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1 Foreword by the Deputy Prime Minister 2 This is Manchester 4 Cities at the heart of the knowledge economy 8 Building the Knowledge Capital 14 Essential elements 16 A dynamic environment 18 Connectivity matters 20 Better for business 22 Academic acceleration 24 Genius generation 26 Cultural vibe 28 Community and opportunity 30 Delivering the Knowledge Capital

Published in May 2003 by and the Knowledge Capital Partnership

“An invasion of armies can be defeated, but not an idea whose time has come.” Victor Hugo Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:30 Page 4 Foreword

I am delighted to welcome this core city prospectus, which is one of For many cities, the move away from traditional industries to high tech, eight, from , Manchester, , , , creative and service-based sectors continues to be painful. But in , and Newcastle. today's global economy, where knowledge and innovation are the keys to competitive success, regional cities are uniquely placed. Our cities For eighteen months the Core Cities group has been working with are reviving, and thousands of people are moving back into their Regional Development Agencies and many government departments, centres, to live, to work and to enjoy. But more needs to be done if more including my own, to consider how they can help deliver greater of our cities are to match the standards of many of their international prosperity for the people of their own cities, their wider regions, and the competitors. country as a whole. This work has been invaluable, and is helping to take forward the government's plans for more prosperous regions The core cities don't stand in isolation. Their fortunes are completely across the country. But I also wanted to see how each one of the bound up with those of their wider regions. Both stand or fall together. individual core cities would see its own long-term vision for sustainable If our regions are to become more successful, then so too must our economic growth. I therefore invited each of them to produce a core cities. prospectus, outlining how they would take forward the challenge. This document is the result. This prospectus, bringing together a shared vision from a wide partnership of interests, is a significant step towards that goal, and a We live in one of the most urbanised countries in the world, and our major contribution to developing plans for linking our urban renaissance cities play a critical part in our national and regional life. They are home with a more competitive regional and national economy. to many millions of people; they are the backbone of our economy, they are centres of learning, of culture, sport and invention. All this brings a richness to our cities that gives them a unique status. But they are also places with problems. Despite the strength of our national economy and many fantastic regeneration achievements, too many of our cities fail to deliver their full potential. There are too many people living in poverty, too many poor quality environments, too much crime and pollution. If we are to overcome these problems, then it is essential that we improve the economic performance of our regional cities so they can compete with The Rt. Hon. John Prescott MP the best in the world. Deputy Prime Minister Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:30 Page 5

This is Manchester As a city moving dynamically into the new millennium, Manchester is fast becoming recognised as a place where great things are happening.

From ground-breaking urban regeneration programmes, to the At the same time, there remain a number of critical challenges. phenomenal success of the Commonwealth Games, Manchester has The efforts of strategic, cross-sectoral partnerships, mainstream been transformed into a regional powerhouse of sustainable, economic programmes and dynamic delivery agencies are combining to tackle growth offering opportunity and a better quality of life for all. pressing issues such as spatial concentrations of multiple deprivation and unemployment; inadequate quality and choice in parts of the The city’s assets are strong, and getting stronger by the day. housing market; poor levels of basic skills and qualifications; low Take higher education, for example: Manchester’s four universities sit economic activity rates; low business survival rates and levels of at the core of the city’s knowledge economy, with a combined income of self-employment. There are also challenges with regard to £670 million. With 12,500 employees and a student body of 88,000, this competitiveness, including the need to address major infrastructure realm of higher education links seamlessly into the city’s growing service investment requirements, particularly around heavy national rail and to sector, which includes the largest financial and professional community further enhance the image of Manchester as the place to do business. outside London. This Prospectus unveils Manchester: Knowledge Capital, an initiative Manchester really is going places. From , ranked that has the potential to marry the enhanced economic competitiveness in the world’s top 20, to the pace-setting Metrolink tram system, our of Helsinki with the urban renaissance seen in Barcelona[1] to create a connectivity is strong and set to improve even further. truly world-class city that delivers on the Government’s dual national goals of economic prosperity and social equity. Other industries flourish around the creative and academic potential embodied in Manchester, including biotechnology, advanced engineering, information technology, software, new media and the cultural industries. There is space and capacity for growth, too, with a wave of major new development projects delivering workspaces, better transport links, improved housing, leisure opportunities and, importantly, stunning architecture.

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Convergence of Opportunity

Global Knowledge Dynamic Economy Partnership

Extensive Strong Assets Connections

Manchester and the global Manchester: Knowledge Capital knowledge economy

Over the last generation, traditional industries have been making way This Prospectus is focused on realising Manchester’s full economic for an economy based around knowledge, fresh ideas, expertise and potential as a truly world class Knowledge Capital. It has been brought entrepreneurialism. As the epitome of the post-industrial city, together by a unique regional partnership that includes: Manchester City Manchester has seen some fundamental changes over the last 15 Council; Northwest Development Agency; MIDAS; UMIST; University of years. It now boasts an increasingly diverse economic base, real Manchester; Manchester Metropolitan University; University of ; investor confidence, one of the highest concentrations of world-class ; Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s higher education activity in Europe and cultural and leisure facilities that University Hospital Trust; the CONTACT Partnership; Manchester make it the nation’s most important destination for overseas visitors Enterprises; Council; outside London. Metropolitan Borough Council; The Manchester Local Strategic Partnership and Learning and Skills Council. This transformation brings with it an unprecedented opportunity: The partnership recognises that a prime opportunity exists, to transform to boost this dynamic and sustainable economic powerhouse by the prospects of Manchester and the wider region by adopting a new, fully maximising the city’s unique assets, centred on knowledge innovative approach to improving economic functionality and and new ideas. performance. In turn, this fresh sense of purpose will strengthen the competitiveness of other major cities, and of the UK itself. And the benefits will be felt far and wide. Crucially, Manchester is the regional capital and key economic driver for the North West, This Prospectus articulates a powerful and compelling vision, one that generating a quarter of the region’s wealth and a tenth of its jobs. will enable Manchester to play a pivotal role in assisting the Government Manchester’s impact extends beyond its administrative boundaries to define, develop and deliver a programme to realise its dual national via vital and dynamic linkages through business development, labour goals of greater prosperity and social equity. Our partnership’s markets, housing, transport, leisure and cultural facilities to an proposals are bold, imaginative and exciting, but also firmly rooted in a estimated ‘city-region’ population of 2.88m people[2]. keen awareness that Manchester’s unrivalled assets, attitude and ability together have the potential to create a new type of 21st century city The city’s knowledge economy is similarly extended, and encompasses - an economic powerhouse based on knowledge that will drive up local, a broad range of assets, labour pools, facilities and commercial regional and national economic and social performance. clusters. Its four universities have forged critical links to the Daresbury Science Campus in Halton, to the AstraZeneca Research at Manchester: Knowledge Capital also provides a unifying focus to the Alderley and to aerospace industries throughout the region. national urban renaissance and competitiveness agendas, and an inclusive opportunity to realise the full economic potential of the key knowledge assets of other Northern Core Cities and their city-regions whilst promoting a sustainable growth profile for London in order to protect its unique role as a world city.

1. EU-Non Capital Cities Study (Professor Michael Parkinson) to be published by ODPM June/July 2003. 2. Releasing the Cultural Potential of Core Cities. Comedia April 2002. Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:30 Page 7 Cities at the heart of the knowledge economy Successful regions are driven and underpinned by strong, dynamic regional capitals. In the 21st century, cities, and the knowledge economy, will hold the key to a major shift in economic performance and prosperity.

Urbis, Manchester’s new museum of the modern city, takes as its reference points other major world cities such as Los Angeles and Singapore. The challenge for Manchester - and the UK - will be 4/5 to follow other key global cities in securing a distinct, regional approach to economic productivity. Photo courtesy of www.picturesofmanchester.com Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:31 Page 8

With the fourth largest economy in the world and unemployment rates at their lowest level for more than 30 years, the UK is performing well. Urban futures; global challenges The Government’s management of the macro-economy is the envy of our competitor nations. But if the UK is to fundamentally improve and Most of our fellow members of the European Union not only have secure its long-term competitive position, we must all work together more relatively successful regions but, critically, more productive major from this base position to develop a more robust approach to realising cities at their cores. Even a cursory examination of French, Italian, the potential of our key economic assets and to addressing the German, Spanish, Dutch and Scandinavian economies reveals a very structural weaknesses that remain. telling characteristic: they all ascribe a greater economic prominence to their major urban centres and enjoy less variance in regional The Government’s policy and market reforms are being designed and productivity as a result. implemented to help us confront those macro-economic challenges, but their long-term impact will depend on whether these solutions are Germany has its resources and responsibilities divided equally between underpinned by an understanding of how, and where, a real shift in its main cities: Frankfurt is the financial city, Bonn the administrative economic performance can and will be delivered. capital, Berlin the political and cultural heart, Hamburg the transport hub and Munich the city for sports, culture and many new industries. Within Cities, and the knowledge economy, hold the key to that major shift in Spain cities such as Barcelona, Seville, Bilbao and Valencia all rival economic performance. Madrid in terms of economic, political and cultural significance. France has its TGV cities and its Technopoles: Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Nantes, Toulouse and Marseilles have all demonstrated recent economic growth that has complemented Paris and driven up the overall performance of The productivity gap the country and its regions. Rotterdam, the Ruhr cities, Frankfurt, In spite of a strong economic record on interest rates and employment, Stuttgart, Munich, Lyon/Grenoble, Turin, Milan and Barcelona are all the UK still under-performs against major competitors in Europe and considered to be Europe’s leading Islands of Innovation[5]. But; in the North America: standardised measures of labour productivity show that UK, only London can match these cities in terms of economic employees are 16% more productive in Germany than in the UK; 28% performance. In short, there is no example of a successful European more productive in France; and 26% in the USA. region that has an unsuccessful city at its core[6].

The fact is that other countries manage to work more smartly and A look across the Atlantic shows the same to be true in the United more effectively than the UK and this productivity gap is intensified States, where city-regions such as New , Washington, Silicon Valley, still further by structural, regional imbalances. The widening gap Boston, Seattle and Austin are all major drivers of local and regional between the economic performance of the UK’s regions - with parts of economic growth, through varying combinations of industry, education, London and the South East nearly twice as competitive as the rest of culture and government. country - means that productivity issues must also be considered from a regional perspective. According to one recent expert study, it is The message for the UK is clear. A strong national capital can co-exist estimated that 60% of the variation in income per head in Britain is with strong regional capital cities within a framework that recognises explained by productivity differences between regions[3] . The UK’s their distinctive roles. Successful regions are driven and underpinned variance in regional economic performance is, arguably, the greatest by economically successful regional cities and our future prospects in the European Union. cannot and should not rest solely on London’s ability to drive forward the UK economy. Indeed, regional capital city growth is not only The North West has the fourth largest regional economy in the UK but is compatible with enhancement of London’s global role, it is absolutely currently ranked ninth out of the 12 UK regions in terms of Gross Value vital if London is to grow sustainably. Added (GVA)[4]. Detailed understanding of the regional economy is still developing but Manchester, as the North West’s key economic driver, offers perhaps the single biggest opportunity to deliver the step change in economic performance that will enable the North West to achieve its full economic potential which, in turn, will boost the overall productivity and competitiveness of the UK. Manchester: Knowledge Capital will be fundamental to this.

The message for the UK is clear: a strong national capital can co-exist with strong regional capital cities.

3. J Healey and E Balls (2002): The Age of Regions, London: The Smith Institute. 4. Regional Economic Strategy Northwest Development Agency 2003. 5. European Union (2003): The Top Ten Islands of Innovation, Brussels. 6. EU Non-Capital Cities Study (Professor Michael Parkinson) to be published by ODPM June/July 2003. Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:31 Page 9

Key measures such as the proposed creation of 2,000 enterprise areas, Reform, renaissance and while a step forward, will not generate the radical increase in national productivity that is required to lift the economy on to a higher growth regional centres path or to reduce regional imbalances within the UK in order to deliver on major national targets such as those in the Public Service Agreement Our future trajectory as a competitive and prosperous nation will only on Regional Economic Performance (PSA2). Competitiveness ultimately be assured if the productivity of the UK is boosted by reform and depends on improving the micro-economic capability of the economy strengthening of markets and institutions, a greater encouragement and the ability of local economies to compete in the international of investment and enterprise and stable macro-economic growth. marketplace, a view reinforced by a study recently commissioned by It will also require an enhanced investment in public services, aimed the Department for Trade and Industry to consider the UK’s poor at addressing deep-seated structural problems in education, skills, productivity record[7]. In his initial findings, Professor Michael Porter health and the long-term under-investment in the UK’s roads, railways concluded that the UK’s ‘sound macroeconomic, political, legal, and and information communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure. social context creates the potential for competitiveness, but this is not sufficient’. What is required, says Professor Porter, is a sustained This longer-term perspective on investment and reform is echoed in programme of cluster development and a much stronger focus within the establishment of Regional Development Agencies; in renewed national economic policy on key regional economic assets and support for the creation of sustainable housing markets; in measures opportunities. to increase the growth and survival of new and small businesses; and in proposals to strengthen links between higher education, Manchester stands perfectly placed to plug the productivity gap. business and local communities. The city can and will deliver on Government targets for improved performance. Through the Knowledge Capital programme Manchester But these initiatives, while welcome, will not by themselves create the is ready to bring about increased investment, innovations in ways of step change in economic performance that is so necessary. Nor do working, and greater levels of technology transfer. they properly recognise where such a change can and will be delivered. Policy solutions must therefore be increasingly geared to harnessing And the result will be reduced disparities in regional productivity, a the critical mass of activity in our major regional cities, maximising their fresh example for other urban centres, increased prosperity and a potential to deliver greater competitiveness and prosperity for regions better quality of life for Manchester, the region and the UK. and the UK as a whole.

7. Presentation of initial findings at the LSE in January 2003.

The Imperial War Museum North is the first building to be built in the UK designed by the world- renowned architect Daniel 6/7 Libeskind. Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:31 Page 10

£11 million has transformed Piccadilly Gardens into a high quality, contemporary urban space.

Strong, dynamic, regional capitals can secure wider prosperity and a better quality of life for all. Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:32 Page 11

8/9 Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:32 Page 12 Building the Knowledge Capital Knowledge Capital: ‘a 21st century, metropolitan version of what we first saw in Italian renaissance city-states.’[8] It describes a city securing success out of a highly competitive combination of assets, including a major international airport, world-class universities, high growth businesses and knowledge intensive industries - all feeding off widespread and vibrant intellectual capital.

Led and galvanised by knowledge, the successful cities of the future will be fully connected physically and electronically to local, national and international markets; they are driven, overall, by the forces of The assets for advancement globalisation. As culturally diverse and socially inclusive places, they possess the full range of skills required by the 21st century economy, A survey of successful international cities, from Boston to and instil a spirit of enterprise and innovation within their residents and Barcelona, makes it clear that Manchester has an asset base businesses. They embrace new ways of working and sophisticated that will serve it well as it seeks to play a major part in the global forms of knowledge management. knowledge economy. These assets include:

And they make effective use of networks across all sectors to deliver A critical mass of world-class higher education resources, investment, support and new urban development. with strong commercial applicability, excellence in teaching, research and development and knowledge transfer; Manchester is rapidly developing into just such a city and the impact Knowledge and skills within its local workforce, at all levels; of that renaissance is far-reaching. Look to the future and the creativity Innovation, enterprise and creativity within business; and dynamism generated in Manchester will extend beyond the city The ability to channel knowledge effectively; to the wider region, in turn enhancing the competitive positioning of The ability to connect and communicate knowledge, goods the whole country. The benefits for local people and businesses are and people easily and quickly across the globe; multiple, bringing jobs, investment, infrastructure improvements A spirit of creativity and diversity, symbolised by a range of and worldwide recognition. cultural assets and iconic physical developments; and Bold city leadership, a reputation for building dynamic cross- The concept adds value. Knowledge-intensive sectors act as a magnet sector partnerships and an unrivalled track record of delivery. for professional sectors, which are in turn supported by a new, smart, manufacturing sector and a vibrant micro-sector of service industries. The Knowledge Capital is characterised by integrated growth, across and within all communities and all knowledge assets and offers opportunities for wealth and progression to local residents at every level of the ‘skills pyramid’.

8. ‘Manchester:Ideopolis? Developing a Knowledge Capital’ The Work Foundation November 2002. Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:32 Page 13

Transport The pieces are in place There is an accessible and integrated transport network including Manchester Airport, the UK’s third largest, with potential to increase Manchester: Knowledge Capital has what it takes to become a passenger numbers to 40 million by 2015. The city boasts comparatively premier destination for knowledge generation, transfer and strong road and rail connectivity, coupled with integrated, efficient public commercial application. transport systems: the Metrolink network alone currently carries over 17 million passengers per year and the forthcoming extensions Education represent the single biggest public transport investment programme The city has world-class universities, colleges and teaching hospitals - outside London. including one of the largest concentrations of teaching, medical and research excellence in Europe. The higher education landscape Culture alone takes in UMIST, , , With a cultural economy worth £1 billion, Manchester is also home to Manchester Metropolitan University and the Royal Northern College creative, cultural and sporting dynamism, from a major concentration of Music. of media and creative industries to the sporting legacy of the biggest, most successful Commonwealth Games ever. The cultural renaissance Health of Manchester has helped to create an infrastructure that is arguably the Manchester’s hospitals, including adult and children’s hospitals, best in UK and comparable with other international cities. Flagship Royal Eye Hospital, Dental Teaching Hospital, Salford Royal Hospitals facilities and venues include: Urbis; ; Imperial War Museum and Christie’s Hospital with its Paterson Institute, have all embarked North; Bridgewater Hall; Arena; G-Mex; upon major re-developments, spending £680 million over five years. Manchester Art Gallery and SportCity which encompasses the English The three major teaching hospitals employ over 15,000 people Institute for Sport, the City of Manchester Stadium, the National Cycling and spend £688 million per annum, most of which returns to and Squash Centres and the new regional athletics stadium, currently local economies. being developed.

Research Professional services There is research and intellectual capital locked within public and private The city has a strong financial services sector: the prime and fastest sectors: from pharma and bio technology companies (AstraZeneca) to growing outside London. In the last three years Manchester has engineering (Arup), games programming (Infogrammes) and IT and generated more jobs in this sector than the rest of the Core Cities software development (Fujitsu). The Daresbury Campus, an innovative combined. Manchester HEIs, including our two Business Schools, also centre of excellence for scientific research and development, has just produce a significant proportion of the nation’s preferred graduates in been awarded the research, development and design phases of the the professional services - accountants, lawyers, bankers, teachers, world-class Fourth Generation Light Source project (4GLS). Strong healthcare workers, managers - in the teaching profession alone 1,200 partnerships of universities and teaching hospitals have secured major teachers qualify every year. public investment in research facilities such as the Wellcome Clinical Research Facility, the North West Genetic Knowledge Park and, most Connectivity recently, the UK Biobank Hub. Manchester has the only international internet exchange in the UK outside London providing a globally competitive infrastructure for future Skills business growth. Manchester also has a highly skilled workforce with a quarter qualified to NVQ level four or above, a higher rate than both regional and national levels. Skills development programmes across the city are also identifying significant potential for enhancing the skills base from school leavers upwards, as well as instilling a culture of lifelong learning.

Central Manchester Salford New East Healthcare Trust NHS Trust Manchester

Christie's Arc of Hospital Opportunity Higher Education

Transport Infrastructure

Health Sector

Business/Incubation Parks

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Diversity The pieces are in place for further development and a knowledge The city can also boast true cultural diversity. Its ethnic populations revolution. Manchester contains a critical mass of economic activity, are a vital part of its social and economic make-up, from Chinatown facilities and services that enable the wider city-region - and the in the heart of the city to Cheetham and . A central part of the North West region as a whole - to compete in the international Knowledge Capital will be the inclusion of all of the city’s communities in marketplace for jobs and investment. Over recent years Manchester the opportunities offered by the knowledge economy and new has seen unprecedented levels of private investment and job creation - ways of working. over £2 billion of private investment and 25,000 new jobs in key growth sectors in the last three years alone. Business and jobs Manchester is the only Core City to be included in the top 30 list of the best European cities to locate a business today[9]. It is home to many internationally competitive growth sectors. In education, over a quarter (27%) of the region’s educational jobs are located in the Manchester sub-region[10]; financial and professional services account for over a third (34%) of the region’s jobs; in Manchester Airport alone, the city sustains 18,000 aviation-related, on-site jobs and an estimated further 58,000 jobs across the region; there are cultural, creative and sports industries; leisure and business tourism; retail; customer contact centres; construction and a range of knowledge intensive sectors such as life sciences, medical equipment and technologies and ICT-related industries; over one in ten people employed in the Manchester sub- region work in the health sector with Manchester emerging as a leading centre for biotechnology development in the UK.

UMIST

Manchester Manchester University of University of Techno Park Metropolitan Manchester Salford University (MMU)

Irwell Manchester Salford Central Park Metrolink Corridor Science Park Innovation Park

Spinningfields Manchester M6/M56/M62/M61/ West Coast Airport M60/M66 Mainline Motorways

9. Cushman & Wakefield Healey and Baker European Cities Monitor 2002. The Core Cities Group comprises Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield. 10. The Manchester sub-region encompasses the local authority areas of Manchester, Salford, , Tameside and Trafford. MSREDP Manchester Enterprises 2003. Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:32 Page 15

There are opportunities for other Northern Core Cities and their Manchester: a regional capital hinterlands too. Our partnership will wish to explore with Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffeild in particular the potential for Manchester: of the future Knowledge Capital to embrace and build upon our distinctive strengths The Knowledge Capital concept is not restricted by administrative to deliver mutual benefit and a powerful transpennine economic hub. boundaries or by geographical distance. It will benefit the sub-region, region and beyond, making a significant contribution to raising the This initiative would deliver local, regional and national benefits of a overall performance of the UK. magnitude and quality that the UK cannot afford to miss, creating a critical mass of economic activity that will provide This contribution has been fully recognised within ’s North West, extra capacity within the UK economy to complement existing strengths with the revised Regional Economic Strategy[11] spelling out the unique within London and the South East. role and contribution of the regional centre in improving the international competitiveness of the region. The strategy’s investment plans and Knowledge Capital, if fully realised, would complement the recently actions are being re-focused to support this key priority. launched Sustainable Communities Plan, and ongoing work with London on developing a shared agenda that ensures the capital Regional Planning Guidance for the North West[12] also supports maintains its position as the nation’s premier global city, whilst the Core this position, and states that the renaissance of the region’s urban Cities continue to develop their own economic momentum. In totality, cores - and particularly the Manchester/Salford ‘growth pole’ - is its these key elements would provide an urgently needed spatial focus to highest priority. the national urban renaissance and competitiveness agendas that will complement other important initiatives such as the Thames Gateway. For England’s North West Manchester: Knowledge Capital will provide a hub for higher education excellence, technology transfer and economic development - right across the region. By building on the performance of Manchester as a primary engine of growth, this Prospectus sets out a strategic framework that will enable the North West to maximise the value and potential of all its knowledge assets.

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11. Regional Economic Strategy. Northwest Development Agency 2003. 12. Regional Planning Guidance for the North West 2003. Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:32 Page 16

Knowledge Capital connected

Leeds

M66 M62

M61

M6 M60 Central Park

Manchester Salford Tameside M62 Piccadilly Trafford Station M67 Sheffield Liverpool M60

Warrington Stockport

Manchester M56 Airport

Daresbury M6

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Knowledge Capital: Elemental Themes

Cultural Vibe

A Dynamic Genius Environment Generation

Connectivity Better for Academic Matters Business Acceleration

Community and Opportunity

14/15 Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:32 Page 18 The Essential Elements The Manchester of the future will be renowned as a place where knowledge is disseminated through cutting-edge knowledge transfer initiatives, usage of the latest communication technologies and sophisticated knowledge sharing processes. It will be a place where the next generation is educated, trained and skilled to the levels required by 21st century businesses and enterprises. It will be socially inclusive and accessible to all who want to participate; it will find strength in its cultural diversity.

A bold vision and a broad Elemental themes partnership This Prospectus sets out under seven key elemental themes the plans, Manchester: Knowledge Capital is a project, a partnership and projects and headline components that will take forward our vision of a powerful vision, all rolled into one. It is a force, a catalyst, for Manchester: Knowledge Capital. global competitiveness. These seven key themes are: a dynamic environment; connectivity It takes in Manchester’s four universities and is supported by local matters; better for business; academic acceleration; genius generation; authorities and public agencies; it includes business, the health and cultural vibe; community and opportunity. Within each section, the voluntary sectors - all as part of a growing, evolving and progressive elemental theme is described along with illustrative projects that are coalition. The deep and wide partnership driving the Knowledge being planned and developed as part of the Knowledge Capital initiative. Capital stands as one of its most powerful assets. Each of these projects has significant individual merit but delivery within the Knowledge Capital context will bring additional value and achieve The vision is bold. Manchester: Knowledge Capital will increase significant and widespread benefit. All are at different stages of business growth and has the potential to deliver 100,000 new jobs for implementation: some already underway, some becoming established the North West, supporting a step change in regional and national and others being developed. Space constraints permit only a brief economic performance. It will provide the perfect focus for the summary, so each project’s impact has been identified in terms of a incubation of high-technology businesses whilst embracing creative small number of key targets. These are:- industries and the service sector. Spin-outs, spin-offs and cutting-edge concepts will flourish. Target Sponsor* 1 PSA 2 target to reduce regional disparities ODPM/HMT/DTI New, collaborative and productive ways of working will be key. There will 2 Increase employment; Improve productivity HMT/DTI be an increased emphasis on ‘smart’ working, on intelligent knowledge 3 Increase the proportion of innovating businesses; DTI management and on boosting our level of ‘know how’. Make Britain the most competitive regime in the OECD 4 Raise levels of social inclusion, neighbourhood OPDM Manchester: Knowledge Capital will deliver social benefits, too, ensuring renewal and regeneration and prosperity; that greater prosperity is widely dispersed, leading to a better quality of Raise the quality of life in urban areas life for all. As the regeneration of Manchester continues apace, the 5 Increase participation in higher education towards project will act as the ideal catalyst for infrastructure developments, 50% by the end of the decade DfES transport improvements and increased digital connectivity. 6 Regional Tier 2 targets NWDA

The projects set out here are just a starting point - as the Knowledge Capital prospers and grows there will be future challenges to be grasped and new opportunities to be realised. In the first instance, the partnership is refining an extensive list of projects to be brought forward in a detailed action plan later this year.

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Exchange Square, Manchester: new public spaces, business opportunities and high standards of design.

A Dynamic Environment Manchester: Knowledge Capital will be shaped around an enhanced epicentre of leisure, living, learning and working. It will include excellent new buildings, green spaces, regenerated communities, better housing and signature projects such as waterfront renewal and major new recreational facilities. Astounding architecture will be fused with responsible, inclusive planning and a true sense of place. We will foster a sense of belonging. People will want to come to the Knowledge Capital. 16/17 Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:33 Page 20

Manchester has both the capacity and strength to build on this record Renaissance Manchester of unparalleled city investment and job creation to further boost the economy of the North West and beyond. We are now poised to bring A signature of Manchester’s renaissance is the amazing array of forward a Manchester: Knowledge Capital development framework spectacular, beautifully designed and ingenious new building projects, that will deliver an even more dynamic urban environment geared to with international architects such as Daniel Libeskind, Sir Terry Farrell, attracting knowledge-based and associated businesses with the Will Alsop, Santiago Calatrava, Sir Michael Hopkins, Tadao Ando and potential to create up to 100,000 additional jobs. Richard Meier making their presence felt right across the cityscape. The ‘Arc of Opportunity’ we have identified, stretching from the Established projects include Exchange Square, built at a cost of more University of Salford in the West to Piccadilly Station in the East and than £4 million and opened in 1999 as a key element of Manchester’s the HEI Campus in the South contains a concentration and interaction Millennium Quarter. The Square, designed by Martha Schwartz, of academic expertise, cultural assets, core commercial activity and provides a vibrant, popular and active space for shoppers, tourists new and growing sectors (see assets map on page 13). Accessed by and city workers and an elegant setting to other Millennium Quarter two key gateways and within an environment that houses the largest attractions including the new City Park, Urbis and the Triangle shopping city centre residential population of all Core Cities, it offers locational complex. Exchange Square’s sculptured, striking design also provides advantages that we believe are unique in the UK. Partners are now the perfect location for high profile city centre events and festivals. ready to engage in a co-ordinated masterplanning exercise on the ‘Arc of Opportunity’.Land use, building quality, transport, access, Areas of the city currently under development include Ancoats. exploitation of natural assets including waterways, public spaces, Recently shortlisted as a potential UNESCO World Heritage Site, branding and signage will all be addressed in unison. An integrated Ancoats is rich in industrial heritage and development potential. corridor will be created, one that is truly distinctive whilst linking Once home to the city’s Anglo-Italian community, the area is being seamlessly to adjacent areas of the regional centre and generating recreated as a thriving, multicultural ‘urban ’ for the new a quality of design that is second to none. Millennium. Existing historical buildings such as St Peter’s Church and Murray’s Mill are being regenerated and brought back to their former glory and will be augmented by major new residential and leisure facilities that will include a public piazza, offices, bars and shops.

Due for completion in 2008, Manchester’s Spinningfields is a major development that will secure a thriving new business quarter in the city centre, incorporating stunning architecture and high quality urban design to create a mixed-use, modern and distinctive location. Spinningfields is one of Europe’s largest city centre commercial developments, spanning a ten hectare site that includes 122,000m2 of office space, two new hotels, luxury riverside apartments and more than 30,000m2 of high class restaurants, shops and bars. Developed by Allied London Properties in partnership with Manchester City Council, Spinningfields will also include a new, £5 million business studies centre, a new Magistrates Court and new public squares and streets.

A Dynamic environment: illustrative projects

Programme Area Related Themes Impact

1. Create an integrated ‘Arc of Opportunity’ Connectivity Targets 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 A New University Estates Strategy and Masterplan Better for business B Southern Gateway Masterplan Academic acceleration C Eastern Gateway Masterplan Cultural vibe D Irwell Corridor EDZ Community and opportunity E Developing a clear identity for the Arc of Opportunity F Ensuring that development space is available to deliver the total business, leisure and residential potential of the Arc of Opportunity

2. Maintain high quality, sustainable housing markets Connectivity Targets 1,4,6 A Linking Knowledge Capital opportunities and benefits to the key objectives Better for business of the Housing Market Renewal Programme Cultural vibe B Deliver family accommodation and supporting facilities in and adjacent to Community and opportunity the epicentre

3. Redevelop Road into the ‘Manchester Broadway’ Connectivity Targets 1,2,3,6 A Enhancing existing cultural venues including Cornerhouse, Royal Northern Better for business College of Music and Whitworth Park, developing new small-scale niche Cultural vibe cultural venues; creating a unified cultural destination and delivering the Genius generation potential of the North of England’s largest and most eclectic collection of Community and opportunity cultural activity Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:33 Page 21 Connectivity Matters Manchester: Knowledge Capital will see great ideas, people and opportunities connecting and converging. There will be a clear strategy for an enhanced West Coast rail link to the South East and mainland Europe. Manchester Airport will continue to grow into an economically vital and powerful, multi-modal transport hub. The Metrolink tram system will expand, as will the city’s championing of broadband capacity and all things digital.

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Manchester is also at the forefront of the technological revolution, having Moving people; moving ideas the highest rate of internet related start-up businesses outside London and the South East and the only international internet exchange outside Manchester lies at the heart of the UK rail and motorway network, with London. These strengths are set to be built upon by developing the 60% of all UK business users and 20 million people within two hours availability of fast connectivity to the internet using wireless broadband travel time. Bold plans and major developments are bringing even to make Manchester the most connected ‘Wi-Fi’ city too. greater levels of international, national and local connectivity to the heart of Manchester and the wider city-region - both physically and virtually.

A £60 million transport interchange at Manchester Airport is one of Connectivity is critical the region’s most significant developments. Linking the two main air But we cannot be complacent. Connectivity is critical to terminals the architecturally-stunning interchange will provide frequent competitiveness[13] and the UK needs to do more, and at a faster pace, high speed rail links to the city centre and, with the support of the to develop the state of the art transport and digital broadband solutions Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), to London and other major UK that will enable us to compete more effectively in the global knowledge destinations. The interchange will also create a transport hub for economy. This applies in particular to international and national buses, coaches and the Metrolink network and will link directly with connectivity, where the regions outside London and the South East are the city centre through Piccadilly Station which has just undergone currently poorly connected and served compared to their equivalent a transformational renovation. world cities. Clear priorities for action coupled with mechanisms to deliver swiftly and efficiently, are key to moving forward. The ability of The major new Shudehill Transport Interchange in the city centre, local stakeholders to determine specific regional and sub-regional catering for up to 2,000 buses a day, will open in the summer of 2003. strategies and capital and revenue expenditure priorities on transport, Linked to Metrolink, it will give priority to buses and pedestrians, within available resources, would enable real choice to be realised in encouraging even greater numbers of people to travel into the city by support of greater competitiveness. The potential for the North West to public transport. Metrolink itself is booming, too. As the UK’s first urban become a pilot area for such an approach is something to be explored light-rail system its clean, modern and efficient trams run every few further with national Government and other partners. minutes throughout the day, carrying more than 17 million passengers across the city each year. The system’s established and popular routes to Manchester’s outlying districts of Bury, and will soon be joined by extensions to South Manchester, Ashton, , and Manchester Airport, through a major public/private programme costing over £800 million.

Connectivity matters: illustrative projects

Programme Area Related Themes Impact

1. Enhance strategic transport connections Dynamic environment Targets 1,2,3,4,6 A North of England Transport Study. Commissioned by Northwest Better for business Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward and One North East to define Community and opportunity strategic transport investments that will develop and underpin economic growth and opportunity for the Greater North B Develop a detailed proposal for local determination of transport priorities C Establish Transport Foresight Group to act as a research/support resource to inform transport solutions, funding and evaluation

2. Enhance local accessibility with key aims of Dynamic environment Targets 1,2,3,4.6 A Fully connecting the ‘Arc of Opportunity’, including maximising existing Better for business infrastructure such as Salford Central Station and exploiting the potential of Community and opportunity the region’s waterways B Ensuring local communities are able to fully access the job opportunities created by the Knowledge Capital

3. Develop the Digital City Dynamic environment Targets 1,2,3,4.6 A Establish the Manchester Digital Development Agency to attract and Better for business sustain further investment in ICT and e-commerce across all sectors of the Cultural vibe economy Community and opportunity B Develop ‘Wi-Fi’ City initiative with Netario and other local companies Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:33 Page 23

Better for Business Manchester will nurture the industrial clusters and business start-ups that are a key characteristic of the Knowledge Capital. There will be major investment in additional office developments and science parks. Incubators and workspaces will be created. Venture capital will be increased and there will be fresh strategies for growth in the creative, cultural, digital and biotech industries. Business opportunities will also take centre stage as we embrace new ways of working; ensuring that knowledge management and ‘smart’ working drive innovation and increased entrepeneurialism.

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And what does an incubated and successful university spin-out look Spinning out & starting up like? At MMU, a new spin-out company is seeking microbiological solutions for Britain’s waste water management. Advanced Bioprocess The Knowledge Capital will see businesses thrive, particularly Development Ltd is working alongside United Utilities and other through links with higher education. A number of key projects and industrial partners to implement the revolutionary findings of Dr Mike programmes have already started delivering spin-outs, start-ups Dempsey, whose work in oxidising water-based ammonias to nitrate and incubating companies. could enable the industry to make huge efficiency savings. The spin-out, which won its first patent in March 2003, has carried out successful trials The Biotec Incubator, for example, developed by the University of in Manchester, where the modern day method of waste water ‘cleaning’ Manchester, is the first of its kind in the UK. Designed to link research was pioneered by Arden and Lockett in 1913. This new ‘Manchester directly to outcomes in this key regional growth sector; it is a Process’ has huge global potential. collaborative project also involving the Wellcome Trust and the European Regional Development Fund. Sufficient and appropriate space for spin-outs, incubators and commercial knowledge based uses will be provided by Manchester: UMIST Ventures Ltd (UVL), the technology transfer and collaborative Knowledge Capital. Central Park, Britain’s first large-scale urban research arm of UMIST, won nine major national awards for achievement business park situated just 3km from the city centre covers an area of in innovation, export and technology transfer in its first ten years of 160 hectares. The high technology business park will include enterprise operation, during which time it established 30 companies and laboratories, a business incubator and educational facilities on a single facilitated over 80 licences. site. Similarly, the Daresbury Campus is being transformed into a dynamic, mixed-used science park enabling collaboration between At the University of Salford, Academic Enterprise strengthens enterprise universities across the North West, facilitating world-class research initiatives and supports business, industry and the community. The projects and bringing business and research together. programme is complemented by other initiatives which provide a source of knowledge and resources including Business Enterprise Support Team (BEST) and the Centre for Facilities Management (CFM).

Campus Ventures (CV), a high technology business incubator serving the University of Manchester, UMIST and MMU, designs and develops incubation packages of support, specifically addressing the needs of start-up and emerging technology, creative and cultural businesses. One of these companies is now listed on the main London stock exchange and its founders are included in the North West’s unofficial Rich List 2000.

Better for business: illustrative projects

Programme Area Related Themes Impact

1. Promote and support growth in key sectors Dynamic environment Targets 1,2,3,4.6 to contribute to creation of 100,000 new jobs by developing strategies in Academic acceleration each of creative, ICT/digital, bio, professional and financial, education, Genius generation health and nanotechnology sectors. Cultural vibe Community and opportunity

2. Implement biotechnology growth strategy Dynamic environment Targets 1,2,3.6 A London Rd incubator Academic acceleration B New Bio Science Park Genius generation C Core Technology Facility Community and opportunity D Institute for Biomedical Facilities E Genetics Knowledge Park F Manchester Biocentre

3. Enhance business/academic interaction and Dynamic environment Targets 1,2,3.6 support spin-out activity Academic acceleration A Regional Technology Centre Genius generation B Knowledge Exchange Community and opportunity C Proof of Concept Venture Funding D Link to North West Science Strategy

4. Develop supply strategies to ensure sufficient volume, breadth and Academic acceleration Targets 1,2,5.6 calibre of key workers Genius generation A Initiatives to recruit and retain the best graduates - ‘Silver Hellos’, ongoing Community and opportunity professional development etc. B Create stronger linkages between professional and financial sector and MMU as key provider Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:33 Page 25 Academic Acceleration Knowledge Capital will see global research, social change and wealth generation powering out of our further and higher education institutions and teaching hospitals. From world-class, blue skies research in cutting-edge science to very practical vocational and professional training courses that will produce tomorrow’s talented workforce, our collective knowledge assets provide a huge resource covering the whole spectrum of academic expertise and capital.

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Our four universities, together with the Royal Northern College of Music contain a range of internationally recognised centres of excellence, United Knowledge operating at the top level both in terms of research capability and production of high quality graduates across all academic disciplines. Autumn 2004 is the target date for the coming together of UMIST and the In the recent RAE (research assessment exercise) top scores (4, 4 or University of Manchester into a single academic institution. This historic 5*) were obtained in nearly all of the 68 units of assessment. fusion will, at a stroke, create the UK’s largest single university, one with a Manchester is the student destination of choice: two of the five most global reputation for research excellence and learning. popular universities in terms of undergraduate preference are in the city. National Government and the Northwest Development Agency have agreed The universities’ geographic proximity provides a high concentration a fund of £65 million to help the transformation - codenamed Project Unity - of expertise and excellence within a few square miles, right in the heart and a further £17 million has been secured through the Government’s of the regional centre. This, coupled with their range of specialisms, Science Research Investment Fund. fosters co-operation and collaboration and enables complementary development of their individual strengths to produce an un-matched Project Unity is the natural culmination of the two universities working scale and breadth of academic offer. closer together in recent years. First proposed in March 2002, the plans for merging the two institutions have gathered pace with the singular goal Manchester: Knowledge Capital will: of creating a university where ‘world class teaching and research will be undertaken to equal the handful of leading institutions in the UK and to Continue to grow world class research, laboratory and incubation compete successfully with the best in the world.’ facilities that will support company growth Create new externally facing academic centres of excellence which The new university - which has yet to be named - will achieve an will have strong links to business and the community unprecedented critical mass within the Knowledge Capital and will Introduce innovative knowledge transfer mechanisms embody excellence across the whole academic spectrum. It will have Increase long-term retention of graduates, particularly in key a total of 30,000 students, 9,000 staff and a combined income of £420 disciplines such as teaching, coupled with a drive to attract recent million, making it a true force to be reckoned with. graduates to live and work in Manchester, taking advantage of the city’s flourishing cultural life, excellent connectivity and reasonably- Manchester’s academic offer is further strengthened by MMU, which is priced housing justifiably proud of the contribution its undergraduates, graduates and Enhance mechanisms that enable local small and medium-sized trained professionals make to the building of a strong economy and society. businesses (SMEs) and public agencies to recruit university students - further helping to ensure that talent remains in the region Knowledge Capital will build on existing initiatives to increase access to higher education for all. The University of Salford, for example, has developed the Children’s University, a programme which runs a series of taster sessions in school holiday periods to introduce local teenagers to university life and the opportunities it brings. Targeted at those groups who may not normally consider university as an option, it aims to encourage a greater level of entry to university. The development of this programme at Salford and other universities will help to further expand knowledge opportunities for all.

Academic acceleration: illustrative projects

Programme Area Related Themes Impact

1. Create new, externally focused centres of academic excellence, Better for business Targets 1,3,5,6 including Genius generation A Nanotechnology Institute Community and opportunity B Dalton School for Nuclear Science & Technology C Regional Aerospace Centre D Institute for Biomedical Informatics E Alan Turing Centre F Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre G Manchester Environment Centre H ‘Protect Institute’: Centre for the Historic Environment

2. Create Excellence:now, a new initiative focused on the best in Connectivity Targets 1-6 urban regeneration encompassing Better for business A AcKnowledgE involving all four HEIs will enhance urban and regional Genius generation foresight and improve the evidence base and capacity for urban policy Cultural vibe development Community and opportunity B The Centre for Regeneration Studies involving all four HEIs will provide education and training in regeneration from foundation to Masters levels C New East Manchester Partnership will carry out long-term research on the development of sustainable communities D Centre for Construction Innovation

3. Promote public awareness, interest and participation in science with Connectivity Targets 1,4,5,6 four aims Better for business A Develop a range of new initiatives in partnership with North West Science Genius generation Alliance building on the launch of the collaborative Café Scientifique Cultural vibe B Develop the understanding of the interfaces between arts/humanities and Community and opportunity science research to contribute to intellectual, social, cultural and economic priorities C Develop a physical centre in Manchester for national learned bodies D Promote science teaching within schools and colleges Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:34 Page 27

Alex Marshall of Mineral Solutions, a University of Manchester spin-out company developing cutting-edge environmental technologies.

Genius Generation Our partnership will ensure that the next generation of talented, creative individuals - Manchester’s knowledge entrepreneurs - are fostered and retained. Brilliant, pioneering individuals will be empowered to embrace better ways of managing knowledge, new ways of working, innovative use of creative technologies and ever- stronger communications. Knowledge must be captured at every level by encouraging innovative new pathways geared to harvesting the talents of local residents. In this way we will move knowledge forward and reap the economic and social rewards.

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Community entrepreneurs also have access to free support through Enter the entrepreneurs MMU’s Business School, which offers a six month part-time personal and business development programme geared to help budding The Zochonis Building in Manchester University is no stranger to entrepreneurs start up their own business, guiding them through innovation. It was here that Tom Kilburn and Freddie Williams worked the process of creating a new venture. To date, 70 entrepreneurs on the first stored-memory computer and Eric Laithwaite conducted have gone through the programme and received financial support his pioneering work on the linear motor. to start their own business.

Today it is home to students on Manchester Science Enterprise Centre’s MMU is also leading a major expansion of its Enterprise in Education ground-breaking Master of Enterprise programme. The Centre, residing Programme, facilitating the skills of entrepreneurship, through their between the city’s academic community and the commercial world, accredited Continuing Professional Development of North West trains postgraduates for work as entrepreneurial experts capable of teachers. The programme, whilst integrating the skills of taking new, knowledge based ideas into the market place. Their training entrepreneurship into the curriculum to reach large numbers of involves the creation of an enterprise and the transfer of knowledge, pupils is also raising awareness of real opportunities for pupils who much of which has its origins in the local universities. The Centre’s may seek self-employment as a career option. students leave with a formal qualification, accrediting their entreprenurial training and a commercially viable knowledge based project. Manchester is developing tomorrow’s top-class managers too, having recently been selected from a host of alternative sites in Northern and In the Centre, postgraduates are given a desk, phone and computer Western Europe to become one of only five world centres offering the and exposed to entrepreneurial training and mentoring. All the projects Executive MBA Programme conducted by the University of Pittsburgh’s are speculative but up to 50 per cent may end up in the commercial Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business, one of the world’s oldest arena. Once they have obtained their ‘M.Ent’ degrees, the students will and most distinguished business schools. The Institute for Executive progress into Manchester’s growing incubator network. The initiative has Masters in Business Administration (IEMBA) will become an integral proved to be a remarkably efficient means of moving new knowledge component of the knowledge supply chain to businesses, providing a from the academic laboratory into the market place as illustrated by last world-class MBA programme for high potential individuals, adding year’s graduates who, from a class of 29, created 19 new companies. expertise and value to the business offer across and beyond the region.

Genius generation: illustrative projects

Programme Area Related Themes Impact

1. Generate new entrepreneurs Dynamic environment Targets 1,2,3,4,5 A Programmes designed to nurture and assist the entrepreneurs of the future Better for business B Develop affordable workspace for entrepreneurs eg. in Northern Quarter Academic acceleration and Chapel Street

2. Establish IEMBA Manchester Better for business Targets 1,3,5 to increase supply of first-rate managers via world-class Executive MBA Academic acceleration provision Community and opportunity

3. Develop Young Creatives Project Better for business Targets 1,4,5,6 A Encouraging school children to engage with the arts, media and music Academic acceleration sectors through workshops etc. Cultural vibe B Focusing on the development of ‘creative entrepreneurs’ through foundation Community and opportunity and degree level courses

4. Establish Learning City to support graduate retention programmes Better for business Targets 1,3,4,5 and to increase community participation in higher education Academic acceleration including Community and opportunity A Providing For All, supported by e-learning and ‘The Information City’ B Scholarships Scheme - specific local school-university links C HE in the community - volunteering, education provision, staff engagement, use of facilities by the community etc. Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:35 Page 29

Cultural Vibe Knowledge Capital will maximise the urban cultural experience that makes Manchester so unique. It will take in the diversity, skills and ideas of all our communities, and build upon refurbished gallery spaces, public art and workspaces for creative talent. It will showcase Manchester as a premier destination for visitors seeking everything from world class sport and leisure events to superb nightlife and the café culture that has become synonymous with the ‘24 Hour’ City. The cultural vitality of Manchester will, almost instinctively, deliver new commercial opportunities and economic benefits as creativity flourishes and expands the cultural marketplace, securing an ever wider audience.

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Adjacent to the Lowry, a spectacular lifting footbridge takes visitors Manchester’s cultural landscape across the to Imperial War Museum North. Opened in July 2002, the Museum is the first building in the UK to be Much of Manchester’s recent renaissance and regeneration has centred designed by the internationally-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind. around dynamic new cultural developments and facilities. Transforming The building is made up of dramatic metal-clad ‘shards’, with each the urban centre, these developments are typified by astounding representing an element of a shattered globe - the ‘air shard’ provides architecture and quality. a key focal point, stretching 55 metres above the gently sloping curves of the Museum’s roof. Two major exhibition spaces and a learning studio In the heart of the city, a £35 million extension by Sir Michael Hopkins house the permanent exhibits, with a complementary programme of has brought new life to Charles Barry’s 19th century masterpiece and temporary exhibitions. Visitor numbers have surpassed all expectations, opened up Manchester Art Gallery to an even wider audience. Re- with the first year target of 300,000 visitors exceeded in the first six opened in 2002, it now includes a gallery for special exhibitions, a months. dedicated children’s gallery, two educational facilities, cafés and restaurants as well as a large retail area. The restoration includes a These iconic cultural facilities are only part of the story, however. stunning glass and stone façade that gives a thoroughly contemporary Manchester’s diversity and creativity is its life-blood, with an feel whilst enhancing the beauty of the original building. international reputation for stimulating creativity in people and a long tradition of innovation and excellence in culture. Manchester houses the Even older cultural gems are being given renewed life, too. In 1421 largest regional concentration of media and creative industries in the Manchester’s parish church was promoted to a Collegiate College, UK, taking advantage of the critical mass of creative, production and which led to an expanded building, rebuilt in the 19th century by Joseph design clusters and facilities in key locations such as Granada/Left Crowler. The resulting building was Manchester Cathedral, a medieval Bank, the Northern Quarter and Oxford Road corridor. Our cosmopolitan treasure located in Manchester’s Millennium Quarter, alongside the outlook and rich mixture of traditions, languages and lifestyles engender historic Chetham’s School of Music. Inside the Cathedral, visitors can an unsurpassed cultural vitality. Cultural infrastructure, businesses and discover elaborate carvings, supporting piers dating back to 1380, an communities together form a powerful engine to help drive Manchester: Eric Gill sculpture and a late-Saxon angel stone. This wealth of culture Knowledge Capital, and also attract people to it. and history has been made more accessible with the recent addition of a £3 million Cathedral Visitors Centre.

The £94 million Lowry arts complex is one of the most talked about new buildings in the UK. As the centrepiece for the regeneration of it has been an unparalleled success, with its two large theatres, galleries, bookshops, restaurants and bars. In addition to a schedule of temporary exhibitions, the centre is also home to the world’s largest collection of L.S. Lowry paintings. Designed by the architect Michael Wilford, the Lowry is a stunning combination of glass and stainless steel surrounded by rejuvenated waterways and a popular new shopping centre.

Cultural vibe: illustrative projects

Programme Area Related Themes Impact

1. Develop visual, media and design sector Dynamic Environment Targets 1,2,3,4 A Centre of Excellence for Fashion and Textiles. This will create a new Connectivity international centre for students, visitors and practitioners, featuring world- Better for business renowned costume collections, incorporating incubation space and support Genius generation services for fashion designers and manufacturers. B Centre for Film, TV and Performing Arts in Manchester will establish a unique independent media facility providing state of the art production and related services and training and development opportunities in technical and other media-related skills.

2. Link sport, health and community Better for business Target 4,6 A Manchester Institute for Sport and Physical Activity will establish a centre of Academic acceleration excellence to generate best practice and inform strategic policy relating to Community and opportunity the impact of sport and physical activity on key regeneration objectives B Sports Industries Programmes will develop and export the expertise gained from hosting the 2002 Commonwealth Games C Sport and Health/Sport and Community Programmes will utilise the attraction of sport to assist the creation of healthier communities and a healthier workforce

3. Boost cultural and creative industries, including Dynamic environment Targets 1,2,3,4 A Manchester Screen and Sound Incubator Better for business B Adelphi Media Quarter Genius generation C European Cultural Centre

4. Develop programme of events Better for business Targets 1,6 A Major events, festivals and conferences to support the Knowledge Capital Community and opportunity brand and/or showcase its key sectors Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:35 Page 31

Community and Possible caption text here Opportunity This theme will ensure that skills, jobs and increased wealth will be shared across the Knowledge Capital and, in particular, with those in our more disadvantaged communities. There will be collaborative skills development partnerships with employers, educators and local communities. Community-based entrepreneurs will be supported and encouraged.

The community as a whole benefits from higher education institutions. Cultural and creative industries flourish around a burgeoning student Training Futures body and the expertise found in a university is applied to local challenges in areas such as community development and enterprise; MMU’s Institute of Education is one of the largest centres in the UK for architecture; the environment and landscape management; education; the initial training and continuing development of teachers, with1,600 health; law and crime. Universities naturally attract and stimulate primary teachers, 1,400 secondary teachers and 240 masters & PhD a wider range of local facilities such as museums, sports facilities, teachers training in schools throughout the region. It received the hospitals and retail or leisure developments that the entire community highest possible rating from OFSTED/HMI for its provision and is rated can use and enjoy. Local universities can also help to raise the nationally as the best provider of Initial Teacher Training and Continuing educational aspirations of local children, particularly through Professional Development in the UK. The institute also has extensive mentoring, volunteering and awareness raising programmes. research involvement with schools and local initiatives such as Education and Health Action Zones. The institute is also one of the few centres in the UK to offer innovative approaches both to teaching and to research methodology and theory.

Local Authority Employment Plans are being developed in consultation with Jobcentre Plus and the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council to identify localised actions to help residents address barriers to employment. They will provide a key strategic framework for partners to ensure that local communities share in the success of the programme. “The knowledge economy must be for the many, not the few.” Tony Blair

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Manchester College of Arts and Technology (MANCAT) is one of the Knowledge Capital will build on Manchester’s successful local country’s largest educational college providers and, along with local employment initiatives, such as the Asda-Walmart scheme in New East residents, business and the public sector, is developing the MANCAT- Manchester, to harness and add value to programmes targeted at MSEC project, to be located at Central Park. The project will provide raising educational attainment and providing the training and skills that many of the building blocks for reconstructing the economy of East will enable the local population to capture employment opportunities. Manchester as well as creating a flow of science based businesses and In addition, from April 2003 the North West became a Business Support entrepreneurs for the benefit of the wider economy. Comprising five and Adult Skills Pilot area - the only one in the country. The pilot will test inter-related elements - a Learning Centre; New Technology Institute; a new approach to the co-ordination and delivery of services for Research and Graduate Centre; Business Creation Unit and Business business and workforce development to: accelerate the regional Incubator - MANCAT-MSEC will further establish Manchester as a key economy through the creation of an innovative, flexible and highly skilled node in the knowledge economy. At the same time it will enable local workforce; to increase the competitiveness of indigenous companies; to young people to progress up the attainment ladder and to access the raise regional productivity and attract new value-added industries to the employment opportunities generated. Anticipated outputs include region. helping over 500 local people to secure employment; helping 4,000 people to access further and higher education; assisting over 1,000 In Salford, the University’s Academic Enterprise programme has SMEs with their ICT needs, generating research contracts to the value of produced real benefits for some of the most disadvantaged and poorest over £7.5 million and creating up to 50 new companies associated with areas of the UK. Following a rigorous and ground-breaking research sales of over £3 million. programme the University has helped to develop a number of Community Re-Investment Trust (CRT) projects that specifically assist people excluded from traditional financial services. The CRTs are part Knowledge Capital: where of a wider programme to form a unique attempt to form meaningful, wealth creating and socially inclusive partnerships. Its ‘Community Bank’ inclusion meets innovation initiative goes beyond the activity of mainstream banks and credit unions by supplying credit to those unable to save, to owner occupiers Major economic and social regeneration projects are reshaping and unable to release their assets, and to start up businesses. reviving Manchester, delivering real community benefits to ensure that Knowledge Capital benefits the many, and not the few. The Beswick Neighbourhood Renewal Programme - pioneered by New East Manchester Ltd - is one such programme. A nationally recognised exemplar of community regeneration, the project includes new community facilities and 450 homes to be built on 12 hectares of underused land that lies just a few kilometres east of the city centre. Major environmental improvements, public spaces, shops and better services, including a new secondary school are also planned.

Community and opportunity: illustrative projects

Programme Area Related Themes Impact

1. Develop MANCAT-MSEC Dynamic environment Targets 1-6 to provide a series of critically inter-related learning, technology, research Better for business and business incubator projects co-located in a single development at Academic acceleration Central Park Genius generation

2. Establish multi-agency strategic construction forum Dynamic environment Targets 1,2,3,4,6 to maximise local employment opportunities, skills and business Better for business development arising from buoyant local construction sector

3. Implement jobs and skills compact with major local employers Dynamic environment Targets 1,2,3,4,6 including Health Trusts, HEIs and local authorities to maximise local Better for business employment benefit

4. Implement Manchester Model of Education and Training for 14-19 Dynamic environment Targets 1,4,5 year olds Better for business to increase achievement and progression rates from pre-school through to Academic acceleration HE and embed culture of lifelong learning

5. Create Centre for the Study of Urban Education Better for business Targets 1,2,4,5,6 This will include collaborative work to encourage innovative approaches to Academic acceleration urban education, raising attainment levels, increasing participation in HE Genius generation from local schools, and maximising retention of experienced teachers in inner city schools Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:35 Page 33 Delivering the Knowledge Capital Manchester 2003. Unparalleled investment and job creation have come to the city. Urban partnerships, fusing the private, academic, community and public sectors, have brought regeneration and new opportunities for all. It’s an exciting, dynamic and vibrant place to be… the time is right for Manchester: Knowledge Capital to take us to the next level and deliver further success.

The Knowledge Capital Working Group was established in February Manchester: Knowledge Capital can deliver an alternative centre of 2002. It comprises a broad alliance of stakeholders and supporters gravity for the UK - a ‘Northern Hub of economic, social and cultural across all key local partner organisations, including the four universities activity’. Manchester and Liverpool have already established the (Manchester, UMIST, Manchester Metropolitan and Salford), Manchester, principles of collaborative action to add value through the Liverpool - Salford, Tameside and Trafford local authorities, MIDAS, Manchester Manchester Vison [15]. Significant additional competitive advantage Enterprises, the CONTACT Partnership; the Greater Manchester could now be gained for the transpennine economy as a whole by Learning and Skills Council (LSC), the Northwest Development Agency developing strategic partnership actions with Leeds, Liverpool and (NWDA), the Health Trusts and Pro Manchester. Sheffield. By together driving forward intellectual collaboration across HEIs, enhancing international connectivity through improved access to Successful implementation of the Knowledge Capital initiative will require Manchester Airport and building complimentary business infrastructure, a wide range of measures and new policy frameworks at city, regional niche markets and specialisms, our combined strengths have the and national levels. Action to develop learning provision, skills, potential to create a Northern hub of expertise and innovation to rival the knowledge and technology transfer, clusters, transport connections and best in the world. planning policies will all support the Knowledge Capital.

Manchester: Knowledge Capital can only in part be delivered or influenced at the local level, however. To place the Knowledge Capital on the highest competitive platform and generate the maximum return for UK plc, the Knowledge Capital must embrace the complementary strengths of the rest of the region and beyond, where appropriate. ‘The Knowledge Capital creates potential for a Northern hub of expertise and innovation to rival the best in the world’[14] 30/31

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Management Powerful Building the Government & Delivery Projects Brand Support

Management and delivery Building the brand

The Knowledge Capital Partnership will establish the mechanisms that With the publishing of this report, Manchester: Knowledge Capital enters will enable the delivery of the vision. Firstly, it will convene a high-level the public domain in full force. The partnership that has developed the Strategic Partnership Board charged with driving the Knowledge Capital Knowledge Capital initiative has a fresh challenge: to secure the initiative forward. Chaired by the Northwest Development Agency, attentions of politicians and key decision makers and to broaden out membership will be widely drawn and at an appropriate strategic awareness to a wider set of audiences. Other targets for Knowledge management/director level. Key representatives from HEIs, public Capital marketing will include international and national investors and agencies, other regional bodies and target private sector industries such the students for whom Manchester must become the ‘City of Choice’. as biotech, chemicals, aerospace, cultural/media industries, financial/ professional services will be invited to join. There will be scope for other A separate plan for a stakeholder-led communications strategy will be Northern Core Cities to participate too. prepared for approval by the Strategic Partnership Board in the near future. This will be rooted in the Brand Manchester marketing strategy, The Board’s key tasks will include:- which is now being finalised. Interim communications are being co-ordinated to ensure that key messages are delivered consistently Acting as ‘Custodian’ and champion of the Knowledge Capital Vision; and effectively. Assuming overall responsibility for the development and achievement of Knowledge Capital; The communications strategy will result in a dynamic and engaging Maintaining the profile and rigour of the initiative; brand, one that attracts a global audience and which establishes a Acting as the reporting body for the Project Management team; and strong synergy with parallel marketing initiatives. The proposition will be Agreeing priorities and key constituent projects to be developed and flexible enough to allow Knowledge Capital partners to champion the delivered under the Knowledge Capital banner. key messages and concepts. It will be compulsive, vital and engaging.

The Partnership Board will produce and review Business Plans Manchester: Knowledge Capital is a superb example of effective annually but will not act as a direct delivery vehicle - actual partnership working and the broad base of support already established implementation of specific projects will remain the responsibility of the will be strengthened. Highly targeted marketing support will give wide range of project sponsors involved, but with clear accountabilities established advocates for the concept the tools they need to spread the identified to ensure drive and delivery. In order to maintain the message. These tools will cover traditional and new media. Given the coherence and strategic focus of Knowledge Capital projects, a impressive amount of project-specific and intellectual or research dedicated Management team will be set up. Responsible for managing material already generated by the project, there will be a dedicated the development, co-ordination and impact of the initiative, this dynamic website for the Knowledge Capital which will include an online version team will oversee the interface between all partners across and beyond of this Prospectus, updates on projects and the latest briefings on key the region and ensure linkages with relevant regional and national concepts such as sophisticated knowledge management, community initiatives and activities are created and maintained. benefits or infrastructure plans. Powerful projects

Positioning Manchester: Knowledge Capital at the forefront of the global knowledge economy will depend on the successful implementation of a series of interconnected, powerful projects. A priority task for the Management team will be to develop and refine the detailed action plan for approval by the Strategic Partnership Board. The illustrative projects highlighted in this Prospectus will be supplemented by many more projects, cutting across the spectrum of Knowledge Capital activity, each bringing with them a crucial contribution to the achievement of the wider vision. Knowledge Capital partners will, individually and collectively, deliver each project within the Action Plan, drawing on the Knowledge Capital framework and brand for direction. Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:35 Page 35

Improving Regional Productivity; Reducing Regional Disparities Government Support Government is committed to enhancing the competitiveness of all regions within the UK. To determine how best this can be achieved This Prospectus is not a bidding document. It does not set out to through cities as the economic drivers of their regions, there is a quantify funding requirements or to request resources. We have created unique opportunity for Government to explore, in conjunction with a strong, dynamic regional partnership which will now be taken to an Regional Development Agencies and the country’s major cities, the even higher strategic level. But, if Manchester: Knowledge Capital is to potential for establishing a spatially-targeted City Competitiveness fulfil its unique potential to enhance the UK’s economic performance, Fund to harness and exploit cities’ natural assets. One of the first Government’s participation in the initiative is vital. tasks of the Strategic Partnership Board will be to develop a detailed proposal for early consideration. There are a number of tangible measures of support that would immediately boost the platform from which the initiative will take off:- Boosting Employment and the Local Economic Base The much-welcomed Budget 2003 announcement of the intention Public Acknowledgement and Commitment to relocate 25,000 civil service jobs away from London provides Explicit acknowledgement of the Knowledge Capital concept and its another prospect for enhancing the critical mass of knowledge potential from the Government will countersign the conviction and workers in city locations, where maximum added value can be motivation of existing partners and encourage the involvement of achieved. The Strategic Partnership Board will explore how the additional key players. A commitment to participate in developing and, opportunities should be developed. where appropriate, delivering relevant Knowledge Capital projects will increase their ultimate impact.

London and the Core Cities Direct Government involvement in the emerging London Study, being taken forward by Manchester on behalf of the Core Cities, would greatly enhance the dialogue and collaborative work on how London and our respective economic roles and assets can be strengthened to boost the overall economic competitiveness of the UK.

Connectivity Government has charged the Regional Development Agencies with revitalising their respective regional economies. A key issue for the North of England is whether it can, through improved strategic transport access, develop the global role of its major cities. The three Northern Regional Development Agencies (Northwest Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward and One North East) are currently jointly appointing consultants who will be tasked with preparing a demanding, but Call it a renaissance. Call it critical mass. Call it what you will but achievable 20-year vision for transport investment and management that one thing is certain: Manchester has all the pieces in place to will boost and underpin city-based regeneration and sustainable develop a true Knowledge Capital. economic growth in the North of England. The outputs of this study when available, will need to be explored with the Government in the Our dynamic partnership has made enormous strides and specific context of Manchester: Knowledge Capital, focusing in commands significant regional support. With further investment particular on two critical issues:- and an ever-stronger commitment to delivering sustainable and inclusive economic growth, Manchester can fully embrace the The potential for investigating radical transport solutions, such as the global knowledge economy. High Speed Maglev Passenger Link which, if installed, would position Manchester 45 minutes from London, significantly boosting its Side by side with Government as a critical linchpin, the potential competitive edge. The Central Railway project could have an equally for success is exceptional. dramatic impact on modal shift from road to rail for freight. The scope for the North West to become a pilot area for local We therefore commend this Prospectus to all public, private and determination of specific regional and sub-regional strategies community stakeholders and investors as a springboard for and capital and revenue expenditure priorities on transport, within united action. available resources, to enable real choices to be realised in support of greater competitiveness. Share the vision, release the potential and reap the rewards.

The world’s first commercial magnetic train, launched in Shanghai in December 2002. Photo courtesy of Transrapid International.

Live, Work, Learn, Play, Connect… 32 This is Manchester: Knowledge Capital Knowledge Capital Artwork.qxd 23/05/2003 13:35 Page 36 A new and powerful partnership Knowledge Capital: Manchester is championed by a pioneering regional partnership that includes: Manchester City Council; Northwest Development Agency; MIDAS; UMIST; University of Manchester; Manchester Metropolitan University; University of Salford; Salford City Council; Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospital Trust; Manchester Enterprises; Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council; Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, the CONTACT Partnership; Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council; Manchester Local Strategic Partnership; Government Office for the North West.

The partnership will be widened and deepened as Knowledge Capital takes shape to include the North West Science Council, the Small Business Service and many others.

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Manchester City Council www.manchester.gov.uk University of Manchester www.manchester.ac.uk University of Salford www.salford.ac.uk UMIST www.umist.ac.uk Manchester Metropolitan University www.mmu.ac.uk MIDAS www.machestercalling.com Manchester Enterprises www.manchester-enterprises.com City of Salford www.salford.gov.uk Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council www.trafford.gov.uk Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council www.tameside.gov.uk Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council www.lsc.gov.uk Northwest Development Agency www.nwda.co.uk Government Office for the North West www.go-nw.gov.uk The CONTACT Partnership www.thecontactpartnership.ac.uk Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust www.cmmc.nhs.uk Published June 2003 by Manchester City Council and the Knowledge The Core Cities Group Capital Partnership. Design by Hemisphere. Print by Gyroscope on paper www.corecities.com made from 100% post-consumer waste using vegetable-based inks.