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In this issue you will find
Events
Manchester Day returns on Saturday 26 July 2025.
- Mini parade down Deansgate from 12 noon
- Enjoy live music and performances
- Keep your eyes peeled throughout the day for a majestic lion, a cheeky gorilla, giant seagulls, and a host of marvellous bees and butterflies.
- There’ll also be free have-a-go activities for kids.
Discover what's on offer and where to find it at Manchester Day 2025 | Manchester City Council
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Travel Advice
Events across the city means the transport network will be exceptionally busy. Plan your journey during these busy times visit Events | Bee Network | Powered by TfGM for travel information.
Upcoming Highways Works
The next phase of work for Victoria North East Gateway (Thompson Street) starts in a few weeks time to make walking and cycling in the north and east of the city a safer and more enjoyable experience for everyone.
Phase 4 Thompson Street Northeast - starting mid July to end of August 2025 - work involves lane closure on both sides, 2-way traffic maintained, access and egress maintained, parking bays suspended, bus stops relocated. Surfacing will see overnight total closures.
Phase 5 Thompson Street Southeast - has already started running until the end of August 2025. Lane closure on both sides, 2-way traffic maintained, access and egress maintained, parking bays suspended, bus stops relocated. Surfacing - overnight total closures.
Keep up to date with these works at Northeast Gateway walking and cycling route | Northeast Gateway walking and cycling route improvements | Manchester City Council
Metrolink: Deansgate – Castefield Emergency Works
KeolisAmey Metrolink, TfGM’s Metrolink operator, will be undertaking emergency Metrolink engineering works to complete a rail break fix at Deansgate-Castlefield on Sunday 13th July 2025 from approximately 2am until 2pm.
The works have the potential to create noise at times. Noise reduction measures will be in place to minimise the impact of any noise.
To allow these engineering works to take place safely, no trams will be able to operate through Deansgate-Castlefield from 2am until 2pm on Sunday 13th July and service changes will be in place across the network during this time. To help mitigate this impact, a Metrolink replacement bus service will be in operation between Piccadilly and Deansgate-Castlefield.
If you require further information regarding these Metrolink works, please contact the Customer Relations team on 0161 244 1000 or email hello@beenetwork.com
Work and Skills
Are you a business based in the Strangeways or Cambridge Street area? Discover the wide range of fully funded support available to help your business grow and thrive.
Book a one-to-one appointment to explore:
- Access to business finance and expert mentoring
- Strategies for growth and workforce development
- Fully funded training, including digital and online skills
- Opportunities to connect with other local businesses
- Free access to market and consumer research databases
- Guidance on navigating changes from the Strategic Regeneration Framework
Appointments are available in person or via Microsoft Teams.
To book your session, or for more information, please email:strangeways@manchester.gov.uk
Greater Manchester Local Skills Improvement Plan
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has published its latest update on tackling skills shortages across the region’s key industries.
Part of the Greater Manchester Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), this initiative is aligning education and training with real employer needs.
The report showcases collaborative efforts between businesses, training providers, and local authorities to build a more responsive, future-ready workforce.
Read the latest bulletin from our Work and Skills Team Work and Skills Bulletin - 7 July 2025
GM Business Growth Hub
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After Hours Forum: Building a Stronger Night-Time Economy
The GM Business Growth Hub, in collaboration with the GMCA’s Night-time Economy Office, is hosting a dedicated roundtable event for business owners, operators, senior managers, and stakeholders across Greater Manchester’s night-time economy. This includes those working in bars, pubs, restaurants, nightclubs, music venues, theatres, entertainment spaces, leisure venues, late-night food and retail, and sector support organisations. The event will provide a space for open, facilitated discussions to explore the fundamental challenges facing the sector. Insights gathered will directly inform the development of a new seminar series, tailored to the needs of night-time economy sector, set to launch in Autumn 2025.
Date: Thursday, 17 July 2025
Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Rainy Heart, The Bungalow, Kampus, Aytoun Street, Manchester, M1 3GL
For further details visit GM Business Growth Hub | After Hours Forum: Building a Stronger Night-Time Economy
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Is your business ready for Making Tax Digital?
From April 2026, many small businesses and landlords will need to file their tax returns digitally — and even more will be included as the income threshold lowers over the next few years. To help you prepare, EnterprisingYou has teamed up with Rochdale Development Agency, Bury Council, and Oldham Council to host a free workshop on 17th July 2025 at Fire-Up, Rochdale.
Led by Rosie Cooper from PM+M Cloud Accounting, this session will explain what the changes mean, who’s affected, and how to get started with cloud accounting software. You’ll hear real examples, get practical tips, and have a chance to ask your questions. If you're a sole trader, landlord, or managing a small business, this is a great opportunity to stay ahead of the changes.
Date: Thursday 17th July 2025
Time: 930am – 12pm
Location: Fire Up, Maclure Road, Rochdale, OL11 1D
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For the latest news, events, workshops, resources from GM Business Growth Hub visit Greater Manchester’s business support organisation | GM BGH
Zero Carbon and Climate Change
Join us on our journey to make Manchester an inclusive, zero-carbon city. We have an ambitious plan to reach zero carbon by 2038.
Below are a few ways you can get involved;
- If your business sells hot drinks to take away, you can make a big difference by using returnable cups. We’re working with the University of Manchester and In Our Nature to bring the Bee Cup to hot drink retailers across the city. It’s already working well on campus and in cafés on Oxford Road. The distinctive black and yellow cup can be returned to any participating café. Find out more at The Bee Cup | Action for businesses and organisations | Manchester City Council
- Become a refill site - There are more than 400 places in the city where you can fill a water bottle. Find out more about Refill Manchester.
- GM Business Growth Hub - The GM Business Growth Hub can help you to reduce costs and be more sustainable. Find out more about the GM business Growth Hub.
- GMCA Refill Survey - In partnership with the environmental charity City to Sea, GMCA are conducting the short survey to better understand how businesses currently offer or promote refillable and reusable options, and how customers engage with these. Your insights will help shape future strategies to make reuse more accessible across the region.
To read more visit Action for businesses and organisations | Action for businesses and organisations | Manchester City Council
Energy Efficiency Grants
Save on your energy bills. Applications are now open for the new Energy Efficiency grant - provided by Green Economy on behalf of Greater Manchester Combined Authority. You can apply for a grant of up to £5,000 to fund energy efficiency projects. The grants are available for a limited time and can be employed to invest in
- heating equipment upgrades
- replacement motors or drives
- process efficiency investments
- green technologies
For further information visit Green Economy | Energy efficiency grants
The Northern Sustainability Summit 2025
The Northern Sustainability Summit brings together hundreds of business leaders from all sectors, from those leading on sustainability to those who are in the early stages of their journey.
Themes for 2025 will include the skills, social impact, supply chains, infrastructure and development.
Date: Thursday 10 July 2025
Time: 9am - 5pm
Location: Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX
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