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Culture Secretary to open University of Salford media conference
The Nations & Regions Media Conference 2012, one of the biggest media events held outside London, is to be opened on 12 March 2012 by the Read more...

Penpee unveils new social network PageLook
OCP-based business Penpee Ltd has announced the launch of its brand new social network PageLook . Founder Tijan Penpee believes there Read more...

MMU 10,000 Small Businesses Event -1 November
Manchester Metropolitan University is holding an event on 1 November, 6-8pm at Barclays Corporate, Spinningfields to launch the Goldman Sachs Read more...

Winning Pitch launch Global Companies Programme with FREE Event 'The Voice'
The Winning Pitch High Growth Foundation is launching their “Global Companies Programme”with a FREE event 'The Voice' at 5pm on Read more...

The Taxi Academy - an OCP Success Story
In 2007 The Taxi Academy was the first UMIC business tenant at One Central Park and has since won numerous awards and trained over 800 taxi Read more...

Winning Pitch High Growth Foundation Awareness Event OCP 11 OCP
High growth coaching specialists Winning Pitch are inviting businesses to join their legacy initiative The High Growth Foundation. Read more...

Outstanding A-Level Success at The Manchester College
Students at The Manchester College have achieved outstanding AS and A level results Read more...

Salford University to Build New Student & Public Arts Building
Salford City Council has granted planning permission for the development of a new £38m Arts Building for the University of Salford, which Read more...

Snapguard launch new website and celebrate US Success
OCP tenants Snapguard have launched a new website at www.snapguardcorp.com . Director Jow Arif explained "The advent of Snapguard 2.0 has Read more...

Start-Up Britain Summer Tour comes to Manchester Science Parks
Start-Up Britain is a major initiative set up by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs to celebrate, inspire and accelerate enterprise in the UK. Read more...

University of Manchester climbes higher in prestigious league table
The University of Manchester has climbed 6th places to 38th in the annual world rankings league table published by the Shanghai Jiao Tong Read more...

OCP Student wins Peter Jones Academy 'National Entrepreneur
Peter Jones announced the highest achievers from this year’s graduates of the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy at a ceremony on 22 July to Read more...

The Manchester College amongst lowest degree fees in UK
Whilst most universities plan to charge £9,000 from 2012, The Manchester College is offerring university-level courses for just Read more...

Enterprize Award Winners Key for the City celebrate success with more discounts and a new website
The New East Manchester Enterprise Award winning company, based at OCP, produce an innovative lifestyle discount card giving access to hundreds Read more...

FC United continue public consultation for proposed new 3.5m Moston site
FC United's proposals for a new site in Moston have received a mixed response from residents at recent consultations. The site near St Marys Read more...

Manchester College End-of-year Student 5-a-side Football Tournament
Are you a Manchester College student who loves football? Today (22 June) is your last chance to register Read more...

Salisi work with Manchester College design students on corporate identity
Manchester College HE design students had the benefit of using real-life OCP business Salisi for coursework on corporate identity. A Read more...

UK's Biggest Jobs Fair 15/16 June
The UK’S biggest jobs fair will be held at the University of Manchester Armitage Centre in Fallowfield on June 15 and 16 as hundreds of Read more...

Manchester College Animation Student Nominated for Little Chip Award
Joe Ackerley, who is studying 3D character animation at One Central Park has Read more...

6th Formers get a taste of IT at One Central Park
Sixth form IT students at The Manchester College were given a taste of Read more...

Free Adult Courses in Reading, Writing & Numeracy at OCP
The Manchester College is providing free part time adult courses in reading, writing and numeracy at One Central Park and four more sites Read more...

New Tenant Bridgewater Consulting at OCP
UMIC and One Central Park welcome new tenant Bridgewater Consulting to OCP this week. Bridgewater are a specialist HR consultancy focusing on Read more...

A showcase of emerging talent at The Manchester College 'Departures' exhibition
'Departures' explores a range of innovative and interactive creative work from Manchester College HE students on courses including fashion, Read more...

National Enterprise Academy student through to 'If We Can - You Can' Business Challenge Final
NEA student Grant Ridley has made the final of the 'If We Can - You Can' business challenge with his company Guerilla Marketing. Grant needs Read more...

Manchester City FC Victory Parade
Some roads in Manchester City Centre and East Manchester will be closed today due to City's FA Cup Victory Parade at 6pm. See the attached Read more...

Learn a language for your summer holiday
The Manchester College is offering a range of one-day holiday language courses, perfect if you have limited time and want to learn the basics Read more...

National Enterprise Academy student Cameron Murdoch cycles 300 miles for charity
NEA student Cameron Murdoch arrived back at One Central Park today to cheers and support from fellow students following his gruelling 300 Read more...

Manchester Science Parks Annual Review 2010
MSP's Annual Review shows growth across the busines and profits up by 28% despite public spending cuts. MSP have 130 business tenants across Read more...

One Central Park to host LEAD Programme
One Central Park is proud to be the host of PINNA’s 6th and final cohort of the LEAD Programme. Small Business Owners and Read more...

Manchester College student Jamie one step closer to professional football
Sports student Jamie Matthews flies to Chicago next month to follow his dream of becoming a professional footballer. 17 year old Jamie has Read more...

The Manchester College launches Aldi Apprenticeships Scheme
In conjunction with SkillSmart Retail and the National Skills Academy for Retail, The Manchester College Retail Skills Shop has formed a Read more...

Marj Boyer talks to Kinnarps
Watch One Central Park Chief Executive Marj Boyer speaking to our friends Kinnarps the office furniture specialists. For more info Read more...

Business is booming for ex OCP Tenant & Dragons Den Contestant Extreme Fliers
Extreme Fliers started life as a UMIC tenant at One Central Park with Manchester Business School student, entrepreneur and founder Vernon Read more...

Salford University Celebrates Muslim World Music Day 12 April
Salford is the only British University to take part in this international event celebrating music from muslim cultures on 12 April. There Read more...

Manchester Science Parks Welcomes Four New Tenants to Corridor Site
Bytemark, Bio-Analytical Technologies, Teneo and T&H Systems have all joined the science park community since January. Lynne Barlow, Read more...

Whitworth Art Gallery Awarded Funds
Named the Clore Learning Studio, it will provide a learning environment for a range of art activities, increasing learning activities Read more...

University of Salford Launches Ambitious Regeneration Plan
Construction of the first phase of the 'Campus Plan' - a 20 year vision for the future - is scheduled to begin late 2011, starting with the Read more...

MMU Most Popular UK University
Manchester Metropolitan University, became the UK's most popular University for the first time with a record 52,750 UCAS applications for its Read more...

Winning Pitch launches High Growth Foundation North West
Winning Pitch, along with it's network of speciliast advisers are launching the High Growth Foundatiopn North West to provide advice and Read more...

British Cycling 'Go-Ride' Conference 2011 held at One Central Park
One Central Park hosted the Manchester leg of the the annual British Cycling 'Go-Ride !' Conference tour on Sunday 6 March with 120 Read more...

Meet the people at OCP!
Read more from some of the people who study and work at One Central Park on the New East Manchester website HERE Read more...

SARS celebrate 30 years with new premises, logo & conference venue
The Safety and Reliability Society (SARS) recently celebrated thirty years as the professional institution for safety, reliability and Read more...

Communities Minister Baroness Hanham CBE impressed with NW High Growth Programme and Winning Pitch
Communities Minister Baroness Hanham CBE impressed with NW High Growth Programme and Winning Pitch The North West Regional Development Read more...

End of an Era for UMIC and Martino Picardo
A message from Martino as UMIC merges with UMIP . . . "I think it is fair to say that 2010 was as challenging as it gets, not only for UMIC Read more...

Meetings & Events Open Day at OCP Friday18th February
The One Central Park Meetings and Events team are holding an Open Day on Friday 18th of February. OCP is 5 minutes from Manchester city centre Read more...

Knowledge Manchester Forum at One Central Park 3 March
Place NorthWest and Manchester Science Parks are co-hosting a half-day conference at 1pm on 3 March to examine the importance of the Read more...

University of Salford & Madrid Film School UK Film Event
The University of Salford is holding an event with the prestigious Madrid Film School, where film makers can find out how to distribute their Read more...

CarbonCycle BikeRight! Roadshow a big success
Manchester City Council’s Carboncycle Bike Right Roadshow came to One Central Park on 19 Jan to provide free advice & Read more...

Shadow Minister for Innovation & Science visits UMIC
Chi Onwurah, the Shadow Minister for Innovation & Science (Business, Innovation and Skills Team) and MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne Read more...

Nanosmat International Events for Materials Science in 2011
The Fifth International Meeting on Developments in Materials, Processes and Applications of Emerging Technologies 27-29 June 2011 Alvo, Read more...

OCP welcomes Malaysian students to the Centre for Facilities Managemen
Visiting degree students from Malaysia spent December 2010 with Professor Keith Alexander at the Centre for Facilities Management for a Read more...

Did you know Manchester's 106.6FM is based at OCP?
Tune in for golden oldies or hot new tracks, from the Kinks to Kasabian and Beyonce to The Beatles. Read more...

MSP Chief Executive Jane Davies celebrates 10 years of success
Jane, the first female chief executive in the 25 year history of msp , took over from previous chief executive and chairman of the board, Read more...

Nov 2010: Christmas Market & Festive Family Fun Day
Christmas comes early to One Central Park! On Saturday 27 November there will be a Christmas Market and Festive Family Fun Day in the One Read more...

Oct 2010: Winning Pitch announce record growth
One Central Park tenants Winning Pitch have reported a 48% boost in turnover to £4.5m. The leading business support consultancy Read more...

Green Travel Plan Questionnaire Prize Winners
Emma Guest and Jonny Finlay filled out our 'Green Travel Plan' questionnaires and were chosen at random to win a prize for their Read more...

July 2010: Teleconferencing
One Central Park Ltd is happy to announce the arrival of our new teleconferencing device, which is now available to use for your next Read more...

April 2010: One Central Park - New Brochure
One Central Park Ltd has changed dramatically is recent times so much so that a new brochure was required to reflect the improvements and new Read more...

Free Wi-Fi at OCP
Free WiFi at OCP! The installation of our new WiFi is now complete - which means that now all of our clients and visitors can enjoy Read more...

One Central Park on Twitter
OCP is now on twitter. Follow us at @onecentralpark Read more...
