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Category: Business

£350m Trafford Park Metrolink gets green light

Transport bosses have been given the go ahead to expand the Metrolink network through Trafford Park. The new line, worth some £350 million, will branch off from Pomona...

Pubwatch: Royal Oak Eccles shuts in £170k Holts sell-off

The historic Royal Oak pub in Eccles has quietly closed its doors, potentially for the final time. Owners Joseph Holts declared their intention to sell up and move on...

Discount toy store ToyTown to open at Lowry Outlet Salford

One of the largest independent toy retailers in the UK has opened a new outlet store at the Lowry Outlet shopping mall. Toytown have taken a lease on a 2,631 sq ft space...

Pure Gym and Jollyes Pets finally confirm West One Eccles moves

Six months after SalfordOnline.com broke the news about two large brands coming to West One Retail Park in Eccles, a leisure provider and pet store have confirmed the...

Middlewood Locks: Chinese money flows into Salford with next phase of 550 homes

Real estate developer Fairbriar International have submitted detailed planning for the second phase of its 24-acre Middlewood Locks development in Salford. Four new...

Marks and Spencer apply to open new Walkden store by December

Retail giant Marks and Spencer is planning to open a new food store in Walkden, a licence application reveals. The application to Salford City Council states a...

Salford mini-market ignored warnings over illegal sale of out of date food

A Salford minimarket put staff and customers at risk by selling out of date food and using potentially fatal unsafe electricals, a court has heard. Windsor Mini Market...

Salford firm fined £18k as 3,700 unsafe counterfeit Disney and Marvel toys seized

A Salford importer has been hit with an £18,000 fine after admitting selling unsafe and counterfeit toys. Over 3,700 items were seized by Salford City Council’s...

Winton housing site manager wins national award

Simon Ward, from Clifton in Salford, is the proud recipient of a National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job award. A site manager with Bellway Homes for...

£1.5m Foundry Film Studios open in Ordsall

The renaissance of business in Ordsall takes another step forward today with the opening of the Foundry Film Studios. The 8,000sq ft purpose-built venue, over the road...