About Us

Corridor Manchester is the first partnership of its kind in the UK. It brings together Manchester City Council, the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to build on the partners’ investments in the 243 hectare area running south from St Peter’s Square to Whitworth Park along Oxford Road, Manchester. The partnership is committed to generating further economic growth and investment in the knowledge economy for the benefit of the city region.

Corridor Manchester is home to a wealth of knowledge intensive organisations and businesses. These operate in the areas of health – with particular concentrations of bio-medical, pharmaceuticals, clinical trials, medical devices and oncology related healthcare – education, creative industries, communications technologies, financial services and information communication technologies.

• Today the Corridor generates £3.2 billion, 25% of the city’s GVA.
• 55 000 people work on the Corridor, 12 % of the city’s workforce.
• 43% of the activity is in knowledge intensive sectors, significantly higher than the national (22%) and regional (21%) averages.

The combination of GVA and knowledge intensive activity makes the Corridor the economic powerhouse of the City.

We anticipate the value of capital investments up to 2020 will be over £2.5 billion (mostly through private sector finance) as we move forward promoting the development of under utilised land and buildings, and secure infrastructure improvements on the Corridor.

Click here to download a copy of our latest annual review.