Scenius - Paul Robinson and Andrew Disley on Manchester and the North-West

Over on Scenius, Manchester's Paul Robinson and Orrell's Andrew Disley wax lyrical about Manchester and the North-West. To quote Paul:

I get the feeling we're all determined to make people talk to each other and make interesting things happen. We're supported in part by MDDA and Manchester Digital which gives us focus and means we get cross-pollination. Suddenly a guy who runs an event for VCs is talking to a Unix sys admin and trying to work out if those two groups can overlap somehow.

It's early days, but it's getting interesting ...

... The Northern Quarter is very bohemian, and the city itself is full of relatively cheap office space. The cost of living is comparatively low for a cosmopolitan city, and VCs are starting to take interest. The Universities run R&D outfits and incubators and because the city itself is so small everybody kind of has a way of knowing everybody else - useful when you need ideas and contacts.