preventing premature and encourage healthier consumer the new Older People and Frailty diffusion. The partnership will also have frailty and changing behaviour to habits. Programmes like Living Well at Unit. Government has access to the a specific focus on how innovation can reduce the number of people over Home will reduce the need for long- innovation and learning coming from improve the productivity of the social 50 out of work due to ill-health; term residential care and improve care Greater Manchester through the care sector. The partnership’s board outcomes using the transformational National Institute for Health Research ``focus on innovation that supports will comprise of representatives from potential of new assisted-living (NIHR)-funded ‘Older People and people to live well at home, Greater Manchester (including the technologies. These technologies also Frailty’ and ‘Health Care Systems reducing the need for long-term Health and Social Care Partnership, offer routes to transforming social and Commissioning’ Policy Research residential care and transforming Health Innovation Manchester and the care careers. The Greater Manchester Units based in the city-region. social care careers through new Greater Manchester Ageing Hub) and Ageing Hub coordinates activity across models of care and treatment Greater Manchester will continue to government (including BEIS, DHSC, the city-region’s universities, public outside clinical settings. This will capitalise on its scientific, research and the Office for Life Sciences, and UK services, transport, community and capitalise on the transformational digital assets, integrated health and Research and Innovation (UKRI)) to voluntary organisations, and business, potential of new assisted-living care innovation system, and strong link national and local priorities. It will and through a formal partnership with technologies and develop careers track-record of successful partnership invite the National Innovation Centre the national Centre for Ageing Better. in care with progression through working with government to transform for Ageing to attend to ensure the This includes ongoing work to realise education and apprenticeships, the capacity of places to respond to the Innovation Partnership complements the economic opportunities of ageing, enabling people to keep well and needs of an ageing population, increase leading work elsewhere in the country. in collaboration with the International economic growth and productivity, live independently in their own Longevity Centre, and identifying how and build the social and economic A home for health innovation homes and communities; and to design transport infrastructure and foundations for ageing in place. and healthy ageing ``work with the National Innovation services that support living well in To spearhead the transformation of To link Greater Manchester’s health Centre for Ageing to coordinate later life. Greater Manchester’s Ageing health and care systems in response and care innovation pipeline to global programmes that accelerate Strategy sets an ambition to become a to the needs of an ageing population, opportunities around healthy ageing, the commercialisation of ageing global centre of excellence for ageing, Greater Manchester will establish an Greater Manchester will identify a home products and services nationally and pioneering research, technology and Innovation Partnership around the for a prospective International Centre internationally, and enhance the UK’s new ideas. The city-region is a European Ageing Society Grand Challenge, with for Action on Healthy Ageing (ICAHA), position as a global thought leader Innovation Partnership on Active and government sitting on its board. This to complement the National Innovation and place to do business for healthy Healthy Ageing “Reference Site”, partnership will develop a credible Centre for Ageing in Newcastle. ageing. ICAHA will include a focus denoting its inspirational ecosystem and robust innovation pipeline that on parts of Greater Manchester and the creative and workable solutions adds value to the existing health that experience some of the most being developed in the area. and ageing research and innovation significant health inequalities in the UK, asserts in the city-region. such as Rochdale, Oldham, Tameside, north Manchester and Wigan.

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The Innovation Partnership and ICAHA ageing, test new goods and services will complement the wider work already targeted at the over-50s, and promote Greater Manchester’s strategic priorities underway to focus on the social and independent living including in fields economic opportunities created such as smart devices, housing and To help realise the long-term by demographic change. Greater transport. Greater Manchester will ``Develop ‘Advanced Materials City’ strategic aspirations set out in Manchester is exploring options to put calls out to industry for ideas and in the M62 North East Growth this Local Industrial Strategy. create a city-region test-bed to trial solutions to health and care challenges Corridor, focused on opportunities Greater Manchester will: and diffuse close-to-market goods and in areas including digital health, in Greater Manchester’s services for older people. Independent housing, care, and assisted living. The ``Develop an ecosystem to manufacturing base, attracting work is underway, reporting in summer test-bed will include programmes for commercialise graphene and other significant inward investment 2019, to define this opportunity. The SMEs and the social economy, to drive advanced materials for the benefit and giving the market for 2D test-bed will work in partnership with the new business models and social of the Greater Manchester and materials manufacturing a physical other centres of expertise across the innovations that are needed to design UK economy, contributing to the home in Greater Manchester. Northern Powerhouse to trial new and adopt new products and services. delivery of all four Grand Challenges, ``Improve productivity in Greater neighbourhood-scale approaches to through the actions set out in Manchester’s manufacturing base by this Local Industrial Strategy. adopting Made Smarter approaches Advanced materials and manufacturing: building ``Strengthen the city-region’s to accelerating the development, tomorrow’s technologies and industry today advanced materials and design, adoption and creative manufacturing clusters, application of digital technologies, ensuring ‘Graphene City’ in Artificial Intelligence, environmental Greater Manchester will aim to be a world-leading region for the former North Campus of technologies, and graphene and 2D the University of Manchester materials, thereby revolutionising innovative firms to experiment with, develop and adopt advanced manufacturing processes and materials and Made Smarter technologies in manufacturing, is networked with industrial and technology parks across accelerating commercial growth. facilitating the design of new products and processes. It will Greater Manchester and leading The specific actions identified in support other national centres to build the UK’s leadership in technology parks across the UK. this chapter will contribute to, and tomorrow’s technologies. complement, the delivery of Greater Pioneering 2D materials lightweight materials that will reduce Manchester’s long-term aspirations. Greater Manchester is the home of emissions from the transportation graphene – an international icon of UK system, cleaning water and spent fuels, innovation first isolated in Manchester and delivering new medical devices The city-region is a global hub for This includes the National Graphene in 2004. Graphene, alongside many and materials that will improve quality transitioning breakthrough graphene Institute, the Graphene Engineering other new two dimensional (2D) of life into older age. The potential and 2D materials science into new and Innovation Centre, and the Henry materials being developed, has the applications are almost limitless, disruptive products and applications. Royce Institute for Advanced potential to disrupt all industries and providing an opportunity to cement This lab-to-market leadership Materials Research and Innovation. provide new ways of addressing the Greater Manchester’s global position at follows significant investment by Grand Challenges facing the UK. the centre of graphene and 2D material government, UKRI, industry and Applications range from new battery research and commercialisation for Greater Manchester in state-of- technologies that will radically improve the benefit of the city-region, Northern the-art facilities and infrastructure energy storage, to resilient and Powerhouse and UK economy. to create a unique ecosystem and supply-chain in the city-region.

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Supporting Britain’s economy Manchester also has one of Europe’s These assets sit at the heart of a largest industrial parks in Trafford Park. wider research centre of excellence in New strategic sites for manufacturing advanced materials and manufacturing, activity have been identified in the including: the BP International Centre draft Greater Manchester Spatial for Advanced Materials, the Cockcroft Framework, which will provide a Institute, and nuclear and industrial step-change in the market offer for biotechnology excellence at the industrial sites and provide space University of Manchester; centres for the large-scale production and for advanced materials and surface manufacturing of advanced materials. engineering, computational intelligence, Plans are being progressed by the big data, and industrial digitalisation at University of Manchester to create Manchester Metropolitan University; ‘Graphene City’ in the new innovation the Institute for Materials Research district at the former North Campus and Innovation at the University of of the University of Manchester, Bolton; and specialisms in robotics, which includes three and a half million artificial intelligence and automation square feet of new buildings and at the University of Salford. The facilities. This will act as a magnet for city-region’s universities are also a inward investment and spin-outs. pipeline of manufacturing talent: The largest new growth area in Greater producing 5,000 engineering, maths Manchester is the M62 North East and science graduates per year. Growth Corridor, which cuts across the boundaries of Bury, Oldham and From lab to market Rochdale in the north east of the city- Greater Manchester continues to have a region and also has the potential to strong manufacturing base, employing be a magnet for inward investment over 110,000 people and generating to the UK. Subject to consultation, £8bn of economic output each year. development in this corridor potentially Made up predominantly of small and includes over one million square metres medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the of new mixed employment space. city-region has specialisms in advanced Logistics centres will sit alongside materials, textiles (which has a strong advanced manufacturing, advanced concentration in north east Greater materials production, renewables and Manchester), chemicals, food and drink green technologies. This area has (with a strong cluster in Wigan), and already been identified by government is developing capabilities in industrial as a ‘High Potential Opportunity’ pilot digitalisation. The wider north west area for developing and scaling up region is a substantial manufacturing production of lightweight and specialist and advanced engineering cluster, with materials for the transport sector, specialisms in aerospace and energy particularly light alloys, technical and clear potential to absorb graphene textiles, coatings, graphene and 2D and advanced materials. Greater

42 43 Industrial Strategy Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy materials, and materials for demanding across the whole manufacturing base by The alliance will address gaps in ``advise on inward investment environments. Part of the development encouraging the development, design, the commercialisation and diffusion and marketing activity for the in the M62 North East Growth Corridor adoption and creative application of ecosystem for graphene, advanced sector, including identifying will be a new specialised ‘Advanced digital technologies, artificial intelligence, materials and industrial biotechnologies. potential target partners; and Materials City’, focused on accelerating environmental technologies, and GAMMA’s remit will be to: ``identify wider barriers to advanced opportunities in Greater Manchester’s graphene and 2D materials. Greater ``exploit Greater Manchester’s materials commercialisation and advanced materials manufacturing Manchester’s ambition is to create a manufacturing growth - such base. The ambition is that this space will world class ‘Made Smarter’ ecosystem, strengths by identifying opportunities to apply graphene and advanced as access to finance and the include specialist premises and facilities building on the ongoing North West availability of specialist premises to pilot particular applications of pilot programme, to support all local materials technologies to address all four Grand Challenges: Ageing and sites – and take forward advanced materials aligned with Greater manufacturers to become leaders in local actions to address them. Manchester’s manufacturing strengths the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Society; Artificial Intelligence and UK strategic priorities, integrated and Data; Clean Growth and GAMMA will be led by a board with digital and transport infrastructure. Leading industry the Future of Mobility; with representatives from Greater Greater Manchester’s global assets ``increase innovation, productivity and Manchester’s universities, Its development will be supported by in graphene and advanced materials, government, the Local Enterprise technical expertise and investment commercial growth in the advanced complementary research strengths, manufacturing sector through the roll Partnership, GMCA, Growth Company from both national and local sources. industrial base and development (Business Growth Hub and MIDAS), As part of the Advanced Materials City out of Made Smarter, encouraging opportunities provide enormous firms to adopt new technologies, UKRI and the private sector. development, Greater Manchester potential to lead the UK effort on partners will develop links to the such as advanced materials, digital GAMMA will invite a strategic graphene and advanced materials technologies and artificial intelligence; relationship with the Advanced university sector, local colleges commercialisation. There are clear and schools to complement and ``drive innovation and productivity by Materials Leadership Council, providing opportunities to connect the local a mechanism to coordinate local improve the existing skills base. manufacturing base to the potential ensuring that the advanced technical and design skills required are and national activity in collaboration Cutting-edge manufacturing applications of graphene and 2D with other UK assets, such as the materials, and other innovations in available to support manufacturing For the whole of Greater Manchester’s growth across the city-region; University of Cambridge’s Graphene manufacturing base, digitalisation of universities, to drive industries of Centre, the CPI’s Graphene Application production, including the increased use the future across the city-region. ``support the development of advanced Centre and the NPL’s National of artificial intelligence and automation, Greater Manchester will establish manufacturing and materials sites Graphene Metrology Centre. presents significant opportunities to a new alliance to coordinate this across Greater Manchester, including increase competitiveness and efficiency. multi-faceted opportunity to drive ensuring that ‘Graphene City’ at the Following the ground-breaking Made faster commercialisation activity University of Manchester is engaged Smarter Review, the wider north across a wide range of sectors, based with local plans for an ‘Advanced west is now piloting a ‘Made Smarter’ on independent research on the Materials City’, as well as other adoption programme to support SMEs lessons learned from the graphene industrial and technology parks in the manufacturing sector to develop commercialisation experience so far. across the city-region and the UK; and adopt digital and environmental The Greater Manchester Graphene, technologies to boost productivity, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing revolutionise manufacturing processes Alliance (GAMMA) will develop the and accelerate commercial growth. This city-region’s advanced materials will identify how a Made Smarter approach and manufacturing strategy. can enable increased productivity

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Digital, Creative and Media: globally recognised clusters and the digitalisation of all sectors

Greater Manchester will be a leading European digital city- region, with the infrastructure, skills, and networks needed to digitalise all sectors, and internationally significant clusters in broadcasting, content creation and media, and cyber security.

Greater Manchester’s strategic priorities

To help realise the long-term ``Underpin cross sectoral growth strategic aspirations set out in by developing a digital skills this Local Industrial Strategy, pipeline and taking a Made Greater Manchester will: Smarter approach to all industries, ``Sustain and grow the internationally supporting firms across Greater significant digital, media and Manchester to adopt productivity- creative industry clusters enhancing digital technologies. in the regional centre. ``Transform the local economy ``Revitalise town centres and and public services by digitally high streets by supporting enabling citizens and making more creatives, digital entrepreneurs, publicly held real-time open data and innovators to start or available for anyone to use. scale a business, social or The specific actions identified cooperative enterprise. in this chapter will contribute ``Grow our existing and emerging to, and complement, the sector strengths in cyber delivery of those aspirations. security, broadcasting, content creation and media, software development, digital telecoms, fintech and e-commerce.

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A strong base In 2018 the digital sector accounted The emergence of ‘fin-tech’ in Greater new opportunities to bring the world’s Greater Manchester has the largest for around 70,000 jobs and produced Manchester is taking place at the most exciting artists and creatives digital and creative sector outside £3.4bn GVA in Manchester alone. interface between financial and to the city-region and embed further London. National assets based in This reiterated the 2016 Science professional service companies and interactions with content creators, the city-region include MediaCityUK and Innovation Audit’s finding that digital firms. Digital technologies are digital companies and audiences. and The Factory, delivered through the city-region has a “fast-growth” being used to design new business These investments have changed the significant government investment. opportunity in digital as a key enabling models and applications that link make-up of the creative and media Innovation and creativity are technology across all sectors, with venues, artists and consumers in new industries across the north and drawn synonymous with culture and a Greater specific opportunities in ‘big data’, ways. Strengths in software engineering in international investment, talent, Manchester Culture Strategy is being smart cities and the Internet of Things, and digital telecoms underpin the and visitors. This creates a powerful developed to create the conditions which intersect with the mature health of these new industries. platform for all firms, from small for creativity to flourish in every creative, digital and media economy in start-ups to major multinationals, the city-region. Greater Manchester’s Opportunity: Broadcasting to innovate, invest, create content part of the city-region, enriching the and content creation lives of all residents and protecting, cultural and creative output, including and thrive in the city-region. Two opportunities stand out for Greater diversifying and growing Greater its music, art and design, and new Greater Manchester will consider Manchester. Firstly, the city-region’s Manchester’s unique culture, heritage media content, is recognised around creating a fund to both grow local, broadcasting sector is internationally strengths, assets and ecology. the world and is deeply rooted in the regionally based independent recognised, and sits at the heart of city-region’s identity and the ways production companies and attract Government and the creative industries a wider content creation and media its people work. Growth in the digital larger scale TV, film and drama content sector, through the Creative Industries sector, underpinned by technological sector and its inter-connections with production companies to relocate to Council, have agreed a sector deal that innovation. Over the past decades creative and media assets will continue the city-region (subject to approval by includes a range of activity to boost there has been significant public and to propel the city-region’s economic the Combined Authority). This would, in creative sector growth which Greater private investment to build the physical performance by providing highly turn, be supported by a hub and spoke Manchester will benefit from. This facilities to grow, retain and attract productive jobs and companies, and network to support apprenticeships, includes the location of a regional hub media talent in Greater Manchester – exciting start-ups and scale-ups. internships, work placements and of Tech Nation (which supports digital from the facilities at MediaCityUK, the The Prosperity Review also identified graduate recruitment in TV, film and companies and start-ups) in Greater home of BBC North, ITV, the Landing, sub-sectors with potential to be drama content production. This would Manchester; successful projects as and dock10, to The Space Studios, and leading industries of the future. improve access to employment in part of the £33m Audience of the The Sharp Project. The city-region has These stem from the vibrancy and content production for talent from Future Challenge, via the Industrial strong academic strengths in creativity coverage of the networks of the city- diverse communities and those furthest Strategy Challenge Fund; and a £4m including the University of Salford’s region’s digital industries, which have away from the labour market. Creative Scale Up programme to MediaCityUK campus and Manchester created intersections with Greater support creative firms in three English Metropolitan University’s concentration Manchester’s traditional sector regions including Greater Manchester. of expertise in creative design, which strengths. E-commerce and retail will continue to grow through additions The Science and Innovation Audit tech businesses in the city-region are like the forthcoming School for Digital and Prosperity Review identified thriving through cross-fertilisation Arts. Planned investments including the digital sector as an important between digital companies and The Factory – a world-class cultural and growing strength in Greater textile and clothing manufacturers, space being developed at the border Manchester’s economy. wholesalers and retailers. of Manchester and Salford – will create

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Opportunity: Digital and Building on existing relationships, Taking into account the learning Similarly, high quality pervasive digital creative clusters as drivers closer working with government from this programme, Greater infrastructure is a pre-requisite to of inclusive growth to fully realise this opportunity is Manchester intends to take a ‘Made success and will be delivered through Smaller digital and creative clusters a priority and the city-region will Smarter’ approach to improve the market engagement and the Greater exist across the city-region, usually continue to bring strategic resources productivity of all industries by Manchester Digital Infrastructure underpinned by strong cultural assets and iinfluence to support its growth encouraging the development, design, Plan. This is articulated further in and often linked to social enterprises throughout Greater Manchester. adoption and creative application the Infrastructure Section. Greater of digital technologies, alongside Manchester’s £3m Digital Skills Pilot, and cooperatives. From the creative Digital by default cluster in Ramsbottom to the emerging skills development programmes. agreed at the 2018 Budget, will see Increasing digitalisation and application digital sector springing up around the city-region and government work of artificial intelligence, big data, Digitally driven strategy Ashton Old Baths, from Wigan Old together to boost digital skills. data science and data analytics, and Underpinning digital and media growth Court’s innovative approach to the As part of the city-region’s Digital robotics are impacting on every sector is the critical importance of ensuring a repurposing of old buildings in the Strategy, the Greater Manchester of Greater Manchester’s economy as proper pipeline of digital skills and talent town centre and the increasingly Combined Authority is investing in well as every aspect of people’s lives needed across all industries. 31 per cent diverse offer in Oldham’s creative digitally enabling citizens which not and work. These new technologies of businesses responding to the 2019 and independent quarter, it is clear only includes the focus on basic digital create significant opportunities to raise Manchester Digital Skills Audit reported that the digital and creative industries skills and connectivity but also a productivity and competitiveness in the turning away work due to being unable can be a driving force in revitalising technology platform to improve secure city-region’s frontier and foundational to recruit the breadth of skillsets local towns and high streets. Greater information-sharing across public sectors. However, they also present required to deliver it. Action is required Manchester will continue to support services to inform more comprehensive challenges including ensuring that to raise awareness of the range of the development of digital and creative family and citizen support. This will the local business base is capable of careers and opportunities available and clusters across the city-region. improve the public sector’s ability to absorbing them and that citizens have to up-skill and re-train the existing and target programmes to the specific Opportunity: Cyber Security the skills and abilities to thrive in the future workforce so that people can needs of an individual and evaluate new digital age. A critical issue for adapt to the fast pace of technological Secondly, the cyber security sector, their impact more effectively, whilst Greater Manchester will be ensuring change. This will be a significant already a strength in Greater giving residents greater transparency that its large, diverse and growing challenge as over a fifth of Greater Manchester, is set to grow significantly on how their data is working for financial and professional services Manchester’s population lack one or with the creation of a large Government them. Greater Manchester already sector – which has been the engine more of the five basic digital skills. The Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) has very productive collaborations of jobs growth in the city-region for city-region’s new National Institute operation in the city-region. This will be with government on digital policy and over a decade – continues to evolve of Coding is one example of the work complemented by a new office of The strategy and is building closer ties with and grow as increasing use of artificial Greater Manchester is already doing to Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical the national Connected Places and intelligence changes business models meet the demands for technical digital Research - a major national centre Digital Catapults to support this work. in this sector, and creates new demand skills. The city-region must also instil the that will drive collaboration between Greater Manchester will also establish for digital skills amongst its workforce. design skills and creativity needed to GCHQ and local universities. The closer ties with the new National Centre build on the inter-connections between direct and associated supply-chain Made Smarter is demonstrating that for Data Ethics and Innovation and our local industries, and maintain the opportunities from strengths in cyber the digitalisation of production in Office for AI through a new Greater adaptability and resilience in the city- security for residents, universities Greater Manchester’s manufacturing Manchester Office for Data Analytics. and businesses are unique in the sector can increase competitiveness region that helps the economy respond UK, within a growing global industry and efficiency in existing firms. positively to economic change. estimated to be worth £170bn annually.

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Open Data World-leading industries The Clean Growth Grand Challenge: In parallel, it is recognised that leading Finally, the Prosperity Review highlights driving rapid decarbonisation digital cities appreciate the value of that firms that trade internationally are releasing local data to stimulate open more productive. In a digital future this innovation and enable productivity will be even more important, since for Greater Manchester’s 5-year Environment Plan sets out its long- growth. By making more data many industries, competitors will be term environmental vision “to be carbon neutral by 2038”. Greater publicly available, it is possible to global, not local. One of the initiatives Manchester will launch the first city-region mission to achieve this. drive productivity improvements and to support the internationalisation Government welcomes this locally led mission, which will support investment in diverse sectors, such of the digital and media industries in as mobility. For example, the financial the city-region will be showcasing the the delivery of the government’s Clean Growth Grand Challenge. value of Transport for London’s open digital and creative output of Greater Greater Manchester’s strategic priorities data scheme initiative was estimated at Manchester, providing platforms for £130m per year and is a cornerstone artists, musicians, makers, designers, To help realise the long-term ``tackle poor air quality - the largest of London’s narrative as a global coders and developers to promote strategic aspirations set out in environmental risk to the public’s digital city. In Greater Manchester this products and content around the world. this Local Industrial Strategy, health – through a co-ordinated would support the city-region’s green Government will work with Greater Greater Manchester will: Clean Air Plan developed by Greater ambitions by enabling modal shift. Manchester and trailblazing digital and ``aim to achieve carbon neutral Manchester’s local authorities; living within the Greater ``accelerate new models of local Greater Manchester will therefore creative companies in the city-region Manchester economy by renewable energy generation, initiate a review of local data. to promote a locally funded biennial international event that showcases the 2038 - driving innovation, the storage and efficiency within the Government will continue to provide creation of new technologies, city-region, adopting a ‘whole system policy support on design, best practice, best of Greater Manchester’s digital and creative industries. This will be improved resource efficiency, approach’, and testing the creation and available data sources. The review and improved quality of life. of a local energy market; and will identify willing partners and data supported by a wider programme and digital platform to curate and promote Greater Manchester’s 5-year ``support Greater Manchester owners - including real-time big data Environment Plan sets out its long-term enterprises to accelerate the owners - to identify and address conversations, approaches and products unique to Greater Manchester. environmental vision “to be carbon implementation of energy and barriers to making this data openly neutral by 2038”. Greater Manchester material efficiency measures in the available for re-use. The assumption will launch the first city-region design and production of products will be that data that can be made mission to achieve this, aiming to: and services through the Growth available should be made available, ``deliver environmental improvements Hub and local partners’ activity. unless it is prohibitively expensive or that directly enhance well-being, Finally, Greater Manchester will not appropriate (for legal, commercial health, resilience, biodiversity and improve air quality by developing or security reasons) to do so. This will quality of life, including by enhancing a coordinated Greater Manchester include an open consultation with the the natural capital of the city-region; Clean Air Plan to tackle poor air public to allow citizens, businesses ``design and trial innovative technology quality, the largest environmental and other stakeholders to come and financial mechanisms to risk to the public’s health. forward with their suggestions. It support delivery of energy The specific actions identified will report by the end of 2020. efficient homes, buildings and low in this chapter will contribute to, carbon transport, helping to to and complement, the delivery reach the point at which all new of these aspirations. homes and commercial/industrial buildings are net zero carbon;

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Taking action nationally The draft Greater Manchester Spatial However, there are serious technical multi-purpose advanced materials, and and regionally Framework sets out proposals to create and design challenges to tackle to industrial biotechnology (Manchester In March 2018, the Greater Manchester sustainable places, recognising the realise carbon neutrality, including: Institute of Biotechnology, University of Combined Authority began a social, environmental and economic ``the need to rapidly increase the Manchester), smart meters and Energy consultation on adopting a target inter-relationships between all energy efficiency of residential and House (University of Salford) and to achieve carbon neutrality in the communities and parts of the region. non-residential buildings – significantly hydrogen fuel cells (including through city-region by 2038, over a decade The co-ordinated Clean Air Plan being increasing the uptake of basic the Greater Manchester Hydrogen earlier than the 2050 date adopted developed by Greater Manchester’s insulation measures and at the same Partnership and the Manchester Fuel by the European Commission. Greater local authorities will set out an approach time starting to deliver and then Cell Innovation Centre at Manchester Manchester sets out its aim to achieve to tackle poor air quality - the largest upscale deeper retrofit of homes; Metropolitan University). There are also this in the 5-Year Environment Plan4, environmental risk to public health. opportunities for the social economy ``decarbonising the heating of published in March 2019. This aim to design solutions that will transform Intervening at the right homes and heating and cooling of and wider environment ambitions energy systems, reduce energy poverty scale and pace commercial buildings – this applies present an opportunity to deliver and improve the environment. While significant progress has been to both existing and new buildings; improvements that directly benefit A city-region mission Greater Manchester residents by made in improving the city-region’s ``significantly upscaling local renewable The Prosperity Review highlighted improving air quality, mobility, housing environment, there is a recognised energy generation and storage the opportunity to use the local and access to green space, as well as need to go further and faster. with deployment of smart energy ambition around carbon neutrality and driving local innovation and growth in Greater Manchester’s commitment to management systems; and environmental improvements to drive green industries. It is an opportunity becoming a carbon neutral city-region ``decarbonising the transport system, mission-based innovation and achieve for Greater Manchester to emerge as provides an opportunity to accelerate accelerating the uptake of electric the coordinated approach required. one of the leading green cities in the this progress and also creates real vehicles and providing the charging To maximise the local contribution world, offering a high quality of life that potential to be the first city-region infrastructure to facilitate this. to the national Clean Growth Grand attracts and retains skilled workers. to determine how to apply the many new individual and interconnected Many of the solutions to these Challenge, Greater Manchester The government’s 25 Year Environment technologies, services and social challenges do exist, though large- will launch a city-region Mission to 4 Plan sets out UK-wide actions to innovations needed to dramatically scale decarbonisation will require achieve carbon neutral living within improve the environment within a reduce carbon emissions and improve increased effort to upscale their the Greater Manchester economy by generation, and designated Greater the environment, while growing the deployment. Viable mass deployment 2038. This will be delivered through Manchester as the UK’s Urban economy. Greater Manchester is big requires further innovation to reduce a series of Greater Manchester-led Pioneer for testing innovative ways to enough to test new solutions at scale costs and increase efficiency and mission-orientated projects, supporting protect and enhance natural capital. and small enough to understand what interconnectivity. This in turn requires delivery of the government’s Through this, Greater Manchester does and does not work. The city-region increased and coordinated cross- Clean Growth Grand Challenge. is already connecting people with already has a diverse and thriving sector and cross-disciplinary research The Greater Manchester 5-Year the environment, and testing new group of around 2,500 companies and innovation programmes. Environment Plan sets out the first tools and methods for creating (which employ over 45,000 people) set of actions to reduce carbon across natural liveable places that improve Ultimately this will be part of a in low carbon environmental goods all sectors of society (residents, mental and physical health and child global effort. Greater Manchester’s and services on which to build the new communities, businesses, academic development. This includes the ‘City universities can play an important types of jobs and industries at the institutions, utility providers and of Trees’ initiative for increasing urban role by advancing and disseminating forefront of clean and green growth. local and national government). planting across the city-region. existing expertise in energy distribution,

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Mission-orientated projects will be the key component of a wider ``Sustainable and low carbon the implementation of energy and defined during implementation and Modern Methods of Construction transportation: The Greater material efficiency measures in the are expected to include the following: and Design for Manufacture and Manchester Transport Strategy design and production of products 2040 set out an ambition to reduce ``Carbon neutral retrofit Assembly centre of excellence and services. This will also support and new-build: in the city-region, feeding local car use to no more than 50 per a reduction in waste and the employment, skills development cent of daily trips by 2040. This eradication of avoidable single use ––Greater Manchester will work with and training and supporting a new will mean finding ways to create a plastics. The Greater Manchester the UK Green Building Council manufactured homes industry. radical change in behaviour, with a Sustainable Business Partnership and other building environment The centre of excellence will million more trips each day using will be key leaders in identifying professionals in the city-region to coordinate its activities with the public transport, cycling and walking, and driving the changes needed. test Greater Manchester’s ambition UK Construction Innovation Hub. reducing congestion and pollution and The right skills will be essential to that all new homes and commercial increasing safety. The city-region’s ``21st century energy supply: A delivering the city-region mission / industrial buildings should be net strengths in advanced materials zero carbon by 2028 - and see particular challenge is the generation for carbon neutral living by 2038. of renewable energy in Greater and light-weighting also create the Greater Manchester will prioritise rapid whether it can be achieved sooner potential to drive new technologies (and the intervening steps required Manchester given its established action to provide relevant training, infrastructure and geography, which that will reduce emissions from particularly in priority skill gap areas such as the balance between public and private transport. building efficiency, on-site energy limit opportunities for centralised such as whole house deep retrofit. generation and off-setting measures power generation. Government and ``Natural capital: Making use of for remaining carbon emissions). Greater Manchester will continue to innovative finance, policy and work together to provide the policy, delivery mechanisms to increase ––Designing innovative finance and legal and financial arrangements natural capital and realise the delivery mechanisms to retrofit homes to establish the city-region as an ecosystem service benefits that go and buildings with energy efficiency energy transition region to accelerate with this (such as health, resilience, and carbon reduction technologies innovative local renewable energy air quality and reduced flood risk). (and thereby reducing fuel bills of generation, storage, and efficiency. local authorities, businesses and ``Clean Growth and Productivity: This will include a place-based whole The shift to carbon neutrality will residents). This is a key challenge system approach to energy supply with a potential global market as mean that some firms, particularly and demand to create a local energy those that have carbon intensive existing technologies are not currently market and setting for integrating commercially viable at scale. operations, will need support to existing technologies with trials of accelerate their progress towards ––Developing large-scale modular new ones. This will build on learning carbon neutrality without constraining construction facilities capable of from the Greater Manchester Local growth. Greater Manchester building new homes at the quantity, Energy Market research, funded by partners will develop a programme pace, and to the environmental UKRI, which is testing the feasibility to support businesses to accelerate standards needed to deliver of city-region wide local energy carbon neutral living and meet markets that respond to ‘place-based’ Greater Manchester’s demanding constraints and market needs. new homes pipeline. This will be

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Figure 3: Mission Roadmap for Net Zero Carbon Region by 2038 Ideas

Designed for Greater Manchester Combined Authority by UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), with support from the Commission Driving prosperity and leading industrial, social and economic for Mission Oriented Innovation and Industrial Strategy (MOIIS). transformation through innovation, partnerships and investment.

Challenge Greater Manchester’s strategic priorities

To help realise the long-term and cross-overs between strategic aspirations set out in technologies and industries, Mission this Local Industrial Strategy, and coordinate innovation that Greater Manchester will: addresses the Grand Challenges. ``Strengthen the city-region’s ``Drive increased private sector innovation asset base in our investment into R&D and increase Industrial Strategy priority areas the take-up of national innovation Sectors of health innovation, advanced funding in Greater Manchester to materials, digital, creative and support the achievement of the media, and clean growth. national 2.4 per cent target. ``Integrate Greater Manchester’s The specific actions identified innovation eco-system to drive in this chapter will contribute commercialisation, facilitate to, and complement, the collaborations, partnerships delivery of these aspirations. Projects The Prosperity Review found that materials and manufacturing in order Greater Manchester has a strong to drive the growth of innovation and broad innovation base, which is led, high value industries in the city- why innovation – the development region, as well as building Britain’s and deployment of new ideas – is leadership in tomorrow’s technologies. embedded throughout the Greater For example, the city-region’s digital Manchester Local Industrial Strategy. and creative sectors will underpin the Previous sections have set out how emergence of new specialist markets Greater Manchester intends to in Greater Manchester based on the capitalise on internationally recognised design and development of new ideas, scientific and research excellence products and services and in leading in health innovation and advanced the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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The Clean Growth Mission will drive The opportunities identified in this The Board provides the city-region To drive increased private sector bottom-up innovation, collaborations, Local Industrial Strategy will provide a with a platform for shared action, investment into R&D, Greater partnerships and cross-overs between framework for bids by local partners building on Greater Manchester’s Manchester will also test new, unrelated technologies and industries into the Strength in Places Fund, integrated governance, deep culture and evaluate existing, routes for to develop new technologies and Industrial Strategy Challenge Funds of collaboration between government, commercialising knowledge. This decarbonise our economy. and other national competitive business, academia, and health, will include a locally funded pilot funds (including those delivered and strong partnerships. It will play programme to develop a Cooperative Maximising investment in by UKRI), as well as for embedding research and innovation and a leading role in coordinating the Intellectual Property (IP) Bank to connections between universities, public and private sector response exploit latent Intellectual Property tackling the Grand Challenges businesses and public bodies. to the Greater Manchester Local held by research organisations and Government has a target for national Central to Greater Manchester’s local Industrial Strategy, focused on the large firms by making it available to investment in R&D to match 2.4 per plans is the development of options opportunity areas of health innovation, smaller firms. The IP is attractive to cent of GDP by 2027. The Prosperity for the Pankhurst Centre for Research advanced materials, digital, creative smaller firms as it reduces up-front Review showed Greater Manchester in Health, Technology and Innovation. and media, and clean growth. R&D investment costs, shortens time lags behind comparable city-regions in This will be a path-breaking, cross- to market, and creates opportunities overall R&D spending, R&D tax-credit Greater Manchester will also work disciplinary institute for translational to solve technical challenges or create take-up, InnovateUK funding take-up, to identify and address gaps in the research, to link clinical research new market opportunities. Large firms and university R&D spending. To ensure innovation funding ecosystem in the with materials science, informatics, and research organisations will benefit Greater Manchester maximises its city-region to reduce financial barriers engineering and computer science to from deeper commercialisation of their contribution to this target and increases to private sector innovation and address major health problems, and IP portfolio and new IP-led industrial overall investment in innovation, it will drive progress towards the national capitalise on synergies between our collaboration opportunities with SMEs. be critical to extract maximum value 2.4 per cent target. As a first step, strengths of health and materials plus from both Greater Manchester’s existing Greater Manchester will review the digital and biotechnology. It will play a innovation assets, and those under availability of venture capital funding key role in creating exciting start-ups construction, and to continue to invest - in partnership with the City of and high growth businesses in emerging in maintaining world-class excellence London, financial services firms, and sectors. Initial funding for the Centre in our opportunity areas. Synergies industrial strategy sectors - assessing has been identified, and the University between Greater Manchester’s the current landscape of Early Stage of Manchester is now considering areas of strength and the Grand Investment seed funding and Venture the best way to realise this plan. Challenges must also be exploited, Capital Funding in the city-region. This for instance using advanced robotics Reinforcing Greater Manchester’s will evaluate missed opportunities to in biomechanical healthcare or using innovation ecosystem commercialise innovation due to gaps in industrial biotechnology to develop low this section of the financial landscape. Greater Manchester will continue to This will include an assessment of the carbon fuels. Greater Manchester will reinforce its innovation ecosystem. continue to work with government and case for an early stage investment This work will be coordinated by the seed funding programme drawing UKRI to maximise the impact of existing Greater Manchester Innovation Board, investments in innovation assets on private investment and targeted whose membership includes local at sub-£500,000 investments. in the conurbation and incentivise universities, leading innovative firms, private sector investment in R&D. the Medicines Discovery Catapult, Manchester Science Partnerships, public bodies, UKRI, and Nesta.

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In a modern, innovation-led, service- Too few people are realising their People rich economy, people are genuinely potential and ill health is a major a city-region’s best asset. Greater economic constraint, keeping people out Manchester has one of the largest and of work and lowering the productivity Investing in a highly skilled and healthy city-region. most diverse populations in the UK. It of those in work. Not enough employers We will ensure that the education, and employers have access to the is home to nearly three million people, are utilising their workforce’s full range skills and employment system allows skills required to deliver the Greater including more than 100,000 students, of skills or developing their capacity to everyone to reach their potential Manchester Local Industrial Strategy. and there are over seven million people adopt innovations to drive productivity. within an hour’s travel time. The city- Early years provision is key to long- region’s universities have strong and term success for individuals and improving graduate retention rates, Greater Manchester’s strategic priorities the city-region’s future productivity. and it has one of the most linguistically Greater Manchester has an ambition diverse populations in the world, with to increase the proportion of children To help realise the long-term ``Increase take-up of the technical over 200 languages spoken. One-in- leaving reception with a ‘good level of strategic aspirations set out in qualifications, including six residents come from a black and development’ to at least the national this Local Industrial Strategy, apprenticeships, needed to minority ethnic background and the average within the next five years. To Greater Manchester will: drive the Greater Manchester city-region has the UK’s third largest deliver this, the city-region is rolling ``Support institutions to increase Local Industrial Strategy LGBT+ community after London and out a new delivery model for early the number of people learning in (particularly at levels 4 and 5). Brighton. This access to skilled labour, years, based around the integration those rated as good or outstanding ``Increase employer investment in cultural diversity and inclusivity is of public services in neighbourhoods, – from early years, to schools, workforce development - including an inherent strength and provides a bringing together education, health colleges and training providers. digital skills, management and foundation for future growth, generating and housing to address the wider leadership - and in workforce new ideas and making the city-region a social determinants of physical and ``Give all young people and adults a magnet for new talent and investment. clear line of sight to opportunities health. It will also ensure that mental health. It is also developing and for education, skills development employees are gaining the Rapid progress over upskilling the early years workforce to and work in the city-region. skills to retrain and progress. the past decade help them deliver early intervention, prevention and early education, while The specific actions identified The Prosperity Review identified many ``Ensure all residents have the empowering families and communities in this chapter will contribute strengths in Greater Manchester’s functional skills and attributes to take greater responsibility in to, and complement, the education and skills system. Over the employers need, particularly their health and wellbeing. English, maths and digital skills; delivery of these aspirations. past decade, Greater Manchester has and enhance creative skills. transformed its qualifications profile: Work is also underway to make sure all the proportion of the population young people are work and life ready, ``Support adults to enter the labour with Level 4+ skills increased by with raised aspirations, a clear line of market and progress in work 46 per cent, for example. sight of the opportunities and different through connected employment, education and training pathways However, it is still the case that, progression and transition support. available, and the attributes and soft despite good progress in recent years, skills to help them flourish and prosper. we want more people to have the qualifications and functional skills employers need and that provide the foundations to progress in work.

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Greater Manchester is already locally tailored support to help long- All parties have agreed to work together Some early areas where there is investing in: free bus travel for 16- term unemployed residents get to explore opportunities to connect potential for great results are: ensuring 18 year olds and the development back into the labour market, and national and local post-16 skills and work greater businesses engagement in the of an Opportunity Pass (subject to supports people at risk of falling out policies in the city-region to deliver whole system from careers to in-work Combined Authority agreement); the of employment. Greater Manchester an effective offer for the near-three progression; supporting institutions Bridge GM programme that connects also has a vital and unique relationship million citizens of Greater Manchester. with their efforts to raise quality and schools, students and employers; with Health Education England (HEE), This will include using Greater therefore help more young people a UCAS-style Career Platform that which underpins joint commissioning Manchester’s convening power, to benefit from good or outstanding will simplify access to education, and allocation of HEE budgets, where with government support, to learning; identifying what more can learning and training; and creating a appropriate, to pilot new models to issue a call to action for schools, be done at a national and local level Curriculum for Life. Government is address the skills requirements of the providers and employers in the city- to support those in work on low pay already working differently in the city- region’s health and care system. region to work together to bring to progress in work and out of in-work region, such as through the Digital To help more people over-50 get back about the changes needed. poverty; supporting employers to retain Skills Pilot, Self-Employment Pilot, older workers and those with health into employment, Greater Manchester, Through this joint partnership working, Future Workforce Fund and through the the Department for Work and Pensions, problems; and finally supporting more Oldham Opportunity Area. The latter, we will identify strategic and delivery high quality apprenticeship opportunities and the Centre for Ageing Better areas for review and, based on evidence is focusing on improving early literacy are exploring a new approach to with SMEs, securing employer at home; building high performance and advice, identify the respective commitments to provide high quality T employability support using a ‘test-and- actions needed from all parties to across the school system; and learn’ approach. This will be used to Level industry placements, and boosting boosting support for mental health. deliver them. We want to make quick employer investment in retraining. inform the national and local evidence progress, but all parties recognise, To improve outcomes for adults, base about what works. Government and and accept, that this will require their Within nine months, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester has established Greater Manchester are also working commitment for the long term. the Department for Education and the an Employment and Skills Advisory together to support the development Department for Work and Pensions Panel as announced in the national of the National Retraining Scheme As a starting point on that journey will set out to the GMCA and DfE and Industrial Strategy. This Panel brings through the development of the Greater the Department for Education, the DWP Secretaries of State the respective colleges, training providers, local and Manchester Local Industrial Strategy. Department for Work and Pensions and actions, both in the short and longer national government, and employers Greater Manchester have agreed to term, which all parties will agree to together to identify local skills needs. Towards deeper partnership identify the ways in which their priorities take forward and will move the joint Through the adult education budget, There is great potential in the education, and activities across the various parts working between Greater Manchester Greater Manchester and government skills and work system. Government of the post-16 skills and work system and government to the next stage. and Greater Manchester have agreed come together and, based on evidence are already collaborating to develop This deeper partnership will build on strategic responses to economic to work in partnership to determine and consultation with the sector, have how this can be harnessed. The aim agreed to take forward actions to the strong track record of successful and technological change. The joint partnership working on the skills and development and delivery of the is to ensure the education, skills and help ensure the system is effective. work system can support everyone work agenda that already exists between Working Well employment support Greater Manchester and government. programme (that pooled funding in the city-region to reach their from Greater Manchester’s 10 local potential, and for employers to have authorities, 10 Clinical Commissioning access to the skills needed to deliver Groups, local Job Centre Plus districts, the ambition set out in the Greater and the Greater Manchester Health Manchester Local Industrial Strategy. and Social Care Partnership) provides

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This includes: ``the Greater Manchester Model of ``the Employment and Skills Advisory Unified Public Services sets out Panel, which brings colleges, an approach to aligning services training providers, local and national around people and place; government, and employers together ``the Greater Manchester Reform to identify and respond to skills needs; Investment Fund provides a unified ``the joint development and delivery city-region fund to use alongside local of the Working Well employment funding to drive improvements in support programme that pooled health, housing, skills and education, funding from Greater Manchester’s crime and prevention services in 10 local authorities, 10 Clinical tandem and at greater pace; Commissioning Groups, local Job ``that Working Well continues to reduce Centre Plus districts, and Health worklessness and improve well-being and Social Care Partnership; by supporting more people with ``the vital and unique relationship poor health and disabilities to play between Health Education England an active and fulfilling role in the (HEE) and Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester labour market. which underpins joint commissioning and decision-making, including the allocation of HEE budgets where appropriate to pilot new models for addressing the requirements of the region’s health and care system. Greater Manchester will also align skills and work activity with health and care and other public services, in line with the recommendations of the Prosperity Review, recognising the links between good physical and mental health, employment and productivity. It is already ensuring: ``the Health and Social Care Prospectus contains actions to create a sustainable health and care system that realises economic potential in the city-region;

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Transformative approaches point the way to achieving modernised, Infrastructure The Prosperity Review concluded that carbon neutral infrastructure. However, Greater Manchester’s future growth, there are challenges that Greater prosperity and sustainability will be Manchester must address to achieve Upgraded, integrated and future-proofed. restricted unless ambitious and long the modernised, carbon neutral 21st Greater Manchester will put in place the and inclusive growth, and to facilitate term infrastructure solutions are found. century infrastructure needed to deliver integrated 21st century infrastructure international trade and investment. The growth potential set out in the draft this Local Industrial Strategy. These needed for digitally connected, clean Greater Manchester Spatial Framework are set out in the Greater Manchester will require large-scale, integrated and Infrastructure Framework. They include strategic infrastructure investment. new demands for electricity generation, This will build on recent investments by storage and transmission coming from Greater Manchester’s strategic priorities Greater Manchester and government, changes in how buildings are heated, including in the Metrolink and the energy is stored, and transport systems To help realise the long-term global ‘Gateway to the North’ Bee Network supported by Greater and vehicles are fuelled. Climate change strategic aspirations set out in through the Manchester Airport Manchester’s £312.5m allocation from will demand more resilience to flooding this Local Industrial Strategy, Transformation Programme5, and the Transforming Cities Fund. These and greater ‘eco-system services’ Greater Manchester will: work through Transport for the are innovative programmes which from green and blue infrastructure. ``Develop an Infrastructure Plan North to deliver the growth case for the city-region and identify for Northern Powerhouse Rail. sources of sustainable, long-term ``Develop a roadmap for Figure 4: Transport investments are driving change local investment, to sit alongside digital-led innovations that devolved funding streams, to enable better coordination fund the delivery of the Plan. of the transport system. ``Short-term action to improve ``Continue transforming the transport system performance digital connectivity of the city- through rail devolution, bus reform, region to drive economic growth trialling tram-trains, continuing to and innovation, working with expand the city-region’s walking government to meet national and cycling infrastructure, and targets of nationwide full fibre changing regulations to promote coverage by 2033 and full a cleaner, more efficient and roll-out of 5G technologies integrated transport system. for most people by 2027. ``Radically improve connectivity The specific actions identified with other UK cities through High in this chapter will contribute Speed 2, continue developing to, and complement, the Greater Manchester as the delivery of these aspirations.

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Universal, affordable and resilient Integrating Greater digital connectivity and better social Manchester’s infrastructure infrastructure will be essential for To build the integrated 21st century driving inclusive growth across the infrastructure that Greater Manchester growing city-region. Congestion is needs, a comprehensive infrastructure already providing persistent pressures plan for the city-region is required. This and drags on productivity, leading to needs to meet both local and national carbon emissions and air pollution. priorities, developed in consultation The transport system will need to with government and infrastructure address this problem at the same providers, and underpinned by a time as accommodating a growing consensus to propel its delivery and population and providing affordable success. To secure this agreement, and flexible responses to the shifts government will join the Greater in the major sites of employment, Manchester Strategic Infrastructure working patterns and school and Board overseeing implementation of college provision that means people national and local plans and providing are travelling further and at different operational expertise to improve times. To meet Greater Manchester’s the performance of the city-region’s ambitions for an innovation-driven transport, housing, energy and digital economy, industries will need the best infrastructure. Implementation Plans digital and physical connectivity. Areas will take into account how infrastructure with lower productivity, pay and living development can contribute to the standards need infrastructure that delivery of the full Greater Manchester supports access to jobs in the centre Local Industrial Strategy. For example, but will also help improve the quality linking to relevant outputs from the of local opportunities in the long term. Clean Growth Mission, which will New trading routes after the UK leaves provide new technologies and models the European Union will place greater for low carbon infrastructure. It will importance on Greater Manchester’s also be critical that reforms of the international transport infrastructure education and skills system set out and east-west connections including above will ensure a local pipeline the links to the Port of Liverpool, of talent is in place to support the the development of Port Salford design and implementation of and the ongoing national strategic infrastructure programmes, and that importance of Manchester Airport. new innovations like modular housing can be delivered at scale and pace.

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Greater Manchester has a successful Short-term action is needed to address track record of delivering significant congestion and increase productivity Figure 5: Greater Manchester’s global connectivity investment programmes, including and employment growth. The next the Transport Fund; the portfolio stage of Greater Manchester’s 2040 Manchester Airport is the global development of Port Salford will of housing, infrastructure, and Transport Strategy (2020-2025) gateway to the north of England. establish the city-region as a modern business investment funds agreed includes a further 65 projects including It serves more destinations than UK port, and link to new international through devolution deals; and continued Metrolink expansion, new any other UK airport (over 200), trading routes. The arrival of High public service programmes like interchanges and ongoing investment facilitating trade and the cultural Speed 2 and improved Northern the Working Well programme. in the city-region’s innovative Bee and visitor economies. The city- Powerhouse links will strengthen Network of active travel corridors However, delivering truly integrated region’s rail and road networks create inter-city connections across the UK. and junctions to encourage cycling 21st century infrastructure will require fast national connections, and the further institutional development and walking in the city-region, funded to build on the already robust through the Transforming Cities governance, capacity and assurance Fund. Specific opportunities to tackle processes in place in the city-region. congestion include trialling tram- Greater Manchester will therefore trains in the city-region, increasing review its institutions, structures and the pace of improving rail and processes to ensure the city-region bus service quality, reliability and can continue to deliver successful integration through ongoing devolution integrated infrastructure programmes. and reform, and improvements to existing TransPennine rail services. The city-region will need appropriate and innovative investment and delivery The completion of the full Northern models to deliver the scale and range Hub programme and the Transport of investments needed, which do for the North Northern Powerhouse not currently exist. The Prosperity Rail programme would transform Review agreed with the National rail infrastructure, improving service Infrastructure Assessment that an patterns, frequency and capacity integrated strategy for infrastructure between key economic centres of at city-region level should be backed the north, particularly east-west up by stable, substantial, devolved connections. An Integrated and Smart funding. Greater Manchester will Travel programme is streamlining consequently explore options for journey planning and payment. achieving sustainable, long-term local investment into infrastructure.

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Building on the powers already alongside new data sharing agreements Transport for Greater Manchester This approach is accelerating market devolved to the Greater Manchester and platforms. Greater Manchester and government will consider how investment and will continue to do so Mayor, Greater Manchester will is building the foundations for a best to trial emerging technologies with the city-region’s ambition to attract continue working with government to digital mobility ecosystem by: testing and services where the regulatory private sector investment of over improve the performance of Greater and assessing new technologies like framework is not yet fixed. This £200m, create further opportunities to Manchester’s transport system through Connected and Autonomous Vehicles; whole systems approach and regulatory develop 5G networks and test beds, and implementation of existing devolution integrating transport infrastructure “sandbox” will support the Future capitalise on over 500,000 mapped deals including greater local influence with the ‘Internet of Things’; and of Mobility and Clean Growth Grand street furniture items that have the over rail services and stations, bus adopting new models of integrated and Challenges by creating a blueprint for potential to provide high bandwidth, low reform, trialling tram-trains, and flexible on-demand transport provision: the integrated, low carbon transport latency 5G networks. Local Full Fibre regulatory reforms that complement namely of Mobility as a Service. systems of the future, whilst building Networks (LFFN) funding will connect the shift to cycling and walking, in the Transport for Greater Manchester on digital infrastructure, industry over 1,300 public sector sites and will context of the Williams Rail Review. has built considerable knowledge and strengths and Greater Manchester’s have a transformational impact on To increase network capacity, widen expertise in this field, pioneering proof approach to integrated public policy. digital infrastructure - increasing full labour pools and business access to of concept and significant research fibre coverage from two per cent to programmes, and working with Digital infrastructure for around 25 per cent within three years. markets across the UK cities, Greater a leading city-region Manchester will work to deliver the businesses in this emerging market. Greater Manchester is continuing To enable these changes to the growth cases for High Speed 2, and To identify the necessary locally to facilitate further commercial transport system and deliver all the through Transport for the North the led changes needed to drive and investment by reducing the cost of aspirations in this Local Industrial business case for Northern Powerhouse shape innovation-led transport works through granting of wayleaves, Strategy, Greater Manchester will aim Rail and improvements to Manchester- improvements, Greater Manchester surface reconstitution, and harmonising to become one of the best digitally Sheffield road links. Enhanced and government will develop a regulatory processes across all 10 connected city-regions in the UK. connectivity will help Manchester programme of activity for transport boroughs. Greater Manchester will Digital infrastructure is integrated Airport to fully utilise its capacity (55 innovation to explore new ideas and continue to work with government to within the new Greater Manchester million passengers per annum), open bring together relevant stakeholders to meet national targets of nationwide Infrastructure Framework and the up new routes and increase services collaborate with Transport for Greater full fibre coverage by 2033 and remit of the Infrastructure Advisory to key growth markets in line with Manchester. This will increase Greater roll-out of 5G technologies for the Board, and Greater Manchester has the national Aviation Strategy. Manchester’s ability to improve the majority of the population by 2027. the most significant city-region digital transport system as a whole, and connectivity investment programme The Future of Mobility in to inform policy-making. Transport in the UK. The city-region is investing Greater Manchester for Greater Manchester and the over £100m in digital initiatives, The Prosperity Review recommended government’s Future of Mobility transformative data life cycle new digital-led transport innovation – team will work together to bring management, cyber security, health including as part of the government’s together the right set of stakeholders digitisation, better data governance Future of Mobility Grand Challenge and private and local investors for and analytical capabilities. This includes – to improve services at less cost. transport innovations, exploring £23.8m contributed by government This needs policy and technology co- new technologies and governance to digital infrastructure development ordination to maintain overall system models, and potentially trialling and almost £39m is already performance, embed policy objectives them in Greater Manchester. like clean air, improved health and social committed to investing in ‘Full Fibre’. inclusion; and to create public trust,

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Greater Manchester’s The Greater Manchester businesses Business environment business base that export are also the most The Prosperity Review highlighted productive, and are mainly in the the diversity of Greater Manchester’s manufacturing, digital and creative Supporting highly productive, innovative and international business base and the sophisticated mix industries. However, in 2017 the enterprise. of industries and supply chains in the city-region exported less than half The productivity of businesses in innovation commercialisation, adoption city-region that creates multiple growth the level of goods than would be Greater Manchester will be radically and diffusion, and raising levels of opportunities and diversification routes expected for its size, despite strong improved by strengthening their exports, foreign direct investment for business. The Review confirmed performance in manufacturing exports. leadership and management, increasing (FDI) and inward investment. that Greater Manchester is a significant and growing UK international trading hub, and this is creating dividends for Greater Manchester’s strategic priorities the economy in terms of strong FDI and the presence of highly productive foreign-owned firms in the city-region. To help realise the long-term ``Sustain and develop the strong International partnerships in the strategic aspirations set out in business support infrastructure, city-region span from IT giant Tech this Local Industrial Strategy, based around the Business Growth Mahindra’s Salford HQ and innovation Greater Manchester, will: Hub, by further strengthening lab to the work of University of ``Strengthen the leadership support to drive innovation Manchester scientists at the Large and management capacity of (including business model Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva. innovation), productivity, workforce businesses and enterprise in Greater Manchester has a very strong development and scaling up Greater Manchester to increase track-record in attracting Foreign businesses in key sectors. productivity and skills utilisation. Direct Investment, and has invested in ``Implement a Greater Manchester ``Drive further internationalisation developing international partnerships to Good Employment Charter to of Greater Manchester’s business drive forward the city-region’s priorities, improve skills utilisation and and enterprise base, supporting including the Manchester-China Forum management standards and so exports, inward investment, and and the Manchester-India Partnership. raise productivity across all sectors. international partnerships. This has made the city-region an international centre for business, and ``Support all business and The specific actions identified in this chapter will contribute developed a nationally significant enterprise to adopt innovations set of relationships and assets. and create new products, to, and complement, the services and business models. delivery of those aspirations.

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Business support skills, diversity and business models, Greater Manchester has an extensive and addressing low export rates, and mature network of business poor skills utilisation, and low levels of advice services, centred around the innovation adoption amongst firms. Business Growth Hub. This community Improving business productivity includes the Manufacturing Champions Network, private partners and business To improve productivity, there must be membership bodies including the a higher take-up of innovation across Chamber of Commerce, the Federation the business base, from adopting of Small Businesses and the Forum new internal processes, to developing of Private Business. Businesses have new products, services and business access to private equity, including models and finding applications for new Venture Capital and Business Angels, scientific discoveries. Businesses will and benefit from the services and be supported to link to networks for advice of a strong financial and knowledge and best practice exchange professional service sector alongside between peers, and clearly signposted Enterprise Zones and incubator and to the available finance (including accelerator spaces across the region. tax credits), support and advice. The Growth Hub hosts Innovate UK Government and Greater Manchester and the Enterprise Europe Network have already made significant (EEN) resources that connect local, investments in the Growth Hub, national and international innovation making it the largest in the country. networks, and takes part in the Interreg The Growth Hub and Greater North West Europe Programme as Manchester partners will better part of transnational consortia. The coordinate existing business support British Business Bank and Department programmes for increasing innovation for International Trade have set and productivity, leadership and up Greater Manchester offices to management, and supporting scale- support initiatives like the Northern ups to internationalise, as well as Powerhouse Investment Fund. the wider business support offer However, business density levels are available. Work will focus on enabling below the national average and, while more local businesses to access there are highly productive firms in this support, and providing more every sector, there is a long tail of less targeted support including one-to- productive firms in the city-region one advice, mentoring and peer-to- – and productivity within sectors peer programmes. Programmes will differs more than between sectors. drive up leadership and management capacity to increase skills utilisation and The Prosperity Review suggests the innovation, and improve productivity. causes of this need to be addressed by improving leadership, management

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Greater Manchester will also entrepreneurs, academics and capacity, as well as their efficiency and better career prospects and leadership continue to rationalise regulation researchers and companies coming effectiveness. The Greater Manchester training, skills and development. services to make access to advice into Greater Manchester, and in the Good Employment Charter, which is As these sectors face many of the and support simpler and easier for partner cities, such as Bangalore, India, being developed and implemented same challenges across the country, business, particularly regulations to provide similar soft landing bases with employers and employees, will be Greater Manchester’s leadership will relating to innovation and exports. for Greater Manchester’s high-growth another key lever for raising leadership provide lessons for other areas. To reinforce Greater Manchester’s scale-up companies and universities. and management amongst Greater The city-region is the home of the increasing contribution to UK soft This will build on Greater Manchester’s Manchester’s employers, improving Cooperative Movement and has power, existing global partnerships Global Scale-up Programme which productivity, wages, and job quality in all a strong history of innovation in and approach to business (such as will take Greater Manchester’s most sectors, particularly those that have not business models and integrating Manchester-India Partnership and exciting businesses and give them traditionally engaged with public sector social values with enterprise and Manchester-China Forum), and to access to strategic international growth funded business advice. The Charter economic activity. Greater Manchester build on the focus provided by this advice and coaching from partners, will also improve skills utilisation, raise has a strong embedded social value Local Industrial Strategy, Greater supporting them to scale up and employment standards and encourage procurement policy, which is being Manchester will launch a ‘Global grow into new markets, export and employers to focus on the health updated to reflect Local Industrial Prosperity Partnership Model’, to internationalise their business strategy. and well-being of their workforce. It Strategy objectives, including those will use a tiered structure, backed up be promoted by the Department Greater Manchester’s Global Prosperity relating to the foundational economy. for International Trade. This model with support for employers, engaging A significant proportion of Greater Partnership Model will aim to grow high a wide range of businesses, social will create city-to-city partnerships value city-to-city trade and technology Manchester’s social enterprises work to build deep two-way relationships enterprises, public service providers in the foundational economy sectors or IP exchange, and attract inward and voluntary and community sector between cities, and strategic investment, visitors and global talent, of health, community development, partners therein, in key markets organisations to help them progress to education and training, sport and and support exporters and high growth higher standards. Greater Manchester and sectors through programmes companies to scale operations globally leisure services. Greater Manchester on entrepreneurship, technology, IP will also work with local universities will continue to create the optimum as well as attracting high value inward to maximise the local impact of their exchange and collaborative R&D. investors and research investment. The conditions for Social Enterprises excellent leadership and management to thrive and grow productive and These thematic elements will give programme will also include a focus training and development offer. Greater Manchester and the UK useful on attracting major global events, in valuable careers, products and insights into emerging technologies alignment with the Greater Manchester Greater Manchester will also develop services, including support and advice and innovations in overseas markets, Convention Bureau, and leveraging a plan for increasing the productivity on development and innovation. The such as green transport infrastructure the talents of the international of big sectors in the ‘foundational Business Growth Hub, itself a social advancements in China, to help student base in the city-region. economy’ – such as retail, hospitality enterprise, will provide a range of accelerate commercial application and tourism, and social care. Greater services from growth support, access in the UK. A balanced exchange that Supporting all workers Manchester will work with large to finance, specialist sector advice and encourages the development of pilot Through programmes like ‘Be the employers in these sectors to help leadership and workforce development, zones and initiatives to encourage Business’, ‘Made Smarter’, executive understand progression routes and to cooperatives and social enterprises researcher collaborations and development programmes provided skills gaps to inform the work of the who are seeking growth. The commercial spin-offs will underpin by the Business Growth Hub, and skills partnership and help businesses forthcoming Greater Manchester Social meaningful city-to-city collaboration. the Greater Manchester Productivity develop plans to access new workers or Enterprise Strategy being developed and Inclusive Growth Programme, tap unused skills among their existing by the sector will set out how the To foster these partnerships, Greater Greater Manchester and government workforce. Greater Manchester will sector can support the implementation Manchester will create a “soft are supporting businesses to improve continue to support the adult social of this Local Industrial Strategy and landing” platform for international their leadership and management care workforce, developing new roles, promote good jobs, and innovation.

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Sector deals Sector deals (continued…)

Government has agreed a series Roche is investing an additional This includes the location of a Greater Manchester has R&D of sector deals that affect the £30m in the UK, including £20m regional hub of Tech Nation, which strengths in nuclear energy. The Greater Manchester economy. over three years into a precision supports digital companies and Nuclear Sector Deal sets out a vision The Life Sciences Sector Deals aim cancer research partnership with start-ups, in Greater Manchester; for the nuclear industry to 2030 and to ensure pioneering treatments and The Christie in Manchester, making successful projects as part of the proposals for government, sector medical technologies are produced the UK a leading global hub for rare £33m Audience of the Future and joint action to deliver this vision. in the UK to improve patients’ lives cancer trials and potentially benefiting Challenge, via the Industrial Strategy nearly 5,000 patients annually. The research institutes and and drive economic growth by Challenge Fund, and a £4m Creative manufacturing companies in Greater coordinating substantial investment Greater Manchester has the Scale Up programme to support Manchester include key aerospace from government, private and largest digital and creative sector creative firms in three English regions specialisms and form part of the charitable sectors. Investments include outside London. National assets including Greater Manchester. north west manufacturing cluster. The The Medicines Company big data based in the city-region include Greater Manchester is the third Aerospace Sector Deal positions project with the Greater Manchester Salford’s MediaCityUK and The most visited UK city by international the UK to take advantage of the Health and Social Care Partnership, Factory. Innovation and creativity visitors, behind only London and global move towards hybrid electric to improve the understanding, are synonymous with culture and a Edinburgh. This includes a significant and electric propulsion and to exploit management and economics of Greater Manchester Culture Strategy volume of business tourists attending valuable emerging markets such as cardiovascular disease. QIAGEN, a is being developed to create the conferences and events in the drones and Urban Air Mobility. It sets leading provider of molecular testing conditions for creativity to flourish city-region. Our sporting assets – out proposals for a UK Aerospace solutions is partnering with Health in every part of the city-region, especially our leading football clubs Research Consortium, which includes Innovation Manchester to develop a enriching the lives of all residents – are a key driver of visitor numbers the University of Manchester; a genomics and diagnostics campus. and protecting, diversifying and to the city-region. The hospitality, new supply chain competitiveness IQVIA Ltd is investing in a Northern growing Greater Manchester’s unique tourism and sport sector employs programme; export champions; a Prime Site with NHS research-ready culture, heritage strengths, assets approximately 110,000 people in future flight challenge; and support hospitals in Greater Manchester, Leeds and ecology. Government and the just under 10,000 businesses and for engineering apprenticeships. and Sheffield to use data-enabled creative industries sector, through provided £2.9bn GVA in 2016. Greater approaches to design and deliver the Creative Industries Council, have Manchester and government are hundreds of additional clinical trials agreed a Creative Industries Sector working with businesses locally and and real-world evidence studies. Deal that includes a range of activity across the UK to examine options for to boost creative sector growth which a Tourism Sector Deal. This will aim Greater Manchester will benefit from. to address issues around job quality and seasonality of work, as well as supporting the development of a 10-year Visitor Economy Strategy.

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Cultivating prosperous cities, towns and communities across the city-region. All parts of Greater Manchester will be The town centres across the city-region supported to realise their full potential, are important hubs for employment, cementing Greater Manchester’s housing and transport. The community role in rebalancing the UK economy and voluntary sector make vital and reducing regional disparities. contributions to Greater Manchester’s Greater Manchester has many social, environmental and economic place-based strengths: from the wellbeing. But the Prosperity Review dynamic city centre, to the creative highlighted that not all parts of Greater cluster around the Quays and the Manchester have benefited from the concentration of research excellence growth experienced over the past on the Oxford Road Corridor, to decade, and access to employment, the industrial hubs in Trafford Park, opportunity and other assets is unequal. Rochdale, Wigan, and Bolton.

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To help realise the long-term ``Reduce inequalities, promote strategic aspirations set out in diversity and improve prosperity by this Local Industrial Strategy, addressing barriers to participating Greater Manchester will: in employment and accessing ``Ensure a thriving and productive opportunities across the city-region. economy in all parts of Greater ``Building on city, growth and Manchester, by maximising national devolution deals and continue and international assets, city and reforming public services to town centres, strategic employment ensure local public services are locations and neighbourhoods. focused on improving outcomes and reducing inequalities. The specific actions identified in this chapter will contribute to, and complement, the delivery of those aspirations.

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Delivering the ambitions of this Trafford Centre. This area includes key ``The M62 North East Corridor, Manchester, and will complement Local Industrial Strategy requires clusters of growth sectors, including including the proposed development the M62 North-East Corridor to all parts of the city-region to the Salford Innovation Triangle which of ‘Advanced Materials City’ to ensure that there are significant realise their full potential. is emerging as a key site of research accelerate opportunities in Greater investment opportunities across the Through the implementation of this and innovation, and provides an Manchester’s advanced materials northern areas, helping to boost the Local Industrial Strategy, Greater enormous and extremely diverse manufacturing base and provide a competitiveness of all parts of the Manchester will seek to strengthen range of businesses and jobs, which physical home for the market for 2D north. The Wigan-Bolton Growth economic areas across the city-region currently accounts for around one- materials, which will see a massive Corridor proposals are smaller in scale based on their unique opportunities quarter of employment in Greater expansion of the existing employment than the M62 North-East Corridor, and challenges, building on the Manchester and is expected to grow. areas forming a major facility similar but are nevertheless important in diversity of its people and places. ``Manchester Airport Enterprise Zone, in size to Trafford Park. This will help supporting long-term economic The draft Greater Manchester Spatial with the expansion of the airport to deliver a better distribution of prosperity. The M6 logistics hub in Framework clearly sets out the key as the UK’s primary international growth across Greater Manchester Wigan (extending into Warrington, St locations that will be prioritised to gateway outside London and the and boosting the economy of the Helens and West Lancashire) provides drive inclusive economic growth: South East, providing easy business northern part of the city-region. a major cluster of warehousing and connectivity across the world, and ``The Wigan-Bolton Growth Corridor is distribution activity with easy access ``The expanding city centre, which to the Port of Liverpool via the M58. will further strengthen as the most increased employment activity located in the north-west of Greater significant economic location in around the airport site, Wythenshawe Hospital, and rail connections. the UK outside London, providing Figure 6: Strategic locations a concentration of jobs that are ``The eight main town centres readily accessible from across (Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester and beyond. Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, The city centre includes the Oxford Stockport and Wigan), which Road Corridor which is continuing will be supported to provide a to develop as a world-class stronger focus for local economic innovation hub with a very high activity by exploiting important concentration of research activity advantages such as the direct and enhanced business connections. mainline rail links to London from ``The Quays, which is expected Stockport and Wigan, High Speed to deliver sustained growth as a 2 and the university in Bolton. major business location including ``Port Salford, providing sustainable an internationally important freight connections by water and digital and creative cluster. rail and acting as an international ``The wider area of economic activity gateway via upgraded facilities at the heart of Greater Manchester, at the Port of Liverpool. stretching from the Etihad Campus in the east, through the city centre and The Quays, to Trafford Park and the

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The complexity analysis undertaken for In some cases, to create the conditions But prosperous places are not just Key to this is integrating public the Prosperity Review demonstrates for private sector investment and about employment sites and local services, so that they can be tailored opportunities to develop higher value growth, it will be necessary to tackle jobs. The Prosperity Review is clear to the unique circumstances of an industries across all districts of Greater the excessive costs of bringing that, for parts of Greater Manchester individual and place, and so priorities Manchester, if the right networks and brownfield sites back into use and to with lower productivity, pay and living like improving skills and increasing mix of policy interventions are in place. raise the quality and attractiveness standards, there needs to be both innovation are embedded and reflected Existing and new businesses will be of urban environments and town better jobs across the city-region in public services to find new place- supported to raise productivity and job centres. Greater Manchester will take and better access to jobs. Greater based ways to approach industrial quality, and Greater Manchester will act an integrated place-based approach to Manchester will continue to deliver strategy. Greater Manchester will to stimulate new growth opportunities bringing forward strategic regeneration the Transforming Cities Fund in ways continue to build on the City and in underperforming areas. Each part proposals in town centres and strategic that support the ambitions in this Growth Deals and the devolution of of Greater Manchester and each sites, which integrate investment in strategy and underpin continued and powers and resources to the city-region industry sector will need a different land remediation, housing, transport inclusive growth. Improvements to the to reform and redesign public services. mix of policy interventions to realise and other infrastructure to create transport system are clearly key to The Greater Manchester Model their full potential, which could include sustainable employment locations. enabling access to jobs in the centre, of Unified Public Services is the investment in infrastructure, skills, A key element of this will be to develop but so too is addressing non-transport framework through which the city- business support, design and marketing, and support the unique culture and barriers to economic participation, region will ensure that all public services or specialist incubator spaces and heritage of the city-region, improving particularly around low skills and ill are focused on improving outcomes premises. Each Greater Manchester desirability and the quality of place health. Interventions to improve skills, and reducing inequalities. Greater local authority has committed to setting to attract and retain talent and work and health interventions will be Manchester will continue to implement out how the key issues identified in the investment, especially in town and coordinated to reduce inequalities and and review the city-region’s emerging Greater Manchester Local Industrial city centres. Where appropriate, improve outcomes for residents. public service reform model, supported Strategy interlink with opportunities this will align with and build on the by existing innovation funding and and barriers in their locality, and to Greater Manchester Town Centre other local funding streams. develop action plans to coordinate Challenge and the use of Mayoral Greater Manchester and district level Development Corporations. implementation and to deliver real change in all parts of the city-region.

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Using evidence to identify potential opportunities Using evidence to identify potential opportunities (continued…)

The University of Cambridge has advantageous in informing growth The plot for Stockport shows that, with a high product complexity undertaken pioneering analysis to and capability upgrading. This owing to its different set of existing and also some with a low product identify new industrial opportunities analysis, undertaken for each Greater capabilities, it has a number of complexity, such as pre-primary based on what an area is currently Manchester district, uses data on the ‘related’ opportunities including education, landscape services, good at and, crucially, where they current industry profile and skills mix, management consulting, software and residential care activities. have potential to move to higher and uses this to identify possibilities publishing and head-office activities product complexity, as this could be to broaden into new specialisms. Stockport Manchester

As an illustration for how this advertising, management consulting analysis could be used, the plot and computer programming. Not for Manchester shows ‘related’ only are these specialisms well- opportunities for the city in market aligned to Manchester’s current research and public opinion polling, industrial strengths, they also have trusts and fund management higher product complexity, which activities, and motion pictures, video is potentially positive for earnings and television, that complement the and growth performance. local authority’s existing strengths in

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Implementation

A place-based approach has been used to develop the Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy, and it is designed to be implemented in the same way: capitalising on strengths and opportunities and recognising the barriers to growth and prosperity that parts of the conurbation face. This section sets out the overarching ``achievement of carbon neutrality in framework for implementing the a way that improves quality of life for strategy to ensure it delivers for residents, minimises the productivity the whole of Greater Manchester. impact on current businesses and maximises commercial opportunities Shared outcomes across Greater Manchester; As well as setting out specific actions, recognition as one of the top this Local Industrial Strategy also sets `` five city-regions for the digital out Greater Manchester’s long-term economy in Europe, with full fibre aspirations and the specific outcomes broadband and 5G coverage; local partners are aiming to achieve. These will help guide future action and ``a city-region skills and work evaluate progress. By 2040, Greater system that enables people to Manchester will aim to have secured: realise their potential, supports This is a challenge, but it is also a The civic authorities, business emerging industries, and is ``increased productivity and pay across great opportunity. Coordinating the stakeholders and people across responsive to employers; and sectors, particularly where they are implementation of cross-departmental all sectors, from transport and currently behind national averages, ``a coordinated infrastructure system, policies in a place, and aligning those architecture to digital applications and driven by businesses which are well with a transport network that with local priorities and actions, service design, will collaborate through led and managed, innovative and provides clean and effective intra- will enable us to deliver increased a range of mechanisms to ensure trading and investing globally; GM commuting and leveraging prosperity and productivity more optimal use of skills, processes and connections throughout the UK: efficiently and effectively for Greater thinking to deliver successful outcomes ``a greater number of high-quality north-south (HS2) and throughout Manchester’s people and places. for the whole of Greater Manchester. manufacturing opportunities in strategic the Northern Powerhouse. sites across the city-region, giving a more Success will also depend on how The government will continue to productive manufacturing base close to Successful implementation will require responses and solutions, products and support the Greater Manchester transport links and population centres; the coordinated efforts of local and services are designed at all levels of Local Industrial Strategy through national government, as well as a broad implementation, from integrated public implementation of Greater Manchester’s ``a fully integrated and digitalised set of stakeholders including private services to bringing new products to devolution deal, and improved health and care system, creating and business and social enterprise, public market and digital transformation. partnership as set out in this strategy. adopting the latest in preventative services, universities, and community and assistive health technology, and and voluntary organisations. helping people stay in the labour market and stay productive for longer;

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The Local Enterprise Partnership Senior To demonstrate progress towards In line with the national Local Enterprise ``An independent overarching process Sponsor will champion implementation the long-term vision set out by this Partnership Assurance Framework, the and impact evaluation will be put of the Local Industrial Strategy in Local Industrial Strategy, the Strategy Greater Manchester Local Enterprise in place to assess the efficacy of Whitehall on an ongoing basis. contains a number of specific actions. Partnership will produce an annual government and Greater Manchester Greater Manchester will develop an Where these actions are locally led, delivery plan and a qualitative end- in delivering against the objectives Implementation Plan setting out clear these will be drawn from local budgets of-year report to evaluate how the set out in this strategy. Results will milestones, deliverables, and timings which exist for those purposes; where Local Enterprise Partnership and other be reported annually to both Greater for the actions set out in this strategy. actions are shared between Greater partners have contributed towards Manchester and government. A An annual review of progress will be Manchester and government, they achieving Industrial Strategy objectives. three-year review will be undertaken will be funded from existing local and in April 2022 on the quantitative produced, that will be reviewed at a Evaluation meeting of a government and Greater departmental budgets, with funding impact of the strategy, recognising Manchester Implementation Board, allocated for those specific purposes. The government is committed to that interventions will have a lag made up of senior officials from across This strategy does not represent all the devolution where there is a strong before taking effect. This should government and Greater Manchester. priorities and action being developed evidence base, robust governance and include an assessment of whether delivery track-record in place. Robust the current set of interventions At a regional level, the Greater in Greater Manchester. As detailed in this Strategy, Greater Manchester will evaluation is an essential element of are effecting the desired change Manchester Local Industrial Strategy demonstrating these competencies. and assessing the latest evidence will inform, and be aligned with, the regularly review the latest evidence to continue designing the most effective Greater Manchester will put in place a on ‘what works’ in collaboration government’s Northern Powerhouse with independent experts. Strategy, which is due to be refreshed approaches and interventions to comprehensive evaluation programme in 2019. Greater Manchester will be at the forefront of the future UK for the Local Industrial Strategy. Results of the evaluation will also be continue to engage with partners economy. This Strategy sets out long- This will include the following: presented annually to the national term ambitions and will continue to in the north, including other Local ``Project evaluations for the specific Industrial Strategy Council. evolve as the economy changes. Enterprise Partnerships and Mayoral schemes that are implemented as Combined Authorities creating Within Greater Manchester, the part of the Local Industrial Strategy. Local Industrial Strategies, to take implementation of this Local It is expected that all projects funded forward shared priorities in line with Industrial Strategy will be brought as part of the Local Industrial Strategy this Local Industrial Strategy. into the Greater Manchester Strategy will be subject to robust evaluation This Local Industrial Strategy does not Implementation and Performance with independent input. Wherever include any new spending commitments Management framework, ensuring possible and proportionate, cutting- outside of existing budgets. Instead, that the delivery of the Local Industrial edge independent evaluation methods it will inform the strategic use of Strategy is coordinated with other will be used from the outset of local funding streams and, where actions. This will ensure alignment with programmes. The results of these relevant, spending and decisions at the key related plans, including the draft evaluations will be shared widely. The national level. It will also help Greater Greater Manchester Spatial Framework, process evaluation, described below, Manchester decide on its approach Public Services White Paper, Health will include a mechanism for agreeing to maximising the long-term impact and Social Care Prospectus, and and monitoring that project evaluation of the new UK Shared Prosperity 2040 Transport Delivery Plan. is being undertaken robustly. Fund once its details and priorities are announced at Spending Review.

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Annex 1: Contributors to the Greater `` Northern Powerhouse Partnership `` Tameside Metropolitan Manchester Local Industrial Strategy `` Oldham Council Borough Council `` Pro-Manchester `` Think-tanks (local and national) `` Rochdale Borough Council `` Trade Unions A selection of the key groups involved `` Greater Manchester `` Trafford Council in the development of the Greater Combined Authority `` Salford City Council `` Transport for Greater Manchester Manchester Local Industrial Strategy `` Greater Manchester Devolution `` Stockport Metropolitan are set out below in alphabetical Voluntary, Community and Social Borough Council `` Wigan Council order. We are also indebted to the Enterprise Reference Group individual businesses and people who took the time to engage with the `` Greater Manchester Digital Summit References creation of this Industrial Strategy. `` Greater Manchester Foresight Group `` Be the Business `` Greater Manchester Green Summit 1. Details of the Manchester 4. The Five Year Environment Plan Independent Economic Review for Greater Manchester, 2019- `` Bolton Council `` Greater Manchester Health are available here: http:// 2024, is available here: https:// `` Bury Council and Social Care Partnership manchester-review.co.uk/ www.greatermanchester-ca. `` Business Growth Hub `` Greater Manchester 2. Details of the Greater Manchester gov.uk/media/1986/5-year- Housing Providers plan-branded_3.pdf `` Business Services Association Independent Prosperity Review `` Greater Manchester Local are available here: https://www. 5. Details of the Manchester `` Confederation of British Industry Enterprise Partnership greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/news/ Airport Transformation independent-prosperity-review/ Programme are available here: `` Construction Industry Training Board `` Greater Manchester Public https://www.mantp.co.uk/ `` EEF - Manufacturers’ Association Health Directors 3. The Greater Manchester and Cheshire East Science and `` Employment and Skills `` Greater Manchester Youth Innovation Audit is available here: Advisory Panel Combined Authority https://www.greatermanchester- `` Federation of Small Businesses `` Greater Manchester Universities ca.gov.uk/media/1136/ `` Greater Manchester Ageing Hub `` Growth Company clients science_audit_final.pdf `` Greater Manchester Business `` Health Innovation Manchester Advisory Panel `` Institute of Directors `` Greater Manchester Centre `` Manchester City Council for Voluntary Organisation `` MIDAS `` Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce `` Marketing Manchester `` Greater Manchester’s Colleges `` North West Business and training providers Leadership Team

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