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Manchester Digital regularly produces research and insights on behalf of our community about the latest trends, challenges and opportunities shapping Greater Mancheter's digital and tech sector.

Find some of our latest pieces of research and insights below.

Northern Tech ManifestoAhead of the Mayoral election in May 2024, we are calling on the new Mayor of Greater Manchester to seize the opportunity to turbocharge the northern tech economy with the creation of a new body to boost skills, innovation and investment across the region.

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Skills Snapshot

For 2024, Manchester Digital published the Digital Skills Snapshot - a new report that marks a slight change from our annual Digital Skills Audit as we focused on having meaningful conversations with our business leaders to get a deeper understanding of what is happening in our companies focused on.

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Startup Review
Our Startup Review outlines the current state of play for early startups and founders in the region. The report also collates advice and information, as well a number of recommendations to improve our startup landscape in Greater Manchester.

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Digital Skills Audit
Read previous versions of the Digital Skills Audit, our annual audit of over 250 digital and technology businesses across Greater Manchester.

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Guide to co-working spacesDiscover a list of co-working spaces, shared offices or low-cost rental office options in the Greater Manchester area for tech businesses.

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Financing your businessA list of investment options available to businesses in the North West and UK-wide.

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Guide to Manchester CodingThe Ultimate Guide to Manchester Coding Schools, Coding Clubs, Coding Bootcamps and Meetups.

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Ecommerce Businesses to Watch We took a closer look at some of the ecommerce brands in Manchester that are making waves in the industry and are poised to become the next big thing.

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Manchester Fintech Businesses to Watch With a wide selection of financial technology businesses choosing the region for their operations, we selected some of the businesses to keep an eye on.

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Member Insights

We often harness the expertise of our members for collaborative pieces on the latest trends and challenges facing the industry

Here are a selection of our most recent insights.

The Ecommerce Landscape in 2024: Trends and Technologies Shaping the Future We asked a selection of ecommerce experts from across our community to offer their insights into the technologies and trends that are positively impacted the ecommerce sector in 2024.

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Digital Tech Trends 2024: Part One Manchester Digital asked a selection of our members from across Greater Manchester's digital and tech community which tech trends they anticipate to be driving innovation within their businesses and across the sector in 2024.

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Digital Tech Trends 2024: Part One The second part of our feature on Manchester Digital members' anticipate tech trends for 2024.

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Exploring the Shifting Financial Landscape and Emerging Trends Manchester Digital kicked off Fintech Week 2023 by asking a selection of leading fintech and financial experts to delve into some of these shifts and highlight emerging trends that are redefining the ways that we think about money and transactions.

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The gold standard of mapping a customer journey We gathered insights from some of the North’s West leading ecommerce businesses on how to perfect some of the key stages of the customer journey.

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Focus on Sustainability: How our members are approaching sustainability We spoke to some of our members to find out what steps they have taken to integrate sustainable initiatives and any advice and tips they can share with the community.

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Focus on Diversity: How our members are approaching diversity We spoke to our members about their strategies for closing the diversity gap within their organisations and what they can share with the community on ensuring everyone has a place within the digital and tech sector.

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