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MediaCityUK-based Toasted Productions is celebrating after taking its 100th trainee in 10 years through its successful work placement programme.

Specialist marketing consultancy We are Buzz has opened its first permanent office base at The Greenhouse in MediaCityUK.

Planning consent has been granted by Salford City Council for “The Watergardens” a new waterside dining concept that will see the transformation of the southern waterfront into a vibrant leisure destination offering a new restaurant terrace maximizing the best waterside views in Manchester.

World leading special effects and laser provider, BPM SFX Ltd has expanded into a specific TV work office in MediaCityUK’s Greenhouse, to enable them to be on hand for their growing number of TV clients.

When it comes to skills development and creating local employment opportunities, The University of  Salford and Peel L&P have a long-standing relationship and a track record of success. However, by working even closer together, both organisations realise that even more can be achieved to secure true economic prosperity for current and future generations.

dock10 has completed full post production and delivery of 10 x 3-minute animated music videos for Sky Kids.

Children’s health charity MedEquip4Kids are back again this Easter with the annual Quays Duck Race which welcomes hundreds to Salford Quays for an afternoon of family fun while raising thousands for the charity’s projects.

Channel 4 has commissioned a striking new factual entertainment series from Gobstopper Television in Manchester, where a 12-strong jury of the public must decide if people get the cosmetic surgery they’ve always dreamed of.

dock10, the UK’s leading television facility, based at MediaCityUK, has today announced the expansion of its post production facilities and the addition of a new creative production space called The Second Floor. This adds a further 14 edit suites, audio tracklay & dubbing suites to dock10’s post production capability to meet the growing demands of customers.

MediaCityUK based NEP Connect (formerly SIS LIVE), the UK’s fastest growing provider of media fibre connectivity with its Anylive® fibre network, announced that it has won a contract with Premier Sports, Dublin, to provide fibre network broadcast HD connectivity services for Guinness PRO14 Rugby coverage.

Fast-growing ITV Studios label Possessed is setting up a new regional base in Manchester’s MediaCityUK to be headed up by former BBC Commissioner Caroline Roberts-Cherry.