Data Regulator the ICO Moving to Manchester’s Circle Square

Information Commissioner moves HQ to Manchester – Northern Financial Review

The UK’s independent data protection and freedom of information regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), is to relocate its headquarters from Wilmslow to Manchester city centre, having agreed a lease for 20,000 sq ft of high-quality workspace at Bruntwood SciTech’s No.3 Circle Square. A landmark development at the heart of the city’s “knowledge quarter” the £87 million, 267,000 sq ft innovation hub is the latest phase of the Circl…

UK’s Data Regulator Commits to Manchester’s Circle Square in Landmark HQ Move | Greater Manchester Business Board

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent data and privacy regulator, is set to move its headquarters to Manchester city centre. It has signed a lease for 20,000 sq ft of workspace at Bruntwood SciTech’s No.3 Circle Square, part of an £87 million, 267,000 sq ft innovation hub. The relocation is planned for autumn 2026. Currently based in Wilmslow, Cheshire, the ICO’s move will bring it to the heart of Manchester’s knowled…

ICO to relocate HQ to Manchester’s Circle Square

The Information Commissioner’s Office is to relocate its headquarters to Bruntwood SciTech’s No.3 Circle Square in the heart of Manchester. The independent data protection and freedom of information regulator has agreed a lease for 20,000 sq ft of workspace and will move from Wilmslow, Cheshire in autumn 2026.  The £87m, 267,000 sq ft innovation hub is the latest phase of the Circle Square neighbourhood to be brought forward. The building is bei…

UK data regulator to relocate to Manchester

The UK’s data regulator has announced plans to relocate its national headquarters to Manchester in what the city has described as a landmark move. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has agreed a lease for a 20,000 sq ft facility at No.3 Circle Square in Manchester’s city centre. The site is owned by Bruntwood SciTech, a prominent property developer focused on the science and technology sectors backed by Bruntwood, L&G and Greater Manche…

Data regulator the ICO moving to Manchester’s Circle Square

Bruntwood SciTech hails scheme as 'destination of national significance for digital, data and technology-led organisations'