Business leaders welcome Hammond’s Northern Powerhouse investment
Chancellor Philip Hammond's Budget announcement of investment across the Northern Powerhouse, including a £30m plan to trial improvements to mobile and digital connectivity on trains across the TransPennine, has been broadly welcomed by business leaders in the North West.
A £1.7bn transport fund was announced for city regions to be spent by mayors. Further devolution power for Greater Manchester was confirmed, with plans to develop a local Industrial Strategy.
The government will provide a £243m allocation from the Transformi... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
