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Presently Leigh is the largest town in Greater Manchester without a train station and the 5th largest in the UK. Historically Leigh had two stations, Leigh Bedford and Westleigh, closed in 1969 and 1954 respectively due to the Beacham’s cuts.
Leigh has been awarded £20m from the UK Government to set up Leigh Town Board to develop a long-term plan for regeneration in the town centre. This transformative initiative seeks to empower communities and revitalise towns that have been overlooked for far too long.
Kids Eat Free was a campaign by the local businesses of Leigh to help families over the Christmas holidays by providing people with cheap deals. This campaign turned out to be a great success, and as such, is being brought back for the summer holidays.
Local social enterprise, Leigh Works has secured £275,000 funding to renovate a building in Leigh town centre that will bring in new business and workers.
Leigh Means Business, in partnership with the University of Salford have commissioned a study into Leigh’s night-time economy.
Local businesses and Greater Manchester Police reduced antisocial behaviour in Leigh town centre by 15% through a collaborative initiative.
Wigan Council’s £11 million Levelling-up bid for Leigh has been rejected. The bid failed to gain the support of residents, local businesses and the MP and was submitted despite strong opposition.
Kids Eat Free is a campaign put together by the businesses of Leigh in order to help families over Christmas. As the cost-of-living crisis continues, cafes, pubs and restaurants in Leigh are providing free kids meals.
Case study: A local co-working space will see a 450% rise in electricity costs in under 12 months, despite implementing measures to save 30% of their energy usage.
Leigh Means Business and the University of Salford have teamed up to undertake research that aims to improve the nightlife within Leigh town centre.
The £11 million levelling-up bid has been submitted by Wigan council, despite lack of public support. In a news article the council have claimed the outcome of their on-line consultation was "42% positive". They have not produced a report on the consultation, but all 1,295 responses are public. We've compiled this data to get a true understanding of public sentiment towards the submitted bit and the results are striking.
Wigan Council have published their proposals for the Levelling Up Fund bid but fail to deliver any meaningful change.
The regeneration community interest company has laid out plans to uplift the former mining town, Leigh with a comprehensive package of works aimed to be the catalyst for growth in the town centre.
