Lou Cordwell OBE
@Loucordwell
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CEO, Unit M & Professor of Innovation @OfficialUoM
Manchester
Joined July 2010
Why I am standing for Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire
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Today GM is set to approve the UK’s first city-region-wide Good Landlord Charter. We’re giving greater recognition to the decent ones - and going after the bad ones. 💪🏻
Some intriguing plans underway in Manchester with Andy Burnham's "Good Landlord Charter" to reduce stress for renters Social landlords in the region have agreed not to use the mandatory rent arrears eviction ground under the voluntary scheme https://t.co/4QLtEMMT9f
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Yesterday @MayorofGM spoke at the Greater Manchester Baccalaureate Summit where he set out his vision to ensure all young people growing up here have a clear and equal path in life. 👉 https://t.co/M7baNJAbxK
@youthgreatermcr @Loucordwell @GMBusinessBoard #MBacc
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We won’t get the growth we need until we fix something the UK has long neglected: technical education. Today GM sets a new mission of our own: to give all young people growing up here a clear and equal path in life. #GreaterManchesterBaccalaureate #MBacc
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🥳 We're number one in the UK, number one in Europe and second in the world for social and environmental impact in this year's @timeshighered #THEGlobalImpact Rankings. The ranking measures universities’ contributions to the @UN's Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs).
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The national service we need from our young people is to vote for change on 4th July. 🗳️
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“We all need to reconnect power with the promotion of the common good, rather than what we have seen in recent times the association of ‘power with corruption and lies’.”
The results of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Mayoral Election are now in. Andy Burnham has been re-elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester. @greatermcr
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📅 Today from 13:00 - join Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation @ChiOnwurah, @Loucordwell @GMBusinessBoard and @asvalero to explore the role of R&D in levelling up. Sign up: https://t.co/xnBeHnnCDK
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📅 THIS WEEK | Wednesday from 13:00, we're joined by Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation @ChiOnwurah, @Loucordwell @GMBusinessBoard and @asvalero to discuss how region-specfic R&D programmes could help level up productivity. Register: https://t.co/xnBeHnnCDK
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📅 Coming up next week: How would a place based approach to R&D create growth? Featuring @ChiOnwurah @Loucordwell @GMBusinessBoard and @asvalero Wednesday 13th, 13:00 - 14:00 Register here: https://t.co/xnBeHnnCDK
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Politicians are failing us abysmally on the #ClimateCrisis. Can comedians step up and save the day? Watch the heroic Jo Brand give it a proper shot with scientist @ProfMarkMaslin 🔥 If this doesn't prompt revolution, what will? Please share far and wide! #NoNewOil #COP28
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Greater Manchester Business Board Chair @Loucordwell has reacted to today's Autumn Statement. 📈 Investment Zone a "significant boost", bringing 32,000 jobs and £1bn+ investment 🌍 Positives on FDI, R&D funding and green growth Read the full response 👇 https://t.co/26kcgftGAt
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Greater Manchester Business Board responds to the Autumn Statement 2023, delivered today (Wednesday 22 November) by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Greater Manchester Business Board is committed to...
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Fantastic news for Mcr and further cementing our Cambridge partnership
Brand new UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Decision Making for Complex Systems announced today, Manchester with Cambridge. This very nicely complements recent AI development in @OfficialUoM with its new Centre for AI Fundamentals! https://t.co/gKPr0E3b8J
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Today’s been a momentous day for GM. We’re back in control of our buses and, to celebrate, we’ve cut the cost of combined bus and tram travel by 20% for everyone. Watch the highlights here and then book your tickets for this coming week via the #BeeNetwork App. 👍🏻 #GetOnBoard
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Greater Manchester is now just two weeks away from the biggest change to buses in the UK in four decades. Read this excellent piece by @emmacduncan on the wider significance of bus re-regulation for economic growth in the regions. (via @michaelwhite)👇🏻 #BeeNetwork
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Introducing a new Greater Manchester icon: the yellow, electric #BeeNetwork bus. These 50 will enter service in Wigan and Bolton a month today as we retake control of our buses. You know what makes it even better? All of them were built in the UK.👍🏻
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ID Manchester is @OfficialUoM plan for £1.7bn innovation district - aiming not just to attract big R&D spenders to city centre, but for "inclusive innovation" creating good jobs around GM in Bury, Rochdale, Oldham. Views from @RichardALJones @Loucordwell.
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£1.7 billion venture with developer aims to sidestep pitfalls of university innovation districts and create jobs in deprived Greater Manchester towns
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Leaders must act on ‘dire’ threat to planet, says UN climate chief https://t.co/rnldW7OfZM
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