The £15m high speed broadband initiative, NorthernNet, will be linking the North West to film, music and interactive festival SxSW in Texas.

Design and marketing agency, Pixel8, has premiership ambitions with the signing of Alan Woods from Manchester United.

Soft Cell singer, Marc Almond, is to present a 3-part series for BBC Radio 2 on singer-songwriter Jacques Brel.

Jon Corner, one of the co-founders of River Media, has been appointed to the board of economic development body Liverpool Vision.

How-Do has learnt that Paul Ryan, the finance director of MediaCityUK, is set to leave his position at the end of May.

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Dr. Danny Moss, the man that founded and currently leads the MSc in international public relations at MMU, is set to leave his position at the end of this month for a new role at the University of Chester.

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Manchester Airport announced today that it is looking for members of the public with itchy index fingers to shoot images of the North West that can be used to welcome passengers to, and market, the region at the hub's new 'Arrivals Experience'.

Manchester's Tangerine PR has been appointed to help raise awareness of specialist lingerie brand Cami Confidential.

Manchester Digital Development Agency has teamed up with BBC Backstage (the broadcaster's early adopter network) and Data.gov.uk to run an 'unconference' that will focus on data visualisations.