Scores of people, including football and sports stars, flocked to the launch of the 2018 Northwest Football Awards (NWFA) at Manchester House last night. Former Man City manager Brian Horton, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Diane Modahl and Happy Mondays singer Rowetta were among those celebrating the start of the eleventh edition of the NWFA. High-flying…
Equilibrium Asset Management is celebrating another milestone, with the investment funds launched via their sister company (Equilibrium Investment Management) hitting over £500m in assets in their first six months. The three funds, the IFSL Equilibrium Cautious Portfolio, IFSL Equilibrium Balanced Portfolio and IFSL Equilibrium Adventurous Portfolio, had combined assets under management of £516m as of…
The University of Manchester Innovation Centre’s (UMIC) Events arm has delivered record revenues following a comprehensive refurbishment of its conference spaces. Throughout 2017 UMIC hosted 462 events at its Grafton Street base while also landing 47 new clients. Acteon, Aeirtec, Blackboard International, Cadtek Enabling education network and Lan2Lan are among the businesses to have used…
The baby brother of World Cup heroes Bobby and Jack Charlton will make his England debut at the age of 72 – less than a fortnight after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Tommy Charlton will take to the field at Brighton & Hove Albion’s stadium this month when the Over 60s England side take on…
A list recently produced by Reuters ranks The University of Manchester as the seventh most innovative in Europe – jumping nine places from the 2017 report – and third in the UK. The Reuters Top 100 Most Innovative Universities ranking is based on the number of academic papers, patents filed and citations by other academics…