About Tameside

Economic Masterplan

The Economic Masterplan provides a ‘route map’ for the development of the local economy.

The four core objectives are to:

• Increase skills
• Increase employment
• Increase enterprise
• Attract investment

To Attract Investment - we aim to

• Keep and look after existing businesses
• Develop new employment sites
• Build on links with Manchester’s growing economy
• Invest in the transport infrastructure – in particular to promote Metrolink

To increase Tameside’s relatively low number of new ‘knowledge based’ industries we will especially seek to attract and grow businesses in the following sectors:

• Manufacturing (advanced)
• Office based professional (financial and business) services
• Food and drink
• Creative and digital industries
• Public Sector (including health, education and finance)
• Social Care and Health Logistics and distribution
• Construction
• Environmental technology/energy
• Promote new areas where investment will be targeted including