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Green Skills Academy launches to help fix green skills gaps across Greater Manchester

Green Skills Academy launches to help fix green skills gaps across Greater Manchester

by Nikki Brown | Jan 19, 2023 | Green Skills/Jobs, Uncategorized

On Thursday 19 January, a “first of its kind in the North”, Green Skills Academy officially launched in Trafford Park. Established by The Growth Company, the Green Skills Academy boasts innovative green technologies and offers comprehensive training in a range of...
Manchester City Council successfully decarbonises 30% of estate

Manchester City Council successfully decarbonises 30% of estate

by Nikki Brown | Jan 6, 2023 | Retrofitting

Manchester City Council has successfully reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 7,161 tonnes in the 2021-2022 financial year. Manchester City Council’s operational estate is made up of 316 buildings which include offices, leisure centres and properties that provide...
First look at plans for Manchester’s newest green space on a former shopping centre site

First look at plans for Manchester’s newest green space on a former shopping centre site

by Nikki Brown | Jan 5, 2023 | Natural Environment

New images reveal how a new proposed green space at Manchester’s Central Retail Park will look once it has been completed. Recently, the council unveiled its ambitions to transform the dilapidated ex-shopping centre, on Great Ancoats Street, into a huge new...

Greater Manchester to receive £3.4m of government active travel funding

Manchester’s former tip Kenworthy Woods is declared nature reserve

Manchester’s former tip Kenworthy Woods is declared nature reserve

by Nikki Brown | Dec 16, 2022 | Natural Environment

A former Manchester tip which was transformed into woodland has now been declared a local nature reserve to support biodiversity and urban nature in the city-region. The 89-acre (36-hectare) Kenworthy Woods, which sits south of Chorlton Water Park in south Manchester,...
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