The CIPD annual conference and exhibition will take place in November and make Manchester its new home in 2009.

This year the CIPD’s annual conference and exhibition, which takes place from 16 to 18 September, will be its last in Harrogate.

Commenting on the move, Nina Harman, CIPD head of conferences and exhibitions, said: "Our annual conference and exhibition is one of the most popular events in the world for people management and development professionals. But we're always looking for ways to make it better.

"Manchester Central's state of the art facilities offer us the flexibility to be innovative in developing the conference and exhibition from 2009 and on into the future, for the benefit of the thousands of people management and development professionals who join us for the event each year. Manchester offers excellent transport links for our domestic and international guests, and also offers a wide range of accommodation and other facilities to cater for all those who visit the event over the three days.

"We've made this change on the basis of extensive research amongst the conference delegates and exhibition visitors who make the event such a success year after year."

Two years ago the CIPD changed the location of its London-based spring HRD Conference and Exhibition from London’s Olympia to the more modern ExCel Centre.

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