{"id":7413,"date":"2026-02-17T15:02:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/?p=7413"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:02:40","slug":"manchester-declared-the-city-to-kickstart-uk-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/manchester-declared-the-city-to-kickstart-uk-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester declared the city to kickstart UK growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester\u2019s skyline is continuing to evolve at pace, with an influx of skyscrapers and regeneration across the city. The investment into the city is clearly paying off, with an abundance of young professionals choosing to build careers in the city, contributing to city growth and a consistent tenant stream.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sean Morton, chief executive of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthebeach.co.uk\/?gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;&amp;mv_pc=googlecpc&amp;CampaignID=211391423&amp;AdGroupID=14671371863&amp;Keyword=kwd-97896520&amp;MatchType=e&amp;Device=c&amp;AdID=789483496967&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=211391423&amp;utm_term=on%20the%20beach&amp;creative=14671371863&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=211391423&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD_OdEO2UjX36B4cP8wSefnVE236L&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAwNDMBhBfEiwAd7ti1OcvpB-dg_8Kb-nAIy9nRoN4vRxaWzELptf1z1fZnks7vnHe1xfmxBoCbaIQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the Beach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a major company based in Manchester said the pace of development in Manchester, particular the Acncoats district, has been \u201cstaggering.\u201d Lawrence Newman, chief executive of Beauty Tech Group credited the city\u2019s five academic instructions, and \u201cthe stickiness of people wanting to live here post-university\u201d as key factors to the city\u2019s growth. Newman is referring to Manchester&#8217;s incredible 51% graduate retention rate, second only in the UK to London.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a 3.1% annual growth sustained over 10 years, Manchester\u2019s economy has performed twice as well as the UK as a whole. The population is also growing at pace, with the city centre population now at 100,000, up significantly from just 500 in 1990. Manchester\u2019s growth is outpacing the rest of the nation, and it\u2019s showing no signs of slowing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester\u2019s skyline is continuing to evolve at pace, with an influx of skyscrapers and regeneration across the city. The investment into the city is clearly paying off, with an abundance&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7414,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7413\/revisions\/7414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}