Events / By Fire Up / 10th September 2026
With major investment and development planned across the region, including Atom Valley, there is a real opportunity for local businesses to get involved and benefit. This session will break down what these developments mean in practice and where the opportunities are likely to emerge.
We will explore how businesses can position themselves to take advantage, whether through partnerships, supply chains or future growth plans. You will also gain a clearer understanding of the wider economic picture and what it could mean for Rochdale and beyond. A useful session for anyone wanting to stay informed and make confident decisions about the future.
About the Speakers:
Nick Smillie - Managing Director and Senior Consultant - Clarity
Nick is managing director and senior consultant at Clarity, specialists in inward investment marketing. He has more than two decades’ experience in inward investment/FDI attraction, a career which started with the promotion of Yorkshire’s Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP). Since establishing Clarity in 2012, Nick has worked with partners across the UK and in North America to successfully promote regions, industry clusters and strategic sites, including several, nationally significant advanced manufacturing and industrial sector projects.
Amy House - Director of Green Economy - GM Business Growth Hub
Amy is a chartered environmentalist with two decades experience working with the businesses at the heart of the net zero transition. She has an MSc in Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and has developed a deep understanding of the technologies and drivers that are shaping the business and skills agenda.
Amy has a unique understanding of the supply chain and advocates for the sector with buyers, local decision makers and national policy makers. Amy and her team have established Green Economy to improve the competitiveness of the supply chain, to overcome the market failures that prevent uptake of low carbon technology and to promote the businesses playing a key role in delivering the UK’s net zero ambition
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