Manchester is still enjoying the benefits of staging the Commonwealth Games in the summer with £600m of investment that has helped kick-start regeneration in the east of the city.
The specially-created stadium for the Games is the focus of a 10-year scheme to bring jobs and investment to the poor estates of Beswick, Clayton and Openshaw.
Urban Splash is leading the rebuilding of the Cardroom estate as a £200m mixed-use development called New Islington.
Financial Times 29/10/02 page 6
