Kicking off our Conservative Party Conference programme with our Welcome to Manchester Reception.

Hearing from Emma Holt @gmchamber.bsky.social, Shadow HCLG Minister Paul Holmes and John Rayson of Atkins Réalis.

"[Industrial Strategy Council] headquarters [will be located] in Manchester from 2026, with a second presence in London. From these locations the ISC will build strong connections to important institutions and partners across the UK, including devolved governments and Mayors"

About to jump on a webinar with around 600 others to better understand the impacts that the US Tariffs will be having on UK and GM businesses. We're being approached by media and press to share real life case studies so if the changes impact you, then please get in touch.

£630m confirmed as the integrated settlement - v interesting and significant year for Greater Manchester and the progress of devolution. It’s a good time to be doing business in Greater Manchester. 🐝

Today is supposedly Blue Monday? Quite fitting that we got to see the Manchester City Women's team play at the Manchester derby last night. Loved the light show, and we even got to sit on heated seats. Who knew that was a thing? Would recommend 🥶

Signing back into Bluesky for 2025. Refreshing content of dogs, libraries and snow. 🐩

Looking forward to getting back into our events schedule starting with a Business Women's Network lunch next week - www.gmchamber.co.uk/events/busin...

The robots are taking over! 🤖 JK, I've been on an AI programme recently and learned:

ChatGPT has 100m weekly users

Google hadn't had a red meeting until the launch of ChatGPT now they've had 7!

Whatsap to withdraw from the UK in 2025 (💔) unless the Gov can reach a compromise on their encryption

I’ve been interviewing T-Level students this week and last, in the hope of filling 8 spaces over the next year or so. We’ve already filled 6/8 from our first 8 interviews. The quality of candidates coming out of these colleges is great - v hopeful for these students and their placements.

The GM Index is a measure used in the @gmchamber.bsky.social Economic Research - it's a mix of 7 indicators including domestic/overseas demand, business confidence and capacity. In Q2, the Index was 30.6, in Q3, it was 18.3 - complete our QES for input into Q4 - www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GMQESMMT

Greater Manchester has an £80bn economy which has grown by almost 50% since the early 2000s, we are growing faster than the UK economy as a whole and we receive more foreign investment than any UK region, including London! 🚀 @ GM International Pilot Launch yesterday at MOSI @gmchamber.bsky.social

Each quarter, we track the economic health of Greater Manchester and use this data to inform our in-house research team, the British Chambers and other key government stakeholders. Contribute here: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GMQESMMT 📊📉

I’ve been attending some LinkedIn Editorial workshops delivered by some
@linkedin.com Top Voices - interesting point on your profile being your CV, and hiring decisions being made based on posted content. Really great to see LinkedIn bringing knowledge and insight to the marketing community.

Winter 2024 not easing us in at all, with frost on day 1 this week and now this! 🥶🥶

I've been persuaded by my LinkedIn community to join Blue Sky. Enjoying the clean and clear, familiar OG Twitter aesthetic. Now facing the pressures of building a brand new community, but happy to be turning a new leaf. 🌿