# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A New Way for Business and Colleges to Collaborate in Greater Manchester
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am – Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: Connecting businesses, colleges and innovation partners to shape new ways to share skills, knowledge and innovation across GM.About this EventThis interactive roundtable is a chance to test and develop a proposed Knowledge Exchange and Skills Partnership (KESP) model — one designed to work better for businesses, colleges and the wider innovation ecosystem. Your insight will directly inform a funding bid for a 3-year project in the region.If you’ve ever felt the current system could work better, this is your opportunity to help shape what comes next.FormatA working session combining short provocations with facilitated roundtable discussion. This is designed for contribution, challenge and practical thinking — not passive listening.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wigan/a-new-way-for-business-and-colleges-to-collaborate-in-greater-manchester/100001980639729749
- **Event Categories**: contests
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Wigan
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Centre for Advanced Technical Studies Wigan & Leigh College
- **lat**: 53.5490608
- **long**: -2.6338224
- **full address**: Centre for Advanced Technical Studies Wigan & Leigh College, New Market Street, Wigan, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is A New Way for Business and Colleges to Collaborate in Greater Manchester being held?
  - **A:** A New Way for Business and Colleges to Collaborate in Greater Manchester takes place on Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am to Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am at Centre for Advanced Technical Studies Wigan & Leigh College, New Market Street, Wigan, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing A New Way for Business and Colleges to Collaborate in Greater Manchester?
  - **A:** A New Way for Business and Colleges to Collaborate in Greater Manchester is organized by Wigan & Leigh College Innovation Team.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** A New Way for Business and Colleges to Collaborate in Greater Manchester is ideal for professionals, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and networking enthusiasts eager to grow their connections. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Wigan, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If A New Way for Business and Colleges to Collaborate in Greater Manchester sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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