Manchester is Europe’s fastest
growing major tech cluster.
Investment growth:

£48M (2018)
£181M (2019)

[Technation Report 2020]

Corridor contributes

£3.6BN GVA |
£5.6BN BY 2025

20% Of Manchester’s GVA

54%

of all apprenticeship placements
in Manchester are on the Corridor

79,000 WORKERS

104,000 FTE jobs by 2025

Largest

CLINICAL ACADEMIC
CAMPUS

in Europe

15,000+

research participants across
635 research studios 2016-18

20,000 STEM

graduates each year

Manchester ranked in

TOP 10 EMERGING
GLOBAL CENTRES

for startups

[2020 Global Startup Ecosystem Report -
Startup Genome]