{"id":777798,"date":"2026-09-21T12:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777798\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:46:16","slug":"bbc-boosts-greater-manchester-economy-by-450m-broadcaster-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777798\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC boosts Greater Manchester economy by \u00a3450m, broadcaster says"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BBC contributed \u00a3450m to Greater Manchester’s economy in 2024-25 and supported more than 5,000 jobs, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

The figures have been released as part of the BBC’s Made Of Greater Manchester campaign, marking 15 years since the BBC moved key departments to Media City in Salford.<\/p>\n

The report by BBC economists said BBC activity accounted for 39% of the city region’s audiovisual production and broadcasting sector and the corporation employed more than 3,000 people.<\/p>\n

However, it warned that future investment could be affected by financial pressures facing public service broadcasters and wider challenges in the production sector.<\/p>\n

Continued growth depended on a sustainable long-term funding settlement, it added.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Economic Impact In Greater Manchester<\/a> report described the BBC as a “strategic anchor” for the creative industries and said 422 apprentices had been employed in Salford over five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC contributed \u00a3450m to Greater Manchester’s economy in 2024-25 and supported more than 5,000 jobs, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-777798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}