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Category: Business

Eccles Town Hall Hotel goes to auction in Manchester for £160k

The Town Hall Hotel in Eccles is to go up for auction on the open market. The once-popular community pub on Church Street closed in summer 2014 and was put up for sale...

Debenhams wins police crime prevention award

The Manchester branch of Debenhams has won a prestigious award at the British Security Industry Association’s spring conference. The department store won the city...

Sale Sharks sign new ex-Tranmere chief exec Jeremy Butler as general manager

The former Tranmere Rovers Chief Executive starts work at the AJ Bell this week. Butler, 46, ran a sports media business for 20 years before taking charge at the League...

Salford student game developers wow judges at national Microsoft challenge finals

A team of student computer game developers from the University of Salford has impressed judges at the national final of a global student technology competition run by...

Nursery developers expand into Little Hulton with £128k HSBC loan

Bolton-based AW Childcare has secured at £128,000 business loan to open a new nursery at a former pub in Little Hulton, Salford. Co-owner Paul Brookes secured planning...

Work starts on £200m X1 MediaCity Salford

Construction has started on site at the largest apartment development in Salford – X1 MediaCity. Building is being carried out by Liverpool-based Vermont Construction...

40 new jobs as HLS Contract Staff opens two new Manchester offices

Logistics recruitment firm HLS Contract Staff is to open two new offices in Manchester and Oldham, creating around 40 new jobs. The two offices at Commerce Way in...

‘Downtown’ tower blocks on Woden Street in Ordsall recommended for approval

Salford City Council planners have recommended approval for the ‘Downtown’ development of six tower blocks in Ordsall. The developers, Altrincham-based...

Monton estate agents Eggstatic with Adrian Chiles Easter donation

Enterprising Monton estate agents Living Quarter grabbed a celebrity donation to their Easter egg appeal from broadcaster Adrian Chiles in Monton this week. The former...

Double coup for Exchange Quay as GlaxoSmithKline and Boxchange take 11,000sq ft

Global healthcare company GlaxoSmithkline Research & Development Ltd (GSK) has signed a deal to move offices from the Digital World Centre to Exchange Quay. Hunter...