Help shape Greater Manchester’s plan for good jobs and growth

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester Leaders are calling on businesses and communities to shape the city-region’s trailblazing plan for good jobs and growth.

One of the first in the country, Greater Manchester’s Local Industrial Strategy will set out new ideas to improve prosperity and productivity across the city region.

Working with businesses and local people, it will build on Greater Manchester’s unique legacy of industrial ambition and creativity to create a thriving, digitally-enabled, green city-region.

At its heart will be a skills strategy to get the best out of the local workforce, address skills gaps, feed new industries, and provide new opportunities for our young people.

This plan, which will be co-owned by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the Government, will inform future working and cooperation with the ministers and their departments.

Now the GMCA wants business leaders, the voluntary and social enterprise sector and residents to help co-design the plan ahead of publication early next year.

Launching the consultation with more than 100 business leaders at the Landing in Media City on Monday (15 October), Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said: “Good jobs, a skilled workforce and supporting businesses to thrive are key to a successful Greater Manchester that drives prosperity and productivity - and that is what this plan is about.

“Our city-region is renowned for doing things differently, boasting a proud history of being a social and economic pioneer. We want to work with businesses and local people from the ground up, so together we can develop a plan that builds on our industrial and creative heritage, creates opportunities for people to get on, and gives young people a sense of hope. That’s why I encourage businesses and communities to get involved and help shape this plan.”

The consultation is now open and will close on Sunday 25 November.

Share your views at www.gmconsult.org