New block at Media City will be 'boost for small and start-up businesses'

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New office space for small and start-up businesses as well as major companies is set to spring up in Salford's Media City. Councillors on the city's planning and transportation regulatory panel have approved an application by Peel Media Ltd for an 11-storey building including ground floor commercial space for drinking outlets.

The decision will spell the loss of a football pitch which currently occupies the site near to the Holiday Inn Hotal and the BBC Dock House. Media City managing director Steve Wild addressed the panel and hailed the development at the 'next stage of the social and economic regeneration of the area'.

He said there would be 350,000 square feet of offices and co-working space. "It will put Salford at the leading edge of accommodation for business with a best in class amenity," he said. "Our commitment to meet net zero carbon status is on of the key issues [with this development]."

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He said there would be office space for major companies but also for smaller firms and start-ups. Coun Phil Cusack welcomed the scheme saying that Salford currently had a 'low level' of start-up businesses.

"I am delighted to hear that this may well provide further opportunities for small and new businesses," he said. "Medica City is important to the whole of Greater Manchester and nationally as well.

"It complements what we've already got, although I do regret a little bit the loss of the football pitch. I think this is exactly what Media City requires."

His views were echoed by panel chair Coun Ray Mashiter who he was 'excited' by the development.

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