A northern powerhouse, or an unwelcome imposition? experts respond to George Osborne’s Greater Manchester Mayor proposals

The Chancellor recently announced that in order to help make his “Northern Powerhouse” idea reality that the Greater Manchester City Region would see itself gain an elected, “London-style” Mayor, despite residents of Manchester City Council narrowly rejecting proposals for an Directly Elected Mayor for their local authority in 2011. Democratic Audit asked experts to respond to the news, with mixed results

Creating innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises:evaluating the short-term effects of the creative credits pilot

This working paper looks at the short-term impact of the Creative Credits pilot scheme which operated in the Manchester City Region in the North West of England from September 2009 to September 2010, and was funded by NESTA, Manchester City Council, the North West Development Agency, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Creative Credits is a business-to-business (B2B) voucher mechanism designed to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to work innovatively with creative companies. Businesses receive credits worth £4,000, which they must match with at least £1,000, to spend with creative firms on a variety of creative services

City College, Manchester (FEFC inspection report; 62/96 and 82/00)

Comprises two Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) inspection reports for the periods 1995-96 (62/96), and 1999-2000 (82/00). The FEFC has a legal duty to make sure further education in England is properly assessed. Inspections and reports on each college of further education are conducted according to a four-year cycle. City College, Manchester is a large general further education college on four main sites, three in the south and one in the north of the city

Charges for Services Provided Under S.117 Mental Health Act 1983

R v London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames ex parte Watson, R v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council ex parte Armstrong, R v Manchester City Council ex parte Stennett, R v London Borough of Harrow ex parte Cobham Court of Appeal (27th July 2000)3 CCLR 27

Charging for After-care Services under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 – The Final Word?

R v Manchester City Council, ex parte Stennett, R v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, ex parte Armstrong, R v Harrow London Borough Council, ex parte Cobham [2002] UKHL 34; [2002] 3 W.L.R. 584; [2002] 4 All E.R. 124.House of Lords (13, 14 May, 25 July 2002) Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Steyn, Lord Hutton and Lord Millett

The holy grail as an empty chalice? Proportionality review in possession proceedings after Pinnock and Powell

Reviews the need for courts to conduct proportionality evaluations under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.8 in residential possession proceedings following the Supreme Court decisions in Manchester City Council v Pinnock and Hounslow LBC v Powell, and considers, with reference to subsequent case law, how such proportionality reviews have been applied in practice. Examines key features of five relevant judgments, including the Queen's Bench Division decision in Southend on Sea BC v Armour and the Court of Appeal rulings in Thurrock BC v West and Birmingham City Council v Lloyd

Integrating Western and non-Western cultural expressions to further cultural and creative tourism: a case study

The term cultural industries was coined more than half a century ago, but at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the broader concept of creative industries, covering a wide range of cultural, design and digital activity, captured the imagination of public policymakers at national and city levels. Paralleling these developments has been the recognition of the phenomenon of cultural tourism and, more recently, the emergence of the idea of creative tourism, that is, tourism programmes designed to engage tourists actively in cultural activity. This paper presents a case study of a creative tourism event which took place in 2012 in the City of Manchester in the UK. The festival, which celebrated West African culture, utilised existing cultural institutions of the city and drew on the talents of local and visiting members of West African community to engage not only tourists but also indigenous and Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) residents of Manchester in a variety of cultural activities. It thus used the focus of creative tourism to seek to foster community and cultural development as well as tourism