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Honouring top design - Salford Good Design Awards
27/08/2010
This year, Salford Council is introducing the first 'Good Design Awards'. The awards will give ...
Search and Social Media Marketing
27/08/2010
Leading lights from the region’s new media industry have joined forces with academics in the North W...
Greater Manchester to set up interim LEP
27/08/2010
GREATER Manchester’s political leaders are setting up a new “shadow” LEP to work with the North West...
Business support funding could fall by two-thirds
26/08/2010
FUNDING for business support services such as Business Link and UK Trade and Investment could drop ...
Central Salford URC to submit three Jessica bids
26/08/2010
CENTRAL Salford Urban Regeneration Company is to submit three application to the new £100m Jessica f...
Call for Artists Exhibition Opportunity
25/08/2010
‘Latitude’ – artist map-making Chapel Street Open, 20 – 28 November 2010, Salford. To compleme...
Lance Todd Gala Dinner
24/08/2010
Salford City Reds and the Reds Devils Association confirm that the 2010 Lance Todd Trophy Gala Dinne...
Quay time in city’s history
24/08/2010
After their opening by Queen Victoria in 1894, Manchester docks became the busiest in Britain. That’...
Heritage Exhibitions At Chapel Street Churches
20/08/2010
Stories of Sacred Trinity Church, Salford. A mixed media exhibition focusing on people’s memories o...
Urban degeneration companies the end of the line for URCs
20/08/2010
Urban regeneration companies are dropping like flies amid accusations of wasting money on marketing,...
ENER-G turns greenhouse gas into energy
19/08/2010
Technology from Salford-based sustainable power group ENER-G (www.energ.co.uk) is converting enviro...
New £22m stadium gets go ahead
19/08/2010
A £22M community stadium and massive retail complex is on its way to Salford after being backed by c...
Your help wanted to write lyrics for Salford’s new song
17/08/2010
A song for Salford is set to be penned by a musician – using memories, thoughts and anecdotes from p...
Real Fresh TV hosts UK first with Facebook Q&A
17/08/2010
In what it claims is a UK first, Real Fresh TV will host a Facebook Q&A tomorrow in association with...
September Social Media Marketing Training Courses in Manchester
16/08/2010
Isn't it time you learnt how to strategically grow and market your media organisation on free social...
Could you take on the Tour de Lancs?
16/08/2010
Are you ready for your first century? Are you prepared for the demands of the ‘Tour de Lancs’? 3 g...
Deal close for Middlewood Locks
16/08/2010
Administrators handling the 21-acre Middlewood Locks site that connects Manchester and Salford are c...
Do a bit of showing off!
13/08/2010
Professional Corporate Photography. It’s important. People get an impression of your business from ...
Freemont Adventure Challenge 2010
12/08/2010
Final call for entries for this year’s Freemont Challenge. Enter your team now! Saturday 25th...
ENER-G is named as National Business Awards finalist
12/08/2010
ENER-G is named as National Business Awards finalist Sustainable energy group ENER-G (www.energ.c...
Salford council’s £4m bid to save magistrates court
12/08/2010
Salford council could spend £4m revamping the city’s magistrates courts to save them from closure. ...
Council to commit £22m to Reds stadium
12/08/2010
SALFORD City Council is funding the new Salford City Reds stadium with a £22m loan and a contributio...
Salford stadium details set for planners
11/08/2010
Detailed proposals for the new £26m rugby stadium in Greater Manchester is ready to be submitted to ...
Salmon: I'm more interested in talent than postcodes
10/08/2010
As the BBC North backlash continues in certain sectors of the media, director Peter Salmon has told...
Salford finishes new Cathedral Gardens
10/08/2010
The first phase of improvements to Chapel Street's public spaces was officially unveiled on Tuesday ...
New Holiday Inn in Salford given Manchester name
10/08/2010
In a tale of two cities, a new hotel will open at Salford Quays – called the Holiday Inn Manchester....
Rare women's movement films Tuesday 17 August
09/08/2010
For the next Manchester Film Co-operative screening we've teamed up with the Working Class Movement ...
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK - Detailed planning application
09/08/2010
a detailed planning application to build the new Oasis Academy MediaCityUK on Trafford Road will be ...
Salford Student Success
09/08/2010
Local charity After Adoption is coming into its third year of partnership with The University of Sal...
Vision+Media – The Conversation Heats Up
05/08/2010
Is Vision +Media about to go the same way as NWDA and the UK Film Council? And if so, what will happ...
University of Salford unveils MediaCityUK plans
05/08/2010
Today sees the release of The University of Salford’s list of undergraduate and postgraduate courses...
The nation wakes to Cuckoo Design
05/08/2010
Steve Wheatley spoke on BBC Radio 5Live this morning. Listen to him contributing to a lively debate ...
Leaving London for Salford is the best move I’ve made
05/08/2010
This week, we take a look at the row which erupted in the national press over the BBC’s move to Sal...
Artists Access to Art Colleges
04/08/2010
Salford University is running the Artists Access to Art Colleges scheme again this year. As part of ...
Peel's £4.5bn Wirral Waters scheme approved
04/08/2010
WIRRAL Waters, the largest planning application ever to be submitted in the UK was given the go ahea...
Salford's Thunderbird totem is go once again
03/08/2010
Salford's totem pole has been restored to its former glory. The 32ft, two-and-a-half-ton structure i...
PushON reveals cleaned up Original Source site
03/08/2010
A month after winning the contract, PushON has revealed the new look Original Source website. To...
MMU seeks contractors for £25m arts faculty
03/08/2010
MANCHESTER Metropolitan University (MMU) is pushing ahead with its plans for new £25m art and design...
Salford Garden Party
30/07/2010
Celebrating local democracy, enjoy your community! Free entry Saturday 21 August 12.00 - 4.00...
Clive Memmott named new chamber chief
30/07/2010
GREATER Manchester Chamber of Commerce has named Clive Memmott as its new chief executive. The Ch...
North West nabs £110m fund
30/07/2010
A new £110m fund has been awarded to a consortium of North West-based local authorities to help kick...
August 17 A Woman’s Place & others
29/07/2010
Organised by Manchester Film Cooperative in partnership with the Working Class Movement Library, t...
Business Link Northwest chief’s message to region’s businesses
29/07/2010
The head of Business Link Northwest is urging small and medium sized businesses to continue making u...
Master Google with UK first at Salford Business School
29/07/2010
A new course has been designed by the North West media industry and academics to improve search and ...
£1m Big Lottery Fund for Little Hulton
28/07/2010
How would you like to spend £1m on your local community? Well residents in Little Hulton are being a...
SIFE Salford on Salford City Radio
27/07/2010
Tune in from 10am on 94.4FM or listen online at www.salfordcityradio.org to the Chapel Street Busine...
Impact of NWDA cuts felt across the region
27/07/2010
ORGANISATIONS and agencies responsible for economic development and regeneration across the North We...
ENER-G powers major expansion in Salford
26/07/2010
Sustainable power business ENER-G will double the size of its office accommodation and boost manufac...
R&D grants available to hundreds of small firms
26/07/2010
A NEW research and development scheme is offering hundreds of small companies in the North West gran...
Opening of Cathedral Gardens, Salford
26/07/2010
Opening of Cathedral Gardens, Salford Tuesday 10th August 2010, 2pm - 4pm. The opening of this...
Salford voted the best council website
23/07/2010
Salford City Council's website (www.salford.gov.uk) has won the 'Local Authority Website of the Year...
A week left to enter the Everywoman Awards
22/07/2010
The NatWest everywoman Awards celebrates inspirational business women who have achieved significant ...
Scooter tram ban leaves former explorer grounded
22/07/2010
Eccles' answer to Indiana Jones has launched into the row over mobility scooters being banned from t...
Salford Business School Live Projects Scheme
21/07/2010
The Live Project Scheme is an exciting opportunity for local organisations to have a team of Salford...
MediaCityUK becomes Ear to the Ground's first 'live strategy' project
21/07/2010
Agency Ear to the Ground (ETTG) has won its first client for its new 'Live Strategy Service' launche...
The Pie Factory hosts 3D conference
21/07/2010
A conference looking at the practicalities of filming in 3D is taking place later this month at The ...
Plans for £70m Salford Eco Park submitted
20/07/2010
DEVELOPER Sky Properties has submitted a plan to build a controversial new waste management facility...
Graduate tax fairer for poor students, says university boss
20/07/2010
Scrapping tuition fees for a graduate tax would be a better deal for poor students, the head of Salf...
Quays could be diminished by dead fish, says report
20/07/2010
COUNCILLORS in Salford will today consider a long-term plan to prevent the water at Salford Quays tu...
Green light for £5m housing revamp plan
19/07/2010
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BBC to move marketing and technology staff to Salford
15/07/2010
The BBC has announced details of 120 jobs from its marketing and technology departments which will m...
Salford students graduate to run their own businesses
15/07/2010
Two enterprising Salford graduates are getting a headstart in the fiercely competitive jobs market b...
Peel plans £70m Trafford biomass plant
15/07/2010
PEEL Energy has announced plans to build a £70m, 20MW renewable energy plant next to Barton Bridge i...
BBC Breakfast to move to MediaCity
15/07/2010
THE BBC has confirmed that its BBC Breakfast programme will move to MediaCityUK.The corporation conf...
Snoop is the top Dogg at youth centre
15/07/2010
Rap megastar Snoop Dogg helped teenagers give their youth club a makeover during a surprise visit to...
NWDA chiefs begin talks to maintain regional role
13/07/2010
NORTH West Regional Development Agency chiefs are clinging on to the hope that the body will survive...
Salford Uni appoints new MediaCityUK director
13/07/2010
The University of Salford has appointed River Media founder Jon Corner as its MediaCityUK director, ...
Central Salford URC re-appoints Chairman and seeks new Non-Executive Board Directors
09/07/2010
The Board of Central Salford Urban Regeneration Company (CSURC) has re-appointed Felicity Goodey as ...
Funding for Emerging Leaders
08/07/2010
Are you planning or already running a project that has an environmental, community or cultural impac...
Council hired £700-a-day consultants on child protection
08/07/2010
A council spent £300,000 bringing in experts on £700-a-day rates after its child protection service ...
TheBusinessDesk.com signs deal with Crains
08/07/2010
THEBUSINESSDESK.com is pleased to announce a deal with Crain Communications to ensure continuity of ...
Ralli focuses on media with appointment of new partner
07/07/2010
LAW firm Ralli is strengthening its media department with the appointment of a new partner. Keith...
11 Out Of 10 produces Facebook shops for Gentry Grooming and Faith in Nature
07/07/2010
E-commerce agency, 11 Out Of 10 has created 2 new Facebook shops for Gentry Grooming and Faith in N...
Protesters battle to pull plug on ‘music venue’
07/07/2010
Opponents of a proposed 16,000-capacity all-night music venue have told a public meeting it could ‘d...
Social network for MediaCityUK launches
07/07/2010
A new social networking site has been created for MediaCityUK in Salford. MediaCity.ws has been s...
Happystorm Theatre Company on Salford City Radio
06/07/2010
Today's guests on Salford City Radio are Susi and Matthew from the Happystorm Theatre Company - visi...
Salford Lacrosse Attack
05/07/2010
Salford isn't normally linked with lacrosse but the city is well represented in the England team whi...
Salford Quays residents furious at ‘Superclub’ proposals
01/07/2010
Concerned residents from across the Quays have expressed their opposition to plans to build a ‘super...
NWDA sees massive return on overseas spend
01/07/2010
RESEARCH carried out for the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) shows it is likely to receive a 30-...
Catholic Diocese of Salford gets iPhone app in Cuckoo development
01/07/2010
Cuckoo Design has unveiled what it believes is a first of its kind in the UK, with the development o...
Free Arts Fundraising Support in Salford
30/06/2010
arch+ways can offer fundraising advice and practical bid writing support to artists and community gr...
NWDA hit with £52m budget cut
30/06/2010
THE Northwest Regional Development Agency has had its budget for this year slashed by more than 18% ...
Business Link network to be axed
30/06/2010
THE Business Link network, which delivers free, impartial advice to firms, will be phased out, the G...
Free online "Winning the Contract" course
29/06/2010
The Training Brokers are able to offer a free "Winning the Contract" online course to any business. ...
Working Class Movement Library talk 7 July
29/06/2010
On Wed 7 July at 6pm we have the latest in our talks accompanying the exhibition Invisible Histories...
Exhibition stimulates business innovation
29/06/2010
The University is running a unique exhibition of business ideas that can be bid for at auction. T...
Vice-Chancellor, University of Salford guest speaker at Chamber Business Breakfast
29/06/2010
Professor Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford will be the guest speaker at Gre...
NWDA could bid to run an enterprise partnership
25/06/2010
THE Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) could bid for the right to run one of the coalition Governme...
The future of TV viewing, developing in Salford
25/06/2010
The University of Salford has revealed details about its Fascinate project - a development exercise ...
PZ Cussons brings in PushON to redevelop Original Source site
25/06/2010
PZ Cussons, the Stockport-based household products giant, has brought in Manchester's PushON to rede...
ENER-G launches business partnership in Latvia
24/06/2010
Salford-based green power group ENER-G (www.energ.co.uk) has further expanded its operations in Eas...
Government confirms its intention to scrap NWDA
24/06/2010
THE Government confirmed in Tuesday's budget that the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) -...
Got What It Takes to Study Another Culture?
23/06/2010
Rotary International thinks you do! Join a select group of young business professionals, travel t...
6 to 600 -‐ CING celebrates second birthday with landmark membership count
22/06/2010
After two years of providing monthly networking events for the region’s creative talent, The Cre...
Porter on Crain's: "I could have saved it"
22/06/2010
Arthur Porter, the former publisher of Crain’s Manchester Business has told How-Do: “I honestly beli...
KidsCan is having fun in the sun this Summer
21/06/2010
KidsCan is having fun in the sun this Summer… And we’d love it if you joined us! We have two f...
Take Part in the Big Chin Rub
21/06/2010
If you are looking for a new and exciting way to engage with local residents, groups and communities...
Salford council newspaper under fire for losses
21/06/2010
Council publications are often defended against their newspaper critics as being a cost-effective wa...
Salford City Council approves scheme for 626 homes
21/06/2010
Salford City Council has given outline approval for a redevelopment near the River Irwell that is in...
Anne Craig awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
17/06/2010
Anne Craig awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours Many of you will remember Anne, a Direc...
Boom and bust for jobs market
17/06/2010
More than 650 jobs could be created in Pendleton if a Tesco superstore gets the go-ahead. The pla...
2010 Salford Business of the Year on Salford City Radio
15/06/2010
Today at 10am on Salford City Radio you can listen to Charles and Noel from the Freemont Group on 94...
Salford web development agency gains industry recognition for work with Pure Gym brand
15/06/2010
WEB development agency 11 Out Of 10 is helping lead the way for the digital sector in Salford with m...
Managers appointed to run £185m North West venture capital fund
15/06/2010
The Northwest Regional Development Agency has appointed six firms to manage the region's £184.8m Ven...
Want to give a young person (and your creative team) a break?
14/06/2010
Want to give a young person (and your creative team) a break? (A full-time administrator from as ...
Growth slows but signs still 'encouraging' for North West
14/06/2010
Business conditions in the North West private sector continued to improve in May, according the late...
Vision+Media to merge regional film offices at MediaCityUK base
14/06/2010
Creative industry support organisation Vision+Media has announced that, from 14 June, it will be mer...
US marketing company ReachLocal opens Salford branch
14/06/2010
An American internet marketing company has stepped up its overseas expansion by opening an office in...
Big Chip Awards 2010 winners in full
11/06/2010
The 12th Big Chip Awards took place last night at Manchester's Palace Hotel, recognising the best No...
2 weeks left to enter the Chamber Awards 2010
11/06/2010
There are just 2 weeks left for members to enter this year’s Chamber Awards. Run by British Chamb...
Salford construction firm heading for record year
11/06/2010
A recession-busting Salford construction company is heading for a record year, bosses said today. ...
Watching the World Cup at work
11/06/2010
Advice for staff and employers on World Cup TV viewing during working hours. To read the full art...
BBC throws its weight behind Salford Film Festival
10/06/2010
The BBC has announced that it is set to support this year's Salford Film Festival (SFF), running fro...
World Cup working
10/06/2010
Is your business ready for the World Cup? Many of the matches in the month-long tournament will take...
Plans for live music venue on show
09/06/2010
Stadium Point, the company behind a planned new live music venue in Trafford, has launched the publi...
NWDA Chief Exec to Take Up New Role for BBC at MediaCityUK
09/06/2010
Deputy Chief Executive of the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) - Ian Haythornthwaite - i...
Physical Energy Plus wins the day for Salford teenagers
07/06/2010
Salford teenagers took control of their own green energy business and powered up their creative and ...
Vision+Media recieves further £1m to support North West creative scene
07/06/2010
The £1 million skills programme contract has been awarded to Vision+Media by the Northwest Regional ...
Nations and Regions announces dates, Connock and Simpson sign up
04/06/2010
The University of Salford has confirmed the dates for next year's Nations and Regions Media Conferen...
Magistrates’ court closure plan anger
03/06/2010
The possible closure of Salford Magistrates’ Court has been greeted with angry backlash. Staff at...
BBC sticks with 999 Design
02/06/2010
999 Design is now the only North West agency on the BBC’s marketing communications and design servi...
Slaughterhouse Studios on Salford City Radio
01/06/2010
Today's guests on the Chapel Street Business Group show on 94.4FM Salford City Radio are Ian and Sid...
Social Media Marketing Training Courses in Manchester
01/06/2010
Isn't it time you learnt how to grow and market your business or organisation on free social media p...
LiveWork Salford Survey
01/06/2010
LiveWork is a project that intends to renovate a grade II listed building in Salford into apartments...
Manchester architects nominated in RIBA’s 350 awards
01/06/2010
Two Manchester architects have been shortlisted in The Royal Institute of British Architects’s 350 A...
PushON gets its orders from Aspect Two
28/05/2010
Mail order brand Aspect Two has appointed Manchester's PushON to handle its PPC advertising and SEO ...
Salford Uni builds terrace house to test energy efficiency
28/05/2010
THE University of Salford is to build a traditional terraced house inside a three-storey, sealed tes...
Manchester Airport announces Innovation Summit
26/05/2010
Manchester Airport will be hosting its first ever Innovation Summit, taking place this summer. This ...
Wilkinson set for Salford Reds stay
25/05/2010
Salford chairman John Wilkinson won’t be standing down when the City Reds move into the new £26m com...
EN's North West Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
25/05/2010
Now in their ninth year, EN’s North West Entrepreneur of the Year Awards are the region’s top accola...
Talks continue as ITV denies MediaCity move
24/05/2010
TALKS to revive ITV's on-off move to MediaCity:uk have stepped up a gear and a decision is expected ...
Cable will not 'wield the axe' at NWDA
21/05/2010
BUSINESS secretary Vince Cable has stated that he does not intend to "take an axe" to the North West...
New Manchester Digital council elected
21/05/2010
Local digital industry support body Manchester Digital has elected its new council members for the c...
Salford Music Co-Operative Live Launch Party
20/05/2010
Salford Music Co-Operative Live Launch Party When: Sunday, May 30th & Monday May 31st, 2010 5:...
Salford Software builds ID system for NHS trusts
20/05/2010
Salford Software has been contracted to build the foundations of a new Identity Management service f...
MediaCityUK Business Head Departs
19/05/2010
Jason Legget was one of those, like NWDA Chair Robert Hough and Peel Media Chair Bryan Gray, who wa...
Legget leaves MediaCityUK
19/05/2010
Jason Legget, head of business development at Peel Media's MediaCityUK on Salford Quays, has left th...
Don't scrap NWDA teamwork , says private sector body
19/05/2010
A private sector pressure group is urging Vince Cable not to scrap the Northwest Regional Developmen...
Salford Park Keeper
18/05/2010
Forty Years As A Salford Park Keeper… Much loved 'parkie' Barry Gordon retires at the end of the ...
Salford Council approves Soapworks scheme
18/05/2010
SALFORD City Council has given outline planning approval to Manchester developer Abstract Nikal to c...
Peel Ports increases capacity of its barge service on Manchester Ship Canal
18/05/2010
Peel Ports has increased capacity of its container barge service between Liverpool and Manchester to...
Building work starts on Salford City Reds' £26m stadium
18/05/2010
Work on building Salford's £26 million community stadium has officially started on site today. The c...
ENER-G switches on €2.6 million renewable energy project in Budapest
17/05/2010
ENER-G switches on €2.6 million renewable energy project in Budapest A €2.6 million renewable en...
Final call for entries to Manchester Chamber’s Innovation Award
17/05/2010
THERE are less than two weeks to go before the entry deadline for Greater Manchester Chamber’s inaug...
Timely boost for Salford Reds
17/05/2010
This was the perfect starter ahead of Tuesday's main course when Salford chairman, John Wilkinson, w...
University holds International Day Against Homophobia event
17/05/2010
This morning (Monday, 17 May) Vice-Chancellor Professor Martin Hall hosted the launch of a pioneerin...
Sacred Trinity activities 24th - 29th May
14/05/2010
As part of Sacred trinity church’s 375th birthday celebrations, the church will be open from 12 midd...
Salford students get gigs for BBC
14/05/2010
Three students from the University of Salford have been undertaking a filming project for the BBC t...
Just Before You Go
12/05/2010
Just Before You Go, There’s something you should do…………………….. While most people have a wish list ...
Event celebrates local people who tell their stories
12/05/2010
Next Monday, The Lowry at Salford Quays will be the venue for the premiere of a new film celebrating...
CTI Digital continues to expand at pace
12/05/2010
CTI Digital has been scouring North West agencies to bring in 3 new team members from firms includin...
Freemont Adventure Challenge 2010
11/05/2010
Are you up for this? The Construction Industry Event of the year! A Great Weekend in the Lake ...
ELAS Offers First Aid In Work Courses
11/05/2010
Eccles-based Employment Law Advisory Services (ELAS) is offering local businesses the chance to atte...
Chamber sets up carbon reduction group
11/05/2010
Greater Manchester Chamber has set up a new expert grouping to share best practice on carbon reducti...
Would you like to be a community reporter? Sign up this week!
10/05/2010
Training is available for up to 12 people to become Community Reporters during the week of 24th to 2...
Salford hosts international construction congress
10/05/2010
More than six hundred delegates will descend on Salford this week for the Council for Research and I...
£10m funding on offer for North West firms
10/05/2010
AMBITIOUS young businesses across the North West are being invited to pitch for a slice of £10m wort...
ENER-G pumps up sustainable heating and cooling operation
07/05/2010
ENER-G pumps up sustainable heating and cooling operation Salford-based clean technology group EN...
CTI creates charity website for Fundraising Football
07/05/2010
Manchester's CTI Digital has donated its time to build a site for the Fundraising Football initiativ...
St Patrick's Pupils Pitch to DG Consultancy
06/05/2010
30 Year 9 pupils from St Patrick's R C High School visited Salford's Innovation Forum and pitched th...
KidsCan Events - May Update!
06/05/2010
Sunday 13th June – Sphereing For KidsCan Stocksfield, Northumberland. Are you brave enough to be r...
University wants to hear about new ways of working
05/05/2010
The University of Salford is looking for businesses and individuals with bright ideas about new ways...
Angie Robinson unveiled as Midas chief executive
05/05/2010
MIDAS, Manchester's inward investment agency, has appointed Angie Robinson as its new chief executiv...
Fingersheild UK on Salford City Radio
04/05/2010
Don't forget to tune into the Chapel Street Business Group show on 94.4FM Salford City Radio or list...
PushON to improve law firm's web presence
04/05/2010
Manchester-based online marketing agency PushON has been appointed by law firm Hill Dickinson to imp...
Salford Software aims to save NHS millions
04/05/2010
SALFORD Software has saved Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust around £200,000 over the next five year...
Salford Mayor Unveils Kersal Moor Plaque
03/05/2010
KERSAL MOOR PLAQUE UNVEILED IN CELEBRATION A May Day weekend of Chartist celebrations ended today...
Bold, Beautiful, Brutal and Beleaguered
03/05/2010
Bold, Beautiful, Brutal and Beleaguered – the Modernist Society Map of 20th Century Manchester M...
How-Do Awards 2010 - all the winners and pictures
30/04/2010
We’re in the Wild West, at least if FT.com’s managing editor Robert Shrimsley is to be believed. He ...
University of Salford hunts for branding and web suppliers
30/04/2010
The University of Salford is set for an image overhaul, with the release of a tender document lookin...
ENER-G helps dairy move into greener pastures
30/04/2010
ENER-G helps dairy move into greener pastures Salford-based clean tech group ENER-G is working wi...
Free Activities for Young people
29/04/2010
Delivered by Chapel St churches in partnership with The Angel Centre, Salford Youth Services and Eas...
Win free tickets for cultural activities around Chapel St.
29/04/2010
We are offering prizes for the best suggestions for a name for our community arts project, which is ...
Slater Heelis promotes partners; Cuckoo Design swells team
29/04/2010
MANCHESTER law firm Slater Heelis has promoted two new partners. The promotion of private client ...
Chapel Street tour strikes a chord with music lovers
29/04/2010
The Chapel Street blues would once have been an apt title for a tour of the Salford street. Scarr...
Salford Radio wants to broadcast you for free
28/04/2010
Salford City Radio is branching out beyond its base in Swinton to cover outside events, broadcasting...
Chartist poetry celebrated at Salford event
28/04/2010
On Saturday 1 May, University of Salford graduate and Shameless star Maxine Peake will be reading p...
Local Election Special on 94.4FM Salford City Radio
26/04/2010
On Thursday the 29th April, Salford City Radio is hosting its very own "Leaders Debate" live on the ...
Park Lands North West Fostering Contract
26/04/2010
Cheshire’s independent foster care agency Park Foster Care has been awarded Tier One status in the N...
New music commissioned for iconic telephone kiosk
26/04/2010
The Manchester Modernist Society presents ‘Conversations We Wish We’d Had’, a new sound commissio...
Kings' Arms is Pub of the Year
21/04/2010
The Kings' Arms has been crowned Salford Advertiser Pub Of The Year 2010. The popular venue beat ...
Transmission’s growing reputation in the Third Sector
20/04/2010
Over the past year, Transmission have worked closely with a number of Third Sector organisations hel...
BBC's Salford move ‘on track' says director-general
20/04/2010
The BBC's Director-General Mark Thompson said that corporation's plans to move five of its departmen...
Air Creative launches voting campaign for Salford
20/04/2010
Rostered agency, Air Creative, has been appointed by Salford City Council to encourage voting in the...
Salford Rocks. Sounds from the Other City returns.
19/04/2010
The north has always been comparatively short on music festivals, but Manchester’s not doing too bad...
Savvy get Digital
19/04/2010
Manchester based strategic marketing agency The Savvy Partnership have been appointed by FirstLine D...
Ultra Green Hospital Installs ENER-G Sustainable Technologies
19/04/2010
Salford-based ENER-G (www.energ.co.uk) is supplying advanced renewable and energy efficient technolo...
Sounds from the Other City
19/04/2010
Sounds from the Other City is less than TWO weeks away. Islington Mill is playing another huge part ...
Freemont named Salford’s Business of the Year
16/04/2010
CONSTRUCTION group Freemont was last night crowned Business of the Year at the Salford Business Awar...
Freemont wins Salford Business of the Year
16/04/2010
At the 2010 Salford Business Awards, construction and refurbishment company Freemont walked away wit...
Last Chance for Manchester 10k Places
16/04/2010
There is just one more month to go before the Bupa Great Manchester Run on 16th May 2010. The public...
The IoD North West Director of the Year Awards 2010
16/04/2010
Do you know a director who is excelling in their field, a great Leader and role model....? If so why...
Freemont takes top spot at Salford Business Awards
15/04/2010
Construction and fit-out specialist Freemont was today celebrating after becoming the big winner at ...
Corridor and The Midland win Northern Hospitality Awards
13/04/2010
Salford's Corridor Bar and The Midland Hotel's general manager Michael Magrane were among the winner...
Morris quits MMU business school for Salford
09/04/2010
Professor Huw Morris is leaving his post at the head of Manchester Metropolitan University's busines...
Foster Care Fortnight Calendar
09/04/2010
If you’re interested in fostering, foster care fortnight is a great time to find out more. Salford C...
Greengate plan is 'go'
08/04/2010
Almost £5m has been awarded for a mass regeneration scheme to improve the Greengate area. The sit...
University of Salford on hunt for branding and web agency
08/04/2010
The University of Salford has released a tender to attract a supplier to work on briefs ranging from...
Be a part of Manchester Masters
07/04/2010
Manchester Masters, the high profile graduate retention initiative, is looking for leading creative ...
Salford University puts MediaCityUK studio fit out to tender
07/04/2010
The University of Salford has put out a tender document to find a supplier to fit-out the radio and ...
MediaCityUK Open Day
06/04/2010
The University of Salford invites you to their MediaCityUK Open Day on Monday 26th April 2010 Th...
Angel of Salford Become 100th Mark Holder
06/04/2010
The Angel Healthy Living Centre (HLC), Salford, has become the 100th social enterprise to be awarded...
Hacienda goes Cuckoo for first EP release
06/04/2010
The first EP release from Hacienda, the nightclub turned record label, will sport artwork created b...
Salford Business Awards finalists revealed
06/04/2010
A FIVE star hotel, machine manufacturer, linen supplier and baby food business are among the finalis...
NWDA helps fund £3m Salford spec office scheme
01/04/2010
The Northwest Regional Development Agency is helping to finance a £3m speculative office development...
Chamber Gears up for General Election Campaign in Salford
01/04/2010
Greater Manchester Chamber is gearing up for the forthcoming General Election campaign in the boroug...
Small businesses lack the support they need to go green
31/03/2010
Small businesses lack the support they need to go green FSB-ICM research shows that the Gove...
The BUPA Great Manchester 10k Run
31/03/2010
Following a successful 2009, we are now looking forward to the year ahead. 2010 marks our 20th birth...
Great Manchester Run
30/03/2010
KidsCan are offering supporters a FREE place in the Great Manchester Run! All we require is a £50...
Social media surgeries in Manchester
29/03/2010
Monthly social media surgeries will be held in Manchester for businesses looking to capitalise on ne...
NW Vision + Media DMEX placement
28/03/2010
Northwest Vision and Media is urging the region’s digital agencies to take advantage of the DMEX ini...
Salford Star community funding application rejected by Salford council
26/03/2010
The Salford Star’s ongoing battle with Salford Council reached another deadlock last night with the ...
ENER-G's double acquisition drives European growth
25/03/2010
Sustainable energy technology business ENER-G, headquartered in Salford, Greater Manchester, has exp...
Budget will provide major boost for Salford small businesses
25/03/2010
Many Salford businesses won’t have to pay business rates next year Hazel Blears MP has welcomed a...
Peel hands over final buildings to BBC
25/03/2010
The BBC said today that its final two buildings at MediaCity UK had been handed over on time and on ...
Gordon Brown backs Salford Christie
25/03/2010
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has sensationally given his backing to the Salford Advertiser Christie c...
Laughing in the Streets
24/03/2010
Square Peg Workshops, will hit the streets once again this spring for 2 days of open – and free – co...
How will the Budget 2010 affect your business?
24/03/2010
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, delivered his third Budget statement to the House...
M3 Magazine Launch and New Mornings Old Streets!
24/03/2010
M3 Magazine is a FREE Magazine for the residents of Salford M3. This area does not receive free lo...
NWDA chairman joins Vision+Media board
24/03/2010
Robert Hough, the chairman of the Northwest Regional Development Agency, has been unveiled as the la...
How-Do Awards 2010 - the short list announced
23/03/2010
Despite a number of regional and national media and creative awards initiatives already cancelled or...
Salford's First Music Co-operative
23/03/2010
An exciting new Co-operative dealing with the music business has been forged by the city's top DJs, ...
Salmon launches indie fund
23/03/2010
BBC North Director Peter Salmon has announced details of a new commissioning fund for producers in t...
Salford Innovation and Creation Hub
22/03/2010
One of the five winning projects to benefit from the VC’s Iconic City of Salford Awards will host it...
Calling the UKs best creative talent
19/03/2010
Get involved in a music first… As part of a larger event called Unknown Pleasures, celebrat...
Primary children's art work on Chapel Street
19/03/2010
Pupils from three Salford primary schools have been inspired to write poetry about the city’s landma...
Channel M to move to Salford and plans new productions
19/03/2010
How-Do has learnt that Channel M will be moving to GMG’s radio base at Laser House in Salford Quays ...
NW Construction Awards Tickets Now On Sale
18/03/2010
The Centre for Construction Innovation is delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for the...
Last places for innovative and heavily subsidised course left
17/03/2010
INNOVATE With Confidence, a practical business course aimed at Manchester companies, is being offere...
Marketing Society Launches First Ever Northern Awards
17/03/2010
The Marketing Society, the UK’s most influential network of marketers, has announced an extension to...
Sponsored Bike Ride San Fran to LA
17/03/2010
I am off to America to cycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles (Around 650 miles, 7 days riding). I ...
KidsCan’s Forthcoming Events
15/03/2010
Wednesday 24th March – Salford Students Cider Festival! Salford Students Union – 14 varieties of cid...
Innovation Award
15/03/2010
The Chamber has launched a groundbreaking Innovation Award to celebrate some of Greater Manchester's...
Little Orchard gets sporty
15/03/2010
Those of you who regularly read our newsletter, Buds, will know that there is a little member of Lit...
Going For Gold
12/03/2010
Going For Gold by Jimmy Petruzzi Be the best you can be With Performance Coach & 'Britain's ...
Growing LateRooms seeks new home
12/03/2010
ONLINE hotel booking company LateRooms.com is set to move to a new location in Manchester after outg...
Ethnic minority business award winners announced
12/03/2010
Greater Manchester businesses won nearly every category in the 2010 Ethnic Minority Business Awards,...
Happy Easter
11/03/2010
Happy Easter! We want you to put all your eggs in one basket because we know you won’t be disappo...
£40m sale agreed for Salford Shopping City
11/03/2010
The sale of Salford Shopping City could spark a massive regeneration of the area, according to counc...
Square Peg mix laughter and learning
11/03/2010
Sarah Birch and Victoria Cook are certainly having a laugh with their business, Square Peg. The p...
Young music entrepreneur is a Woman to Watch
10/03/2010
Music entrepreneur is a 'Woman to Watch' as she goes global with music events from Australia to Colo...
Salford stadium gets green light
10/03/2010
Salford City Reds are celebrating their first victory of the season - confirmation that the dream of...
Poetic Pupils are inspired by Salford landmarks on Chapel Street
10/03/2010
Pupils from three Salford primary schools have been inspired to write poetry about the city’s landma...
Sounds From the Other City Tickets Now on Sale
09/03/2010
Sunday 2nd May £15 tickets avaliable from quaytickets.com The undefeated champion of new mus...
Tories WILL axe RDAs if elected
09/03/2010
REGIONAL development agencies such as the North West Development Agency would be scrapped under a ne...
Salford Through the Lens
08/03/2010
Celebrating ten years of the Council's ace Life Times project comes an equally top photographic exhi...
CSBG member launches new corporate events website
07/03/2010
Salford toastmaster Peter Aust has just launched a new website, www.toastmaster-events.com to furthe...
Salford launches business school
04/03/2010
Salford City College has launched a new operation aimed at businesses. Trinity Business Training ...
NWDA pays for Irwell River Park works
04/03/2010
Environmental improvement works can begin on The Meadows at Irwell River Park in Salford following a...
What the hell is that.....
03/03/2010
The next time you travel along Broad Street in Salford try and take time to have a look at a piece o...
Business Link helping social enterprises
02/03/2010
How Business Link Northwest helps social enterprises Social enterprises share many of the challen...
£10.8m grant to kick-start Salford’s Chapel Street redevelopment
02/03/2010
THE £650m redevelopment of the Chapel Street area of Salford has moved a step closer, with a public ...
Get On Your Bike for KidsCan
01/03/2010
For those of you who prefer peddling to pounding the streets in the Great Manchester Run, KidsCan ha...
Free Radio Training Workshops
01/03/2010
Have you got a story to tell? Have you ever wanted to try your hand at radio? If so, we have the per...
Islington Mill secures funding
01/03/2010
Islington Mill secures funding giving a boost to Salford Arts Islington Mill, a warehouse de...
Cuckoo Design Launches New Services
25/02/2010
Leading creative agency, Cuckoo Design, is building on last year’s successes, with the launch of two...
Chi Chi's training for seven wonders
25/02/2010
A Salford businesswoman is calling on the public to help her get fit for a Seven Wonders of the Worl...
Love is in the air for Salford student
23/02/2010
Singletons who spent Valentine's Day watching TV can give their love lives a boost by taking part in...
New £3.6m promenade for Salford Quays
23/02/2010
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) is spending £3.6m on a new public promenade to comp...
Felicity Goodey on Chapel Street business
23/02/2010
"MediaCity will make us famous, but it's Chapel Street we'll be remembered for...." Ex-BBC journa...
Council seeks contractors for Chapel Street work
19/02/2010
Salford City Council requires contractors for the construction of new pavements and new street light...
Dragons Den
17/02/2010
Entrepreneurs from across the country once again have a chance to make their business dreams come tr...
Creative Credits Wave Two
17/02/2010
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is inviting Manchester-based sma...
Helicentre Liverpool makes 3 for The Savvy Partnership
15/02/2010
The Savvy Partnership have just started working with Helicentre Liverpool, the region’s leading heli...
Salford's online music academy takes off
12/02/2010
If you've ever listened to Salford City Radio, you'll likely know who Chris Brophy is. Variously ...
Salford Question Time
12/02/2010
A partnership project Seedley & Langworthy Trust and Salford Take Part Pathfinder Summary A se...
How-Do Awards 2010 - now open for entries
10/02/2010
The How-Do Awards 2010 are now open for entries with a closing date of Friday 5 March. The awards di...
Town hall saves £30k by banning biscuits
10/02/2010
A town hall is saving £30,000 – by banning biscuits and drinks at meetings. Bourbons, custard cre...
Investment boost for young social entrepreneurs
10/02/2010
oung entrepreneurs are being encouraged to explore ideas that pay off for their local communities. ...
Salford Advertiser to Move to Oldham
09/02/2010
The Guardian Media Group, which owns the Manchester Evening News and Salford Advertiser, has sold al...
Pie Factory filling up with two new tenants
08/02/2010
Camera stabilisation systems firm MK-V Group and web design company Web Potential have moved into Th...
Salford Sport video interviews, match reports and more
05/02/2010
SalfordOnline will soon be hosting match reports and pictures from all Swinton Lions rugby league ma...
Call for Artists The Manchester Kiosks
05/02/2010
Call for Artists - The Manchester Kiosks This is an opportunity for a contemporary artist to prod...
How to look good wearing a plastic bag
03/02/2010
Two University of Salford fashion students have been working with Asda to create stylish outfits fro...
Crescent Pub is Centre for Espionage
02/02/2010
Sir Roger Moore and Sir Ian McKellen both star in a new graphic novel set around the North West, wit...
NWDA pumps £630,000 into research project at MediaCityUK
02/02/2010
The Northwest Regional Development Agency is handing a £630,000 grant to a new research unit at Medi...
Vice-Chancellor appointed to knowledge sharing board
02/02/2010
The University of Salford's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Martin Hall, has been appointed to the board ...
Looking to Recruit the Best Graduates
01/02/2010
Looking to Recruit the Best Graduates – Without Fees or The Hassle of CV Sifting?? Manchester Mas...
Women in Business award winners named
01/02/2010
The winners in the Northwest Women in Business Awards 2010 were named at a ceremony at Ribby Hall in...
TheBusinessDesk rolls onwards and outwards with new launch
01/02/2010
TheBusinessDesk.com is continuing with the roll-out of its model of dedicated regional business port...
Salford regeneration scheme moves closer
27/01/2010
THE fate of a massive £650m Salford regeneration scheme now lies in the hands of civil servants in M...
Salford helps students and graduates set up their own businesses
26/01/2010
The University of Salford's Origin scheme is helping its students and graduates to set-up their own ...
CRIS gets boost with BECTU sign-up
25/01/2010
The community media producers, Creative Industries in Salford (CRIS), and BECTU, the trade union for...
Salford Residents Get £50,000
25/01/2010
SECURITY FOR RESIDENTS OF M3 Three residents associations in the M3 areas of Greengate, Blackfria...
Britain's first urban co-operative pub launches in Salford
25/01/2010
The Star Inn in Salford, which was facing closure last autumn, was officially launched today as Brit...
Help Haiti on 1st Feb
22/01/2010
To the Manchester Business Community… On Monday 1st February, I’ll be stationed at The Golftorium...
Final call for entries to Salford Business Awards
22/01/2010
ORGANISERS of the third annual Salford Business Awards are making their final call for entries to th...
Help After Adoption Raise £20k in Their 20th Year
22/01/2010
Help After Adoption Raise £20k in Their 20th Year visit
Salford’s £650m city centre facelift
21/01/2010
SALFORD'S biggest ever redevelopment plan costing £650m has been approved by council planning bosses...
Salford's £650m regeneration plans agreed
21/01/2010
The biggest ever regeneration project planned for Salford has been approved by councillors. The m...
Salford's Chapel St plans get green light
21/01/2010
A large chunk of central Salford is set to be re-built after councillors approved the city's biggest...
Sinclair leaves MIDAS for Bruntwood
21/01/2010
Manchester property company Bruntwood has appointed Colin Sinclair as special projects director, to ...
Cuckoo promotes Wheatley to deputy MD after just 15 months
21/01/2010
Cuckoo Design has added to its board with the promotion of Steve Wheatley to deputy managing directo...
Plans approved to put the heart back into the old city of Salford
21/01/2010
The application, submitted by English Cities Fund (ECf) with the support of Central Salford Urban Re...
Research into people with disabilities in music inspired by Ian Dury
19/01/2010
A University of Salford researcher is studying the way in which musicians affected by polio such as ...
Upcoming KidsCan Events
18/01/2010
KidsCan have a wide range of events for you to look forward to and get involved in! Charity Netwo...
Salford City Reds takes £350,000 loan from council
18/01/2010
Salford City Council has loaned Salford City Reds rugby club £350,000, which is understood to be hel...
Projects announced for VC's Iconic City of Salford Awards
15/01/2010
The projects chosen to receive funding through the Vice-Chancellor's Iconic City of Salford Awards h...
Graduate Gateway
15/01/2010
Need an extra resource for your business? Need a cost-effective solution to your recruitment needs?...
Oasis Academy Careers Fair
15/01/2010
Are you interested in having a Stall/Stand at our Careers Fair? We are holding a careers fair her...
Vision Into Action Training Programme
15/01/2010
Are you looking to start your New Year reinvigorated and feeling more passionate than ever about you...
Peter Aust launches new corporate business website
15/01/2010
Salford toastmaster Peter Aust has just launched a new website, www.toastmater-events.com to further...
Salford hosts first all-media conference
14/01/2010
THE first fully-convergent media conference to be hosted by Salford University will take place withi...
Salford City Radio score BBC deal
12/01/2010
The volunteers at 94.4FM Salford City Radio are jumping for joy after learning that their community ...
Two top entrepreneurs to speak at business event
12/01/2010
A businesswoman who built a FTSE100 travel business from a bedsit and a multi-award winning entrepre...
Manchester agencies come together to launch SAScon
11/01/2010
A coterie of Manchester-based marketing services agencies have banded together with Manchester Digit...
Discussions restart over possible ITV move to MediaCity
11/01/2010
ITV is back in talks about a possible move out of Granada's historic home in Manchester city centre ...
BBC outlines vision for MediaCityUK with new site
11/01/2010
The BBC has launched a new website to recruit staff for its multi-departmental move to MediaCityUK, ...
Tracey says YES!
07/01/2010
Tracey Gibbs has recently completed a shoot of the ‘Frisson’ collection for new company, Yes Designs...
Big Lottery Fund Workshop
07/01/2010
Got a great idea that will help your community, but no funding? This workshop could be for you......
Rugby League plans MediaCity presence
06/01/2010
The Rugby Football League (RFL) is considering whether to move its PR and communications teams perma...
NWDA's interim fund now available
06/01/2010
A consortium appointed to run the interim venture capital fund put in place to bridge the gap create...
Appointment of Delivery Manager for Creative Services
06/01/2010
Northwest Vision and Media has announced the appointment of Lindsey Gayle Taylor as its Delivery Man...
BBC @North to discuss £500k commission opportunities
06/01/2010
Liverpool and Manchester are the locations for two upcoming sessions to be held by the BBC's @North ...
ENER-G powers major savings at Museum of Liverpool
02/01/2010
The largest newly-built national museum built in the UK for more than a hundred years will be powere...
Business Link on Hand to Help Companies Realise Future Growth
22/12/2009
As North West companies look to the future and the opportunities for growth it offers, Business Link...
Media Enterprise Centre for MediaCity
17/12/2009
AN INNOVATION and business support facility for the media sector is to be created at MediaCity. Salf...
Three business wins for Cuckoo
17/12/2009
Cuckoo Design has announced that it has been awarded new business contracts from Leonard Curtis, Tam...
Shopping City up for sale after row
17/12/2009
AN INNER-city shopping centre has been put on the market after a row with supermarket giant Tesco. ...
HEFCE hails University of Salford employer engagement success
16/12/2009
The University has been commended by Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for its t...
Puddle Ducks raise over £1000 for Children in Need in their Pyjamas!
15/12/2009
Puddle Ducks, the national baby swimming school with the head office in Cheshire hosted a week long ...
Salford's slums revealed in film
15/12/2009
RARE and controversial film footage of Salford in the 1960s will be screened tonight . It capture...
Lotta Bottle at The Kings Arms
15/12/2009
It's that time of year again, yes it's the awards evening for Studio Salford, or as they are more af...
2ergo creates paid-for Guardian iPhone app
15/12/2009
Salford Quays-based software development firm 2ergo has created a new iPhone application aimed at re...
UK Online Portal for Live Business Experts
14/12/2009
Are you an Expert? Need Expert Advice? UK Online Portal of Live Business Experts is officially lau...
TSL signs up for MediaCity
14/12/2009
BROADCAST technology company TSL is opening an office at MediaCityUK.The broadcast systems integrato...
Salford demonstrates best practice for LGBT equality
14/12/2009
A University and College Union (UCU) study on sexual orientation equality has found that the Univers...
Northwest Vision and Media hunts agency partner to push NorthernNet
14/12/2009
Northwest Vision and Media has initiated the search for a PR agency to promote the recently announce...
Groundbreaking social media film to chart life in the North West
11/12/2009
An ambitious new film project is set to be launched in an attempt to capture everyday life in the No...
PBR Huge boost for low carbon technologies
09/12/2009
MILLIONS of pounds of funding was today earmarked by the Chancellor to help the UK become a global l...
ENER-G founder Tim Scott receives parliamentary award
09/12/2009
Tim Scott, chairman and founder of Salford-based clean technology firm ENER-G, has received a commen...
PushON helps Anthony Worrall Thompson with recipe for festive success
09/12/2009
Digital marketing agency PushON has (yet again) joined forces with consumer PR outfit Brazen to prom...
Women in Business Awards shortlist revealed
08/12/2009
THE owners of a small animal hotel, art gallery and marketing agencies are among the finalists for t...
BT to provide next generation broadband to MediaCityUK
07/12/2009
The new MediaCity development on Manchester's Salford Quays is to benefit from a next-generation bro...
Little Orchard Scoops One of the Coveted Creative Credits Projects
07/12/2009
Little Orchard has scooped a new video contract thanks to the Creative Credits initiative. The Manch...
Tree planting World record attempt
05/12/2009
Salford business Carbon Creative - who plant a tree for every order they receive - will join nearly ...
Shop local in Salford this Christmas
04/12/2009
Salford residents are being urged to give the city's traders a happy Christmas and make sure they ar...
Partnership created to drive energy innovation in Northwest
03/12/2009
Five organisations in the Northwest of England have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to wo...
Archaeology with the community!
01/12/2009
There is a new Research Centre for Applied Archaeology at the University of Salford (but based in th...
Greengate public realm work to start shortly
01/12/2009
Whitelaw Turkington and Arup have had plans for the £10.4m Greengate public realm scheme approved by...
Its Your Salford - Salford's Draft Core Strategy
26/11/2009
The Core Strategy is a strategic level document which will provide the spatial planning vision and s...
Coach Alker is a big hit
26/11/2009
SALFORD CITY REDS football director Steve Simms believes his decision to promote skipper Mal Alker t...
MIDAS reveals international business club strategy
25/11/2009
INWARD investment chiefs from Manchester have the launched the first of a series of business clubs i...
Monbiot Divides Salford
24/11/2009
Salford Star editor, Stephen Kingston, responds to a column by a local newspaper editor who argued t...
Larkin named University of Salford communications director
24/11/2009
Chris Larkin has been appointed the new communications director at the University of Salford. Lar...
Laterooms' founder funds kids' trips
23/11/2009
TEVE Walsh, founder of the website hotel room comparison service laterooms.com, has launched a not-f...
Salford students to help redesign BBC Bitesize website
20/11/2009
A team of University of Salford students has won a competition to work with the BBC on the redesign ...
Business Language Champions News
20/11/2009
Languages for Export Consultancy Services Salford's DG Consultancy's director, Delphine Greenhalg...
Salford Film Festival
19/11/2009
Just to remind you that Salford Film Festival kicks off at VUE this Friday, from 2pm. We've got the ...
After Adoption Christmas Cards
19/11/2009
Featuring the winning designs from last year's Christmas Card competition, all proceeds from the car...
University of Salford's Conference Team Monthly Update
19/11/2009
The University of Salford now has video conferencing facilities at the Innovation Forum, located jus...
Salford student wins digital award
19/11/2009
A Salford student has won a coveted Drum Award for the Digital Industries (DADI). This is the third ...
BBC unveils £500k digital initiative
19/11/2009
The BBC has said it plans to plough £500,000 into children's programming by commissioning North West...
Cuckoo's Justine finalist in Crain's Business Woman of the Year
18/11/2009
Justine Wright has been selected from over 120 entrants as a finalist in Crain's Business Women of t...
Salford Film Festival 2009 New Mornings, Old Streets
18/11/2009
People's Voice Media would like to invite you to the wonderful launch of our new project, New Mornin...
LateRooms celebrates 10 years of success
18/11/2009
HOTEL booking website LateRooms.com, one of the North West's biggest business success stories of rec...
Launch of the 2009 How-Do Media 100
18/11/2009
How-Do’s most popular feature, the annual compilation of 100 of the North West’s leading and most in...
Street trees to be planted along Frederick Road
17/11/2009
Street trees to be planted along Frederick Road in January/February 2010. Between the junction wi...
KidsCan Christmas Cards Order Today
16/11/2009
As ever, you can have your own personal message on an insert in the card at no extra charge. The ...
KidsCan Taxi for Biggins
16/11/2009
Celebrity Legend, Christopher Biggins very kindly visited KidsCan this month to officially launch th...
Salford and Channel M pick up top TV award
16/11/2009
Salford staff and students have beaten off the competition from ITV Productions and the Crime and In...
Salford Unemployed Union Launched
11/11/2009
SALFORD RECONNECTS TO ITS HERITAGE Salford – where the TUC was founded way back in 1848, and wher...
Puddle Ducks host a Pyjama Party to support Children in Need 2009
10/11/2009
Puddle Ducks, the national baby swimming school with the head office in Cheshire, is inviting all th...
The Pie Factory gets toasted
10/11/2009
UK - Toasted Productions are the latest in a long line of media companies to set up home in The Pie ...
Digital Cluster Highlighted by Government
10/11/2009
In the UK Government Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) report 'Higher Ambitions' (No...
12 days to go - the annual Northwest Women in Business awards
09/11/2009
Have you got your entry in..... go on you know you can do it! The 3rd Northwest Women in Business...
Ethnic Minority Business Awards seek entrants
09/11/2009
The Ethnic Minority Business Forum Northwest (EMBF NW) is looking for entries for the third Northwes...
Envirolink hosts renewable energy roadshow
09/11/2009
Businesses are to be offered advice about generating their own renewable energy at a roadshow in War...
£50m Ordsall scheme gets planning approval
06/11/2009
Salford City Council planners have approved a £50m scheme for a new district centre for Ordsall on t...
Region's finest honoured at M.E.N Business of the Year Awards
06/11/2009
COMPANIES involved in sectors from music, design and technology to pensions, water treatment and eng...
Mayor raising an ale glass for good cause
05/11/2009
THE Mayor of Salford has raised his glass to a new beer brewed to make money for charity. Council...
Recyclers Launch Green Design Contest
05/11/2009
Salford-based recycling firm Axion Polymers is challenging designers to come up with an innovative a...
Salford Advertiser launches its most important campaign ever
04/11/2009
Today sees the Salford Advertiser launch what it is calling its most important campaign ever - the b...
Marketing Workshops
03/11/2009
Salford Hundred Venture have developed a series of four workshops that will help you to get to grips...
Salford Film Festival to be promoted by Brazen
03/11/2009
The Salford Film Festival which takes place later this month will be promoted by Manchester PR consu...
Call for Contributors CREATIVE Times
03/11/2009
CREATIVE Times CREATIVE Times is re-launching really soon and we're looking for new contributors to ...
MediaCity brings in £92m boost for Salford firms
02/11/2009
THE MediaCityUK development has brought in £92m worth of business for Salford firms. The colossal sc...
Salford course to help North West businesses succeed
02/11/2009
The University of Salford has launched a two-day Internet search engine course to help businesses ma...
Scream like you mean it for a perfect Halloween frightener
30/10/2009
A University of Salford experiment involving 3,000 people has revealed the ingredients of the scarie...
Salford to rival Manchester as a business centre
29/10/2009
SALFORD will rival Manchester city centre as a place to do business over the next decade, say proper...
Salford Business Awards open
29/10/2009
THE third annual Salford Business Awards is now open for entries. The awards aim to give Salford ...
Multimillion boost to increase business efficiency
29/10/2009
ENWORKS, the Northwest environmental business support service, has received approval for a £9.9 mill...
Christmas at the Holiday Inn Manchester West
28/10/2009
It’s getting closer to Christmas and you must be looking forward to a Christmas Party ! The ...
WHR added to Media City roster
28/10/2009
Peel Group has confirmed that Manchester-based WHR Property Consultants has been added as the second...
Salford Artists Launch Chapel Street Open Studios
28/10/2009
The Chapel Street area of Salford will be hosting a fortnight of events in November as artists’ stud...
Peel signs Holiday Inn to Media City
28/10/2009
Peel Leisure has signed a franchise agreement with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for a 218-bed...
Origin unveils first work for Salford
28/10/2009
Origin Creative has released its first work for Salford City Council since being appointed to the au...
The Sixth Salford Film Festival
27/10/2009
Move over Sundance, step aside Cannes. It’s Salford’s turn to shine. Set to be bigger, better a...
Plans submitted for Salford’s Ivy Wharf
27/10/2009
DEVELOPER Abstract Nikal and joint venture partner The Carlyle Group have submitted an outline plann...
CTI heads home after Northern Quarter fire
27/10/2009
Fire, theft and now home again as CTI Support Network returns to the Northern Quarter after 2 years ...
A Big Breakfast for a Big Cause
26/10/2009
Why not make this an opportunity to catch up with friends, colleagues at work or to bring people tog...
Last chance to register for After Adoption's Hyde Park 10k
26/10/2009
Online registration for the Hyde Park 10k closes this week. Midnight on Friday 30th October is your...
Northwest Women in Business awards are open for entry
26/10/2009
They're back for 2010 - the annual Northwest Women in Business awards are open for entry.....! Th...
University of Salford launches Foundation Degree in Sustainable Communities
22/10/2009
Employers and students celebrated the launch of the University of Salford's new Foundation Degree in...
PushON to launch new web presence for Dr Beckmann
21/10/2009
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Laundry care firm Dr Beckmann has added to its roster of North West ma...
Beachcroft secures Salford Uni deal
21/10/2009
Law firm Beachcroft LLP has been appointed as sole provider of employment law services to The Univer...
DRAWN set to premiere at Salford Film Festival
21/10/2009
The 6th Salford Film Festival has announced that it will be the fixture for the world premiere of DR...
Salford expert contributes to research on problem gambling and debt
21/10/2009
Publication of the first UK research focusing on problem gambling and debt has shown that much more ...
Leading language services provider SEL moves into Salford Innovation Forum
20/10/2009
Did you know that Salford University has its own translation company? Established in 1986, Service...
a&b Quiz Night for KidsCan!
20/10/2009
We’re delighted to tell you that a&b Insurance Brokers are holding their Annual Charity Quiz night i...
UK Young Music Entrepreneur 2010
20/10/2009
As part of our wider UK Young Creative Entrepreneur programme we are currently running a competition...
2ergo creates app for Arsenal FC
20/10/2009
Mobile phone technology firm 2ergo Group Plc has released an iPhone application for Barclay's Premie...
Salford Star Aiming to Print Magazine Again
19/10/2009
SALFORD STAR AIMING TO PRINT MAGAZINE AGAIN We said we couldn't do it – they said we could! Th...
TheBusinessDesk.com launches free recruitment advertising
19/10/2009
THEBUSINESSDESK.COM has launched free advertising for top jobs across the North West and Yorkshire.W...
The Future 100 Young Entrepreneurs - 2009
18/10/2009
At Striding Out we are searching for talented young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 who demonstrate entrepr...
Cheers! Pub's tonic for workers
17/10/2009
A RIVERSIDE pub named after a local hero is getting a revamp - with some home-grown skills. A doz...
Northwest Vision and Media Sparks Digital Support Programme
16/10/2009
Northwest Vision and Media, which works on behalf of the digital and creative industries in the regi...
Chamber appoints new president
16/10/2009
A SALFORD businessman and former cardiac scientist has been appointed as the new president of Greate...
Cuckoo’s Nest Beer update
16/10/2009
Calling all ale lovers! From this weekend our very own sponsored beer, brewed by the wonderful Ba...
BBC takes control of MediaCity office
15/10/2009
THE BBC's move to Salford Quays took a step forward yesterday when developer Peel Holdings handed ov...
Salford MBA gets AMBA accreditation
15/10/2009
THE University of Salford's Master of Business Administration has been accredited by the Association...
Home / News / Morson 'best recruitment employer' Morson 'best recruitment employer'
15/10/2009
TECHNICAL recruitment agency Morson Group has been named as the best recruitment employer at an inte...
Virtual learning pioneered in Greater Manchester schools
15/10/2009
Fifteen schools in Greater Manchester are among the first to use new virtual reality software develo...
Diversity and change as new University leaders confirmed
13/10/2009
More than 300 colleagues, students and dignitaries attended last night's special ceremony where the ...
Salford Software pleased with progress
13/10/2009
SALFORD Software has reported a 16% increase in net operating profits to around £500,000 as it benef...
Salford Business Showcase
13/10/2009
At the Salford Innovation forum, the Chapel Street Business Group, led by Jon Monk brought together ...
Final call for Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2010
13/10/2009
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the UK’s most prestigious awards for business performance. Wi...
Puddle Ducks reach double figures
13/10/2009
Puddle Ducks sign FOUR new franchisees bringing the total up to 10! National swimming school fran...
Wilkinson's welding school to train more than 1,000 a year
12/10/2009
Salford City Reds chairman John Wilkinson is to open an advanced welding training school as a new si...
Icons of Manchester Music Scene Open Offical ITC fringe event
12/10/2009
Icons of Manchester Music Scene Open Offical ITC fringe event “Iconic images from Kevin cummins, ...
NWDA launches renewables sector support programme
09/10/2009
The North West Regional Development Agency has launched a new £2.3m initiative aimed at helping fled...
University of Salford's Conference Team Monthly Update
09/10/2009
This month we are introducing our year round conference venue, the Salford Innovation Forum, located...
GMG Regional Media to be sold to Trinity Mirror
09/10/2009
The Guardian Media Group has announced that it has agreed to sell GMG Regional Media, publisher of t...
University gallery hosts MA Contemporary Fine Art Show
08/10/2009
Interactive digital art is the focus of the annual MA Contemporary Fine Art Show, displaying work by...
Freemont Challenge Success
07/10/2009
The award winning Freemont Group set a challenge to the construction industry earlier in the year; g...
Salford City Fire
05/10/2009
FIRE DESTROYS SALFORD CITY CLUBHOUSE A fire early on Sunday morning has destroyed Salford City's ...
Pecha Kucha to come to Manchester
03/10/2009
Like many before them, architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham sat bored rigid in a business meeting...
Landmark Salford pub re-opens
02/10/2009
THE BLACK Lion is roaring back to life. The landmark Salford pub which closed in June re-opens today...
YogaBugs Micro Franchise opportunity
02/10/2009
Following the demand from people wanting to combine their love of yoga and their desire to improve t...
Relax with our divine treatments
02/10/2009
at One Holistic Therapy are offering a superb deal for you and your work colleagues. Imagine fe...
Cuckoo gives style to Salford diocese
01/10/2009
MAYBE it was divine intervention - or maybe the fact that they're practically neighbours. Whateve...
Festival support for Salford food and drink traders
30/09/2009
The cream of Salford’s culinary talent will be helping local traders battle back against the recessi...
Singer's dirty old row with Salford Council
29/09/2009
FOLK legend Ewan MacColl once upset Salford council by writing the song Dirty Old Town. The origi...
Cuckoo meets Peter Hook
29/09/2009
On 23rd September 2009 myself, Steve and James had the pleasure of being present at the unveiling of...
Puddle Ducks at the Great North Swim
29/09/2009
Less than a year on from a charity abseil where she organised a team who raised nearly £10,000, Ali ...
Be in with chance to get share of £600,000 fund!
29/09/2009
‘Creative Credits’ – a new programme from NESTA – gives Greater Manchester businesses the chance to ...
Lithuania plugs into Ener-G
28/09/2009
SUSTAINABLE power company ENER-G has landed a hat-trick of contracts in the Baltic state of Lithuani...
Peel gets BREEAM stamp for Media City
25/09/2009
Trafford-based Peel Media claims its Media City development on Salford Quays will be the first devel...
In Salford? In Business? Then you should be ON SalfordOnline.com
25/09/2009
SalfordOnline.com “does what it says on the tin” it’s about Salford and it’s online. We attract a...
BBC gets keys to MediaCity
24/09/2009
THE first of three buildings at MediaCity in Salford will be handed over to the BBC on Monday.Constr...
Peel submits planning for public realm at Media City
24/09/2009
Trafford-based Peel Media has applied for planning permission to construct a pedestrian promenade an...
Peel signs new shirt deal with Salford City Reds
24/09/2009
The Trafford Centre has renewed its sponsorship deal with rugby league club Salford City Reds, which...
Salford future never looked so good
24/09/2009
Central Salford held its third annual Investing in Regeneration event at the Lowry Hotel last night ...
Boost to Barton plans
24/09/2009
SALFORD City Reds bosses are fully expecting major development work to start on the club’s new stadi...
Morson hails solid performance
22/09/2009
TECHNICAL recruitment agency Morson Group today hailed a resilient performance as it posted higher h...
NABS Battle of the Bands
22/09/2009
For the second year running we are helping to manage NABS Battle of the Bands. Last year was a great...
TheBusinessDesk hits targets, claims title of fastest growing media in north
21/09/2009
The North West edition of TheBusinessDesk.com has marked its first birthday by surpassing its self-a...
On site industry training for Salford college leavers
21/09/2009
Salford college leavers wanting jobs in the construction industry are getting paid hands-on training...
Salford Software wins £100,000 university deal
21/09/2009
Salford Software has won a tender worth over £100,000 to provide the College of West Anglia with a n...
£2.5m to encourage enterprise in schools
21/09/2009
THE Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) is investing more than £2m to encourage youngsters into ente...
Manchester's future is creative, says report
18/09/2009
A REPORT on Manchester’s future and growth potential, which said the creative sector holds the key t...
NWDA urges firms to pay suppliers on time
15/09/2009
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) chairman Robert Hough and Regional Minister for the...
Peel extends TSL deal at Media City
11/09/2009
Peel Media Studios Limited (PMSL) has signed a letter of intent with Maidenhead-based broadcast syst...
The Lancashire Loop - Last Chance to Sign Up!
11/09/2009
The deadline to sign up to the Lancashire Loop Cycle Challenge is Friday 19th September but if you w...
First Keynote Speech for University’s New Vice-Chancellor
11/09/2009
Professor Martin Hall will make his first keynote speech as the University of Salford’s new Vice-Cha...
North West companies spinning gold from 2012
10/09/2009
CLOSE to 100 companies across the region have now won work for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. ...
Giant cupcakes signal start of Salford Food and Drink Festival
10/09/2009
First Liverpool, then Manchester and now Salford launches its Food and Drink Festival marketing camp...
Lights, camera, Salford: v-c set for MediaCity challenge
10/09/2009
Martin Hall is excited by the university's role in the 'media hub' of the North. Rebecca Attwood wri...
Cartel sets up on the high street
09/09/2009
FINANCIAL claims company Cartel Client Review sees the economic downturn as the perfect time to deve...
AA2A - Artists Access to Art Colleges Scheme
09/09/2009
Artists Access to Art Colleges Scheme Hosted by University of Salford, School of Art & Design and...
Firms weather the storm as campaign takes hold
09/09/2009
COMPANIES across Greater Manchester have been taking advantage of the help available through the Man...
Business advice that's food for thought
09/09/2009
AFTER a long and expansive career in the catering industry, Angela O’Neill established her own busin...
RICS North West Awards call for entries
08/09/2009
THE search to find next year’s stars of the region’s property and construction sectors has begun wit...
NWDA launches £5m mentoring service
08/09/2009
SMALL business bosses are being urged to tap into a new mentoring service. The Northwest Regional...
National Football Museum to move to Manchester
08/09/2009
MANCHESTER has lured the National Football Museum from Preston, it emerged today. The tourist att...
Northwest Vision and Media recruits Alexander as head of marketing
08/09/2009
Northwest Vision and Media has announced that it has recruited Simon Alexander as its new head of ma...
Lost Salford Exhibiton
07/09/2009
Salford Star Heritage Week… RE-TRACING SALFORD Chapel Street Gallery, United Reform Church (n...
A Basic Introduction to the Planning System
07/09/2009
NW Planning Aid in association with Salford Neighbourhood Services and Salford’s Take That Pathfinde...
Changes to rules relating to community interest companies
07/09/2009
Relevant to: Existing and prospective community interest companies throughout the UK and Scottish c...
SalfordOnline is Website of the Week
07/09/2009
SalfordOnline today joined such internet giants as Twitter, Flickr, Imdb.com, Lifehacker and Downloa...
7.2m tourists flock to Salford
05/09/2009
NEVER mind the French Riviera - tourists are flocking to Costa Del Salford. It may not have the s...
4 Non-Executive Directors, NHS Salford
04/09/2009
If you’ve gained senior level expertise in the private, public or voluntary sectors, we can offer an...
Business Link North West and the North West Universities Association (NWUA) sign new agreement
04/09/2009
A NEW agreement has been signed cementing the partnership between Business Link North West and the N...
Studio Salford
04/09/2009
Theatre at the Kings arms representing Art bandit, Cul-de-sac theatre, Mediamedea, Trickster theatre...
MFDF Awards...Vote and Win before Polls Close!
03/09/2009
Don't forget to cast your vote in the region's biggest food and drink awards. There's still time to ...
Music Showcase and Conference Event in the USA
03/09/2009
Want to be part of the largest music showcase and conference event in the USA? Come and join us f...
Get Sporty This Autumn!
03/09/2009
If you missed out on a place for this year’s Great North Run do not despair! We have two events t...
September @ The Kings Arms
03/09/2009
September is very busy at the Kings we have lots of gigs coming up and Studio Salford returns for it...
Secure post offices by creating dedicated Small Business Hubs, says FSB
03/09/2009
Plans to secure the Post Office Network outlined in new report The Federation of Small Businesses...
Booths heading for MediaCityUK
03/09/2009
Award-winning north west company set to become MediaCityUK’s first retailer Peel Media has submit...
Major award for Salford communications lecturer
03/09/2009
A lecturer from the University of Salford has won the highest award in her field for her work on new...
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at Lowry Outlet Mall
03/09/2009
Latest News! Come to the Lowry Outlet Mall and see members from the award-winning BBC Philharmonic O...
Salford lecturer wins Denis McQuail prize for media
03/09/2009
The University of Salford’s Dr Cristina Archetti has been awarded this year’s Denis McQuail prize fo...
Code unveils much-anticipated MediaCityUK website
02/09/2009
Code Computerlove has drawn back the digital curtains on one of the agency's highest profile jobs of...
Salford research identifies the children most at risk from gambling
02/09/2009
A University of Salford study involving nearly 9,000 children has revealed the factors present among...
Small firms now waiting up to four months to be paid, FSB reveals
02/09/2009
Small firms are waiting up to four months for invoices to be paid by several big brand names, Federa...
'Secret millionaire' Chek Whyte declared bankrupt
02/09/2009
Chek Whyte, the Derby-based property entrepreneur who began a series of projects in Salford followin...
Salford University Announces Int'l Business Law & Regulation LL.M.
02/09/2009
New, full-time program to begin near Manchester in 2010 Salford Law School at the University of S...
Business confidence on the up
01/09/2009
Business people in the North West are feeling more confident about future prospects than any time in...
MediaCity offers three minute glimpse into the future
01/09/2009
Peel Media has released ‘Take Note’ - a three-minute animated glimpse of what life could be like in ...
Councils issue crib sheets to prevent grammatical howlers on signs
29/08/2009
Council staff are being issued with an "idiot's guide" on how to use apostrophes and other punctuati...
Lancashire Loop Cycle Challenge
28/08/2009
Cycle through the beautiful Lancashire countryside all while raising money for After Adoption. T...
Fit-Out Firm Set Get Fit Challenge
27/08/2009
Award winning fit-out and construction company The Freemont Group is challenging construction compan...
Sports charity benefits from book launch
27/08/2009
Written by former golf pro and Ryder Cup referee Andrew Thorp, the book ‘The 7 Pillars of Sporting S...
Government must abolish the Pub Company tie to save Britain’s pubs
27/08/2009
One in eight tied pubs are struggling to survive, hit hard by inflated prices of beer imposed on the...
All the Voices campaign
27/08/2009
Today represents just about 1 month to go until the petition to the Office of The Prime Minister clo...
Salford Show
27/08/2009
Salford Show Sunday 30th August 11am-5pm Buile Hill Park, Eccles Old Road There's loads going o...
FitFlop: Sandals that tone as you walk sounds too good to be true
27/08/2009
MIAMI — A flip flop that firms and tones as you walk sounds too good to be true. Is it? The maker...
Liverpool Design Festival - Call For Events
27/08/2009
Design Initiative is inviting designers, businesses and cultural partners to join in the Festival by...
RTS posts strong performance
25/08/2009
Salford-based engineering company Robotic Technology Systems has increased first half turnover by 19...
Bovis bounces back with healthy UK profits
24/08/2009
Strong contributions from Bovis' London 2012 Athlete's Village project and BP Alliance contract help...
Creative support pilot has £600k up for grabs
24/08/2009
A £600,000 pilot initiative is today launching in Manchester, which aims to encourage businesses to ...
Chamber critics claim lack of grass roots commitment
24/08/2009
Members call for organisation to take up clearer role in representing local business interests. G...
Salford Experimental music festival
24/08/2009
Rowf! Rowf! Rowf! Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th of August 2009. Islington Mill The wild, the wei...
Union to give unemployed a voice
21/08/2009
A UNION for the unemployed has been launched in Salford - 80 years after the Battle of Bexley Square...
IBL Parts become Innovation First
21/08/2009
Warrington based IBL Parts have joined the US organisation Innovation First International (IFI) grou...
Camps Are Runaway Success
21/08/2009
Salford City Reds’ Foundation summer camps have proved a huge success, attracting hundreds of school...
Code + Copy
21/08/2009
We have two new recruits that certainly aren’t two peas from the same pod. Mike, who is the busiest ...
Salford Tree of Knowledge saved
20/08/2009
Tree of Knowledge listed! Salford Star people power saves priceless sculpture! Salford's Tree of ...
The Launch of NatureScent - Our On-line joint venture
20/08/2009
A joint venture between Empathy holistics & paula Revill of Gardens123. Handmade, natural products, ...
NWDA steps up 'innovation voucher' scheme
20/08/2009
THE Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has expanded a scheme designed to help businesses t...
Shoe in for Salford spin-out
20/08/2009
A SHOE insole company that spun out of the University of Salford is about to launch its product to t...
Man killed himself over government legal 'bill'
20/08/2009
A HOUSING champion killed himself after being told he was facing a bill for £3,000 from a government...
Salford Councilback Plan Bee
20/08/2009
All-party support for Co-op activist’s crucial initiative A motion calling for action to preserve...
Businesses wait on Chek cash
20/08/2009
SECRET Millionaire Chek Whyte insisted businesses will get paid despite failing to come to an agreem...
Barry and TheBusinessDesk see continued growth on horizon as first anniversary approaches
20/08/2009
Chris Barry, the editor of the North West edition of TheBusinessDesk.com, has been speaking to How-D...
Cuckoo feathers nest with new clients
20/08/2009
Design agency Cuckoo has won two new accounts with Oldham-based lifting equipment and crane speciali...
Thomas Paine - Champion of the Common Man - at Salford Museum and Art Gallery
20/08/2009
‘Government in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one’. These...
Fudge aims to educate digital students in the real world
19/08/2009
Digital agency Fudge has launched a scheme to allow students the opportunity to gain real-life exper...
Introduction to the North West Business Network, the London Business Network and CompeteFor
18/08/2009
Friday 18 September 2009 The City of Manchester Stadium SportCity Manchester M11 3FF The Nort...
Opening the door to a long and prosperous future
18/08/2009
Company: Turton Industrial Doors Location: Bolton Established: 2004 Type of Business: Industrial...
999 strings along BBC to win orchestra work
18/08/2009
The Manchester office of design agency 999 has been appointed to carry out work for the BBC Philharm...
Childcare and work-life balance
17/08/2009
Childcare provision still presents one of the main barriers to women wishing to start their own busi...
PushOn adds new business development boss
17/08/2009
Online marketing agency PushON has appointed Sara Lewis from Mulberry Media as its new business deve...
Northwest Vision and Media Announces New Board Members
17/08/2009
Northwest Vision and Media has announced that four creative and digital industry experts will be joi...
Premier of three new films by Greater Manchester based Refugees
17/08/2009
three short films produced by Refugees and Asylum seekers premier at Salford Museum and Art Gallery ...
Muse ‘targeting’ distressed developments
17/08/2009
THE boss of property company Muse Developments has said it is actively looking for opportunities to ...
Red Bee’s Clennell to join MediaCityUK
17/08/2009
Peel Media has appointed Red Bee Media programme director Paul Clennell as the chief technology offi...
Axion signs joint venture with TDG
17/08/2009
Salford-based recycling firm Axion has signed a deal with logistics firm TDG to recycle more than a ...
Education Business Solutions Definitions of Activities
17/08/2009
AIMHIGHER CONFERENCE: This event is designed to encourage students from the Aimhigher/Widening Part...
MediaCityUK appoints Clenell as chief technology officer
17/08/2009
Peel Media has announced this morning that Paul Clenell is to become MediaCityUK’s chief technology ...
Small firms reach heights
16/08/2009
SALFORD-based management development specialist Know-ledge Transfer International has enlisted Olymp...
Salford district valuer exposed
13/08/2009
Salford undervalues CPO house by 40% - official! Jimmy Griffiths, the first person in the countr...
Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2009
13/08/2009
Festival Dates: 1st - 12th October Start gearing up for the gastro extravaganza that is Mancheste...
Terrific Tins Everywhere
13/08/2009
KidsCan has 1500 collection tins in shops and businesses across Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lan...
Manchester good, Salford bad says safe investment survey
13/08/2009
Manchester is the seventh safest place in the UK to invest in, according to new Places Index by Lond...
Labour conference boon for the region
13/08/2009
THE North West is set to be home to the Labour party conference for the next three consecutive years...
Government cash to help communities deal with empty shops
13/08/2009
The Government is today making £3m available to help 57 areas hardest hit by empty shops including p...
Audit Commission tells councils to take more risks
12/08/2009
Councils must be prepared to take calculated risks in their response to the recession, the Audit Com...
MediaCityUK's Metrolink line is on track as rails are put in place
12/08/2009
Transport bosses have today seen firsthand the exciting progress that has been made on one of Greate...
Peel wins approval for Ince Marshes incinerator
11/08/2009
Peel Environmental, the waste management arm of Manchester-based property and transport giant Peel G...
Appointments New pro vice-chancellor for Salford
10/08/2009
THE University of Salford has appointed a senior civil servant as its new pro vice-chancellor. Keith...
Deal-maker Done alive to opportunities
10/08/2009
VETERAN North West businessman and investor Fred Done has predicted that turnover in his betting emp...
FSB warns against high street banks holding small business monopoly
10/08/2009
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is challenging a monopoly of power being built up by high s...
Contacting the World 2010
10/08/2009
Contacting the World 2010 seeks young performance companies to participate in a pioneering, intercul...
Getting Artistic!
10/08/2009
Art is a fantastic way for us to connect with people. Whether helping young people express feeling...
A second Taste of success!
10/08/2009
After Adoption held the second of its Taste events on 11th June, a champagne tasting held in the mag...
Planners approved £400m port plan after reading flawed report
10/08/2009
Salford City Council and Freightliner are at loggerheads over erroneous claims that the rail freight...
Swine Flu Busters hit Salford
10/08/2009
Bosses at NHS Salford have decided to up their marketing campaign to show that swine flu can be beat...
Shopping that doesn't cost the earth
07/08/2009
Shopping That Doesn't Cost The Earth with over 650 everyday essential items that are eco friendly a...
RDAs meeting targets and helping local economies through recession
07/08/2009
England’s Regional Development Agencies are meeting the objectives, milestones and targets set out i...
Have your say
06/08/2009
Business Link Northwest are keen to find out your views on the employment of workers aged 50 plus in...
August at the Kings Arms Salford
06/08/2009
Manchester and Salford have both been involved in the many festivals that have been going on through...
What does Business Link do?
06/08/2009
If you're already running your own business, just starting out, or have a great business idea, Busin...
After Adoption - Hyde Park 10K Run
06/08/2009
Sunday 15 November 2009 sees After Adoption launch its inaugural Hyde Park 10k Run. Hyde Park is ...
Northwest Women’s Enterprise Forum (NWWEF) Member Recruitment
06/08/2009
Northwest Women’s Enterprise Forum (NWWEF) Member Recruitment Supported by the Northwest Regional...
Restrictions on grant funding to be relaxed, says accountant
06/08/2009
Manchester-based accountancy firm Campbell Woolley has said that it is expecting geographical restri...
ITV loses £105m and stays silent on Media City
06/08/2009
ITV Plc (LSE: ITV) gave no clues as to whether it might revive plans to move its Manchester operatio...
BBC move to Media City 'will cost £876m'
06/08/2009
Leaked documents show that the BBC's move to Media City UK will cost £876m, according to a report to...
Finance and Research & Development
06/08/2009
Are you an SME looking for funding? Do you need advice on how to promote, fund and develop your inn...
Zopa-PRIME Olderpreneur Loans now available
06/08/2009
To help people aged over 50 get access to funds to become self-employed or set up their own business...
City saviour or big bad wolf? Peel boss talks to us
06/08/2009
THE boss of one of Salford’s biggest landowners has set out his vision for the future in an exclus...
Salford Star praised by MP
06/08/2009
Star date: 6th August 2009 MP praises Salford Star for Urban Splash expose MP, Adrian Sanders, wh...
Ever looked into getting grants for your business & thought you haven't a cat in hells chance?
05/08/2009
That’s perhaps not surprising as it has been a difficult and bureaucratic process at times. Howev...
Peel Media operations director resigns... because he's missing London
05/08/2009
In a development that is drenched in irony so thick that's its almost inescapable, the operations di...
Greater Manchester bids for a £29 million green revolution
05/08/2009
Greater Manchester could have a cleaner, greener future ahead following a £29 million bid to become ...
Park foster care expands
03/08/2009
Cheshire’s independent foster care agency Park Foster Care is looking to expand its team with a new ...
Uni boss calls for end to fees
03/08/2009
THE new head of Salford University has called for student fees to be scrapped. Martin Hall says c...
Peninsula goes for a funky fit-out
03/08/2009
PENINSULA Business Services has started the fit-out of a landmark £53m office building at Manchester...
Salford's new Vice-Chancellor hails "university of a third kind"
03/08/2009
On his first day as Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Martin Hall announced his ambition ...
Salford Party In The Park
01/08/2009
Saturday 1st August 2009 Douglas Green, Whit Lane 11am-7pm Free Entry Salford's Toppest Party!!!...
Council in green driving bid
01/08/2009
COUNCIL workers in Salford will be trained to drive carefully in a bid to save fuel - and the planet...
Salford University advisor to represent GB in Triathlon
31/07/2009
A student advisor at the University of Salford has been selected to represent Great Britain in the T...
Salford University earns Skillset Media Academy status
31/07/2009
The University of Salford has become one of only 19 higher educational establishments in the UK to b...
Artists Studios Available - Salford/Manchester, Cow Lane Studios
30/07/2009
Cow Lane Studios provides affordable workspace for over 20 artists. Studios available from around...
£52m for Greater Manchester to create public sector jobs
30/07/2009
The Government has awarded Greater Manchester up to £52 million to create as many as 8,000 jobs acro...
Pie Factory gets makeover from Drumbeat and Code
30/07/2009
he Pie Factory at MediaCityUK has had an image overhaul courtesy of Drumbeat and Code Computerlove. ...
Salford Star Launches Leisurewear
29/07/2009
Create your own exclusive Salford star T-shirt and hoodie! Star Date: 29th July 2009 The Salfo...
Salford University earns Skillset Media Academy
29/07/2009
The University of Salford has become one of only 19 higher educational establishments in the UK to b...
Business Link chief looks to recovery
28/07/2009
THE boss of the agency at the front line of the battle to help small and medium-sized businesses sur...
Profits soar at PZ Cussons
28/07/2009
PERSONAL care group PZ Cussons today shrugged off the global downturn and said its strategy of ‘loca...
£2m funding for GRAND ideas
28/07/2009
A FUND of more than £2m has been launched today to help small businesses test the commercial potent...
Bigger than Media City, £650m Chapel St Regeneration
28/07/2009
Major plans to totally regenerate Chapel Street and central Salford have been unveiled by the Salfor...
Salford horror film triumph
28/07/2009
Salford's First Ever Horror Film Mark Macready and the Archangel Murders Star Date: 28th July 20...
Party In The Park
27/07/2009
Party In The Park Saturday 1st August 2009 Douglas Green, Whit Lane 11am-7pm Free Entry Sa...
Indian acquisition for 2ergo
27/07/2009
Mobile phone technology group 2ergo is breaking into the lucrative Indian market with the acquisitio...
Banks meet with Chancellor after loans spat
27/07/2009
CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling will today call on UK banks to reduce the cost of loans to small busines...
NWDA unveils priority development sites
27/07/2009
THE Northwest Regional Development Agency has earmarked 35 development sites across the region that ...
£650m for Salford's historic heart
27/07/2009
A £650M plan to revitalise the historic heart of Salford has been unveiled. Nearly 1,000 new home...
Blue Peter Garden to be moved
27/07/2009
The Blue Peter garden designed by Percy Thrower will be moved to Manchester when the BBC relocates t...
Salford masterplan includes 2 million sq ft of offices
27/07/2009
The biggest ever planning application in Salford's history will be submitted to the city council tod...
PushON launches sites for Zeva, Axon IT and Artzu
27/07/2009
Digital agency PushON has had its hands full over the course of the last fortnight. Digital agenc...
Ener-G to grow its own talent
24/07/2009
RENEWABLE energy technology group Ener-G has launched a structured careers programme, which aims to ...
Art awards for Manchester’s best
24/07/2009
Three winners picked up awards at the Best of Manchester Awards, which took place at Urbis last nigh...
Cuckoo supports Bury FC
23/07/2009
Cuckoo Design in Manchester has put its money where its (erm) beak is by partnering up with Bury foo...
Freemont Adventure Challenge
23/07/2009
We challenge you to build your fittest teams and join us for the Freemont Adventure Challenge. You'l...
Connecting Salford’s future stars
23/07/2009
Blerb (spelt Blerb, not urb!)... is a brand new social network set up for Salfordian’s who work [or ...
Multi-million pound investment approved by Council
21/07/2009
A multi-million pound investment programme for the University of Salford - its employees, its studen...
Government must tackle rising graduate unemployment, says Federation of Small Businesses
20/07/2009
Government must tackle rising graduate unemployment, says Federation of Small Businesses FSB call...
KINOFILM, Manchester International Short Film Festival
20/07/2009
After a 3 year absence the 11th edition of the KINOFILM Festival will take place in Manchester from ...
Media City move could cost BBC an extra £91m
20/07/2009
The BBC’s decision to move five departments to Media City on Salford Quays could be £91m more expens...
Celebrating 5 years
20/07/2009
Cheshire based Park Foster Care, the independent fostering agency celebrated 5 years recently by hos...
Salford City Council approves £400m port scheme
17/07/2009
Salford City Council has approved Peel Group's plans for a huge £400m part for cargo ships to be bui...
NWDA small firms loans top £2m
17/07/2009
SMALL firms across the North West have tapped into more than £2m in loans to fund their expansion pl...
Salford 'secret millionaire' seeks to avoid bankruptcy
16/07/2009
Chek Whyte, the property developer who featured on Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire when he visite...
Salford uni hands out honorary degrees to business leaders
15/07/2009
John Wilkinson, chairman of the Salford City Reds rugby league club and owner of welding firm Wilkin...
The 7 Pillars of Sporting Success: and how to apply them in business
14/07/2009
The 7 Pillars of Sporting Success: and how to apply them in business’ A new book by Andrew Thorp ...
Police must show commitment to fighting crimes against business
13/07/2009
FSB launches ‘Listening to the Business Beat’ award The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is l...
Renting out property abroad? You could be entitled to tax savings at home
13/07/2009
Renting out property abroad? You could be entitled to tax savings at home If your place in the...
Salford academic drafts green statement for G8 leaders
13/07/2009
A University of Salford academic has helped to create guidelines for universities to implement a glo...
Ear to the Ground to produce Salford proms
13/07/2009
Manchester-based events company Ear to the Ground has been awarded the exclusive contract to deliver...
Tickets on sale for BBC proms in the park Salford
12/07/2009
Tickets are now on sale for Salford’s BBC Proms in the Park spectacular when the BBC Phil Harmonic a...
Fabulous Salford Star leisurewear launched
11/07/2009
SALFORD STAR LEISUREWEAR Fabulous Salford Star leisurewear launched: ...For every true new Sa...
Hough denies conflict of interest
10/07/2009
THE new chairman of the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has denied there will be any co...
Amnesty International’s Secretary General becomes the University of Salford’s new Chancellor
10/07/2009
Irene Zubaida Khan, Secretary General of Amnest...
Islington Mill Salford - The Mill opens its doors
09/07/2009
Islington Mill, home of a zillion Salford creatives, is throwing open its doors to the public during...
First phase of Media City topped out
09/07/2009
Phase one of Peel Group’s Media City UK development in Salford Quays was topped out yesterday. Ke...
Hough appointed NWDA chair
09/07/2009
Robert Hough was confirmed today as the new chair of the Northwest Regional Development Agency. H...
Salford residents to benefit from another round of action
08/07/2009
Residents in Irwell Riverside are the next to benefit from another week of action against criminal a...
Greenaway named as new boss of MediaCity
07/07/2009
Peel Group has named Sinead Greenaway as its new head of the £500m MediaCityUK development. Green...
Online project helps communities become greener
07/07/2009
Communities groups are being invited to join a free online project, which offers tools and advice to...
Salford Uni gets £2.7m research grant for Media City project
06/07/2009
A consortium of universities and businesses led by the University of Salford has won £2.7m of fundin...
MIDAS rated excellent in global benchmarking survey
02/07/2009
MIDAS, Greater Manchester’s inward investment and development agency, has been praised for its excel...
Goodey out of NWDA race
02/07/2009
FELICITY Goodey is understood to be out of the running in the race to become the next chairman of th...
PZ Cussons' £26m vote of confidence in NW
01/07/2009
PZ Cussons took the wraps off its £26m North West innovation centre and said its investment in the n...
Free Creative Directory - Get yourself listed
01/07/2009
There has been a high demand for a Creative Directory that anyone can access for FREE for some time ...
Small firms experiencing a tentative recovery, FSB statistics reveal.
01/07/2009
Ten months of FSB data shows small firms are beginning to enjoy an improved outlook Small busines...
Funding blow for City Reds' stadium
30/06/2009
Salford City Reds ambitious plans for a stadium at Barton have been dealt a major blow after one of ...
Chairman Speaks About Stadium Progress
30/06/2009
The Reds today utilised their usual pre-match press conference to speak about the progress on the ne...
Northwest Vision gives £360K to NW creatives
29/06/2009
NORTHWEST Vision and Media, the organisation which supports the creative and digital industries in t...
NWDA finds £15m to plug venture funding gap
29/06/2009
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) today announced that a £15m transitional venture ca...
Peter Mandelson to speak at sustainability conference
29/06/2009
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Lord Peter Mandelson is to join business lea...
Additional Financial support for business in the Northwest
29/06/2009
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), with support from the European Regional Developmen...
2Ergo moves into China
26/06/2009
2ergo, the Salford Quays-based company that makes software for mobile phones, has signed a strategic...
New owner for investment agency MIDAS
26/06/2009
The formal ownership of MIDAS, Manchester’s investment and development agency, has changed to mirror...
BBC’s Salford supremo earns £370,000
26/06/2009
Peter Salmon, the man in charge of the BBC’s move to Media City UK in Salford, earns between £370,00...
Chi-Chi’s lucky seven
26/06/2009
THE number seven is certainly going to be lucky for seven charities when an intrepid businesswoman v...
Schools Question Time debuts from Salford
25/06/2009
BBC has jumped on the general public’s increased interest in politics with an extended run of Questi...
Most senior BBC staff decide to stay in London
24/06/2009
More than half (53 per cent) of the senior management expected to move north as part of the BBC’s re...
Calling all green heroes
24/06/2009
The awards celebrate the region's carbon-crusaders; waste-recyclers; energy-savers; eco-buildings; g...
Great North Run Places Available
24/06/2009
We would like to let you all know that we have places available for this year’s Great North Run! ...
YogaBugs in the North West
24/06/2009
YogaBugs is a franchise organisation that delivers yoga classes to children aged 2.5 - 12 years old....
Little Swimming Hero at Puddle Ducks
24/06/2009
Cheshire’s Regan Pendlebury (5) didn’t think for a moment when his little brother toppled into pond ...
Two new exhibitions launch at Manchester's biggest gallery
24/06/2009
Two New Exhibitions Launch at Manchester’s Biggest Gallery Two new exhibitions are to open to th...
Fudge develops MediaCityUK site for Salford University
24/06/2009
Bolton digital agency Fudge, has been commissioned to design and build a website specifically for th...
NWDA awards bursaries to post-grads studying in England’s Northwest
23/06/2009
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), together with the North West Universities Associat...
After Adoption brings you the Training-Free Physical Challenge!
19/06/2009
Yes, it’s true! For those of you who are just not inspired by the sudden appearance of 5ks, 10ks and...
Knife crime fashion collection
18/06/2009
A FASHION collection "inspired by knife crime" has gone on show at a Manchester shop. The clothes...
Having a Summer clear out? Why not eBay for KidsCan!
17/06/2009
Why not have a clearout to Help Kids Beat Cancer?
Business Link Northwest announces first board
16/06/2009
Business Link Northwest has announced the creation of its first board of directors. The organisat...
Hexbugs - the perfect gift for Fathers Day
16/06/2009
Stuck for a gift for your old man this Father’s Day - something that’s fun, unique and great value? ...
MBE for Salford University science pioneer
15/06/2009
A Salford University lecturer has been made MBE for her work inspiring women and Black and Minority ...
Best Places to Work winner 2009
15/06/2009
Nearly Big: Cuckoo “A new breed design and digital agency,” is how sales director Steve Wheatley ...
Northwest Vision and Media gets £2.7m and moves to Salford Quays
15/06/2009
Northwest Vision and Media (NWVM) is getting £2.7m in European Union grants, partly to finance its m...
Salford Star aims to force Hazel Blears to resign
15/06/2009
Community magazine The Salford Star, known for its ability to create a news 'blast' from time to tim...
Design Is No Coincidence review
12/06/2009
Danny McFadden gets to grips with a Salford University art show that takes its inspiration from Jade...
Calling all green heroes
11/06/2009
The Northwest Business Environment Awards and Envirenergy The awards celebrate the region's carbo...
Leaders meet to help shape economic powerhouse
11/06/2009
A PANEL of senior figures from the private and public sector has met to shape the development of tal...
Council bosses' £68,000 expenses bill
11/06/2009
COUNCIL officials ran up a bill of nearly £70,000 on an expense account - for claims including first...
Could you help high school students learn more about the world of work?
09/06/2009
Salford Business Education Partnership helps many Salford High Schools deliver Enterprise and Work R...
Government trade credit insurance scheme extended
09/06/2009
The Government has extended its £5bn trade credit insurance scheme to include companies that have be...
New Look for Puddle Ducks
09/06/2009
Puddle Ducks, the fast growing baby swimming school based in Cheshire have had a make over and as of...
Buyout plan for RTS
08/06/2009
A CONSORTIUM of British and overseas industrialists and financiers who have taken a 24.5 per cent st...
Salford uni gets £8m for Media City move
08/06/2009
The University of Salford has been awarded £8m from the government to help with its move to Media Ci...
North West economy growing again, say purchasing managers
08/06/2009
The North West economy has returned to modest growth after eight months of contraction, according to...
Greater Manchester Chamber scoops international award
08/06/2009
The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce won an award for Best Networking Project at the World Cha...
Black day for Black Lion
06/06/2009
A LANDMARK pub with a 230-year history has closed down - but the owners insist it will be back in bu...
Peel looks for cash from Salford sites
05/06/2009
Peel Holdings has appointed receivers to two parcels of land on Salford Quays. The land is near t...
Plans are taking shape for the next Un-convention.
05/06/2009
Plans are taking shape for the next Un-convention. This year’s event will be held on the 4th, 5th an...
Appointments: Relationship manager at Business Link
04/06/2009
BUSINESS Link Northwest has appointed Lorraine Sutter to the position of relationship manager. Ms...
Contact Theatre residency piece online
03/06/2009
If of interest to you, the initial outcome of my found sound explorations at Contact Theatre has bee...
Same features as a server cabinet and 40% cheaper
03/06/2009
“The Open Frame Server rack is a cost effective alternative to an enclosed server cabinet” say racki...
Midas to focus on graduates
03/06/2009
MANCHESTER'S inward investment agency Midas is hosting an event to examine the retention of the city...
The Whip crack international scene
02/06/2009
Salford electro-punk band The Whip have revealed how UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) helped get them...
Micro businesses must have a designated Small Business Sector Skills Council
01/06/2009
The UK’s smallest businesses – which make up the majority of the workforce – must be given their own...
Do You Want to Get Your Group More Publicity?
01/06/2009
A new course is about to start at the Cornerstone in Langworthy to help Salford's community groups t...
Salford firm celebrates construction award
01/06/2009
SALFORD-based refurbishment and fit out specialist Freemont R & R has been named ‘SME of the Year' a...
BBC staff to be lured north with films from Salford students
01/06/2009
In a new initiative to support the BBC's ambitious departmental move to MediaCityUK, students from S...
Comedy conference coming to Salford
29/05/2009
The University of Salford is hosting its third comedy conference next month, bringing together acade...
North West production talent release “Education for Leisure
28/05/2009
Today six North West film-makers have debuted online a short film using cutting-edge animation techn...
NWDA to spend £9.5m on business growth programme
28/05/2009
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) is to spend £9.5m rolling out its LEAD (Leading Ent...
Have you looked yet??
27/05/2009
We have had a busy few months at Music Industry Learning. Despite only being in business for 6 month...
Buy your Hexbugs Online at www.Hexbug.com
27/05/2009
The HEXBUG family (original HEXBUG, Crab and Inchworm) of tiny, intelligent and obedient insects are...
Two plays in one week at the Kings Arms
27/05/2009
TWO GREAT PLAYS COMING UP AT THE KINGS ARMS TWO PLAYS IN ONE WEEK !!!!! GET YOUR TICKETS QUIC...
Emily's mural marvels
26/05/2009
ART student Emily Spruce decided to brighten up riverside walks - and recruited an entire community ...
Peter Salmon: 'BBC to help revitalise entire creative sector outside London'
25/05/2009
Peter Salmon, the incoming director of the BBC North, has outlined his vision for a 'Northern Renais...
MEN Business Awards 2009
21/05/2009
THE M.E.N. today launches its annual search for the top companies in our region. Our Business of ...
Morson 'confident' on strong order book
21/05/2009
TECHNICAL recruitment group Morson is confident for the future, buoyed by lucrative public sector co...
Vanilla Storm's comedy gig
21/05/2009
WEB design company Vanilla Storm has completed a new website for comedian Ross Noble. The launch of ...
The MOST VERSATILE rail kit available
20/05/2009
Racking solutions and storage experts IBL Parts are delighted to announce the arrival of the NEW Too...
2ergo dials up profits increase by going where margins are higher
20/05/2009
2ergo Group Plc (AIM: RGO) posted a 16 per cent increase in adjusted pre-tax profit to £1.72m in the...
Creative Concern releases rebrand for Salford 'city centre'
20/05/2009
The Chapel Street area of Salford, which is currently undergoing an ambitious regeneration project, ...
The Manchester School of Excellence 2009
19/05/2009
The Manchester School of Excellence programme is designed for Year 11, school leaving high achievers...
SSWEP summer placements - closing date 29 May!
19/05/2009
SSWEP, the Social Science Workplace Experience Programme, is funded by the Economic and Social Resea...
Irish marketing firm opens first UK office in Salford
19/05/2009
Dublin-based software firm CustomerMinds has set up a new UK headquarters in Greater Manchester. ...
Ener-g increases space to up production 50%
18/05/2009
GREEN energy company Ener-g has opened a new factory in Salford to keep up with demand for its renew...
Ship Canal proposes divi of £20m
18/05/2009
Manchester Ship Canal is to host a shareholders’ meeting today to propose granting dividend payments...
Call for Submissions Salford Film Festival 2009
15/05/2009
Salford Film Festival is seeking short films and features for the Sixth Salford Film Festival, sched...
2ergo's deals Down Under
14/05/2009
MOBILE phone technology group 2ergo is pressing on with its international expansion following the ac...
RTS in takeover talks
14/05/2009
SALFORD-based engineer Robotic Technology Systems (RTS) confirmed it was in takeover talks late yest...
Puddle Ducks shortlisted for national award
13/05/2009
Baby Swimming school Puddle Ducks are delighted to be shortlisted in the 2009 Whats On 4 Little One’...
Our Lowry - free to anyone with a Salford postcode
13/05/2009
The Lowry is delighted to offer all Salford residents a very unique opportunity. With the launch of ...
NWVM invests £300K in business support
13/05/2009
Northwest Vision and Media (NWVM) invests almost £300,000 in business support for the region's creat...
£800,000 scheme to help smaller firms tap university expertise
13/05/2009
Small and medium-sized companies will benefit from nearly £800,000 of funding to help them tap into ...
Greater Manchester to get £1.4bn for transport after all
13/05/2009
Greater Manchester’s transport chiefs have agreed a £1.4bn transport funding deal which will allow t...
FSB welcomes calls to give pub owners the power to break the pub company tie
12/05/2009
FSB response to recommendations by the Business and Enterprise Committee on Pubcos Pub owners may...
May at The Kings Arms Salford
11/05/2009
The start to May has been a really busy one with Salford’s only new music Festival – Sounds from the...
Local Charity After Adoption Running Team plans to take to the streets of Manchester
08/05/2009
Supporters of Manchester based adoption support charity After Adoption are set to take to the street...
The Angel Urban Gallery Launch
08/05/2009
Following the success of the Angel’s first pilot exhibition ‘One’ we are pleased to announce the sec...
Ethos win rail contract
08/05/2009
Ethos in Manchester will be promoting a new transport co-operative which aims to improve rail travel...
Netservices wins Cisco accreditation
08/05/2009
NetServices Plc (AIM:NSV), the Salford-based provider of converged data and telephony networks, has ...
Peel Media adds to MediaCityUK team
08/05/2009
Peel Media has appointed a finance director and head of business development for the MediaCityUK pro...
Eye of the Cuckoo
07/05/2009
On Sunday 17th May 2009, 6 of our most Cuckoo colleagues will take part in The BUPA Great Manchester...
YOU can help Children with Cancer!
07/05/2009
On the 17th of May, HD Cable staff will be taking part in this year's Great Manchester Run. We want ...
Swimming Teacher Reaches New Heights
07/05/2009
Appleton’s Susan Hands recently completed an exhausting four days of training to become a fully qual...
FSB to issue ASBOs to tackle the plague of late payment
05/05/2009
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is warning late paying companies that it will name and sham...
ENER-G named Salford’s business of the year
05/05/2009
Renewable energy company ENER-G has been named Salford’s business of the year. The company, which...
£6.6m up for grabs for companies to become greener
01/05/2009
North West businesses can apply for £6.6m in grants to help them become more environmentally friendl...
ASDA boss in marathon cycle pledge
01/05/2009
MULTIPLE Olympic gold-medal winner Sir Chris Hoy joined ASDA's chief executive, Andy Bond, in Manche...
Co-op is going Cuckoo
30/04/2009
CUCKOO Design's high-profile work for Co-operative Financial Services is about to break with a natio...
Asda CEO and rugby club chief honoured by University of Salford
28/04/2009
Andy Bond, president and chief executive of Asda Walmart and John Wilkinson, chairman of rugby leagu...
Democracy gets physical with the Manchester Evening News
28/04/2009
Last week, we had a photo call and interview at Primal Fitness with Dianne Bourne of the Manchester ...
Salford loses its community mag
27/04/2009
A financial shortfall has forced an award-winning community magazine to cease printing and become av...
Bolton Brothers Win in Belgium
23/04/2009
Two Bolton brother butchers have just won four golds and one silver at an international sausage and ...
MIDAS claims record job creation figures
23/04/2009
The agency responsible for bringing inward investment into Manchester said that it has exceeded its ...
Manchester gets city region status
23/04/2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling confirmed in his Budget speech today today that Manchester will be one o...
Salford’s answer to The Archers...
23/04/2009
A PRODUCTION company is hoping to rival The Archers when it starts a new soap on Salford City Radio....
Triangle lets space to art gallery
22/04/2009
A new commercial art gallery has opened in Manchester’s Triangle Shopping Centre. The gallery is ...
New appointments for Cuckoo Design
22/04/2009
Cuckoo Design has made two new appointments following a number of account wins. The Manchester-ba...
Hope kicked into touch
22/04/2009
A COMMUNITY centre and sports pitches, promised as part of a government-backed flagship scheme, have...
European SME Week
21/04/2009
The first European SME Week, taking place from 6 to 14 May 2009, will promote entrepreneurship and i...
Skip hire firm wins approval for biomass plant
21/04/2009
A skip hire firm in Salford has secured planning permission to build a £5.5m energy from waste plant...
Salford racecourse inquiry begins
21/04/2009
A £100m racecourse should be given the go-ahead on green-belt site land because of the 'great benefi...
The Last Bread Pudding/ Practise Makes Perfect?
20/04/2009
AN INNOVATIVE new drama company has been set up by a couple in Salford, with the aim of bringing the...
Stop press: The tale of a fallen 'Star'
20/04/2009
Plain English. That's what they write at The Salford Star and you don't just have to take their word...
999 creates bilingual campaign for Bolton firm
20/04/2009
The Manchester office of 999 Design has been appointed by Bolton-based baby products firm Cosatto to...
Go-between needed to reconnect banks and business says FSB
16/04/2009
Small businesses need a go-between to help rebuild ailing relationships with the banks and revive th...
Raving Beauties at the Kings Arms Salford
14/04/2009
KINGS ARMS 15th APRIL WEDNESDAY –18th APRIL SATURDAY Raving Beauties by Dave Simpson Iconic ...
Th’Arctic Artist Talk in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University
12/04/2009
Th’Arctic Artist Talk in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University Cornerhouse, Sat 18 ...
Have you got what it takes to enter the Dragons’ Den
03/04/2009
Entrepreneurs from across the country once again have a chance to make their business dreams come tr...
Northwest Vision and Media given broader role
02/04/2009
Northwest Vision and Media (NWVM) has been given a broader role of becoming the region’s lead organi...
Race to be NWDA chair is between Hough and Goodey
01/04/2009
The contest to be the next chair of the Northwest Regional Development Agency is between Peel Holdin...
Beeb's first step to Salford
31/03/2009
THE BBC celebrated its historic first step into Salford today - with a new digital learning centre. ...
Increased loss at RTS due to legal bill and loan notes write-off
31/03/2009
Salford-based Robotic Technology Systems Plc (AIM: RTS) today reported an increased pre-tax loss of ...
Netservices loses sales director
31/03/2009
NetServices Plc (AIM:NSV), the Salford-based provider of converged data and telephony networks, has ...
Help Salford GIS raise £3,000 for MapAction
27/03/2009
Barcelona Bangers - 21st to 24th May 2009 On the 21st May 2009, Paul Coward and Chris Nelson wil...
Second set of digital media exchance opportunities announced
27/03/2009
After a successful pilot, Northwest Vision and Media have commissioned The White Room to deliver a s...
SalfordOnline interview Venture Resource Management
27/03/2009
Venture are a recruitment service who specialise in placing candidates in sales, IT and secretarial ...
RBS lends nearly £9m for new Morson headquarters
26/03/2009
Work on Morson Group’s new headquarters in Eccles has got under way after the developer secured an £...
Virtual way to make a real difference
26/03/2009
THE property market may have hit rock bottom in the real world - but maybe you can still afford to p...
Student composers vie for Salford City Reds fanfare
26/03/2009
The University of Salford and Salford City Reds are asking local people to help them choose a musica...
Th'Arctic website is now launched!
24/03/2009
Dear friends and colleagues, Th'Arctic blog is now launched and you can view it at www.tharctic.c...
Cuckoo's Co-op nest egg
24/03/2009
A PRESTIGIOUS piece of Co-op business has come home to roost with Cuckoo Design. Cuckoo, which ha...
Profits up 60 per cent at Frenkel Topping
24/03/2009
Frenkel Topping Group Plc (AIM: FEN), the Salford-based company which advises on investment of perso...
Revolve Gallery @ G Casino - Complimentary canapés and wine tasting courtesy
23/03/2009
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Burnham pledges support for local journalism
20/03/2009
Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has met with the National Union of Journalist’s general secretary fol...
Push On appoints from Down Under
20/03/2009
Online marketing specialist, Push On, has appointed Dan Lukas to its team in Manchester. He’s previ...
University offers free management training
20/03/2009
The University of Salford’s Business School is offering firms a free programme called the Management...
Jack Ross Chartered Accountants helping the New Children's Hospital Appeal raise £250,000
20/03/2009
Jack Ross Chartered Accountants are celebrating our 60th Anniversary and as part of a year long cele...
Lib Dem leader to speak at IoD event
19/03/2009
Nick Clegg MP, leader of the Liberal Democrats, will discuss his party’s position on the recession a...
How-Do Awards ………time to enter
18/03/2009
The How-Do Awards 2009 are open for entries and the closing date for submissions is Friday 6 March. ...
New Coalition launches campaign for ‘Post Bank’
17/03/2009
A comprehensive proposal for a new ‘Post Bank’ to run as part of the Post Office Network is launched...
Security conference is for businesses
17/03/2009
Businesses in Manchester will have the opportunity to learn about the latest security issues during ...
Artist gears up for Arctic Adventure
16/03/2009
Th’Arctic (Lancashire for the Arctic), is a live art project by Manchester artist Rebecca McKnight t...
Opera House £110m plea
12/03/2009
HUGE pressure will be put on the government today to help bankroll a £110m plan to bring the Royal O...
Peel claims carbon dioxide savings from using Manchester Ship Canal
12/03/2009
Peel Media has transported 75 tonnes of paving to its Media City UK development on Salford Quays via...
Britains Next Top Coach
11/03/2009
Jimmy Petruzzi is entering the competition 'Britains Next Top Coach.' You can vote for him by click...
£50 for your thoughts
11/03/2009
Marketing environmental business support focus group We need your help to improve the way environ...
ITV pulls out of Media City move
11/03/2009
ITV has announced it is to remain at its Quay Street base following a breakdown in negotiations with...
Transport minister calls for study into high-speed Manchester-to-Leeds rail link
11/03/2009
High Speed 2, a company created to develop the case for high-speed rail services, is to look into wh...
Norte Chico ! = Grandes Intenciones !
10/03/2009
Norte Chico roughly translates as THE SMALL NORTH or NORTHERN BOY. It is also an area of Peru whic...
Tony Blair’s spin doctor to keynote IoD conference
10/03/2009
The Institute of Directors has announced the line-up for its 2009 Annual North West Conference, whic...
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09/03/2009
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Brand New KidsCan Newsletter!
05/03/2009
KidsCan has completed it’s rebrand!
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Architects, planners and designers appointed to drive Irwell City Park forward
05/03/2009
Davis Langdon and Broadway Malyan, with Form Associates and Gifford have joined the team tasked with...
Council maintains its three-star rating
05/03/2009
SALFORD City Council has retained its three-star performance rating following an assessment by the A...
BBC names COO for Salford Quays
04/03/2009
The BBC has appointed Richard Deverell to be its chief operating officer at the corporation’s new br...
Katya Sander If You Read This, I’ll Give It To You
03/03/2009
Katya Sander: If You Read This, I’ll Give It To You March 2009, Manchester, UK The Research Inst...
Salford University scales back building at Media City UK
03/03/2009
Plans for a new Salford University building at Peel Holdings’ Media City UK on Salford Quays have be...
Software firm finds local partners
03/03/2009
Infogain UK has signed partnering agreements with eSAY Ltd, the Salford-based mobile software compan...
Ethos PR wins account from Manchester credit union
02/03/2009
Ethos Public Relations has been appointed by Manchester Credit Union to help raise the organisation’...
SalfordOnline launches employment section
27/02/2009
We are shortly going to launch an employment section within SalfordOnline. It will feature both JOBS...
Earlier train added from Salford Crescent to airport
26/02/2009
A new early morning train service from Salford Crescent to Manchester Airport will begin on May 18. ...
MBA Research Projects
25/02/2009
“A great opportunity to tackle a business issue when you haven’t the time, resource or skills to tac...
Places available for Manchester 10k
25/02/2009
The event, which will take place on Sunday 17th May, has grown from an entry of 10,000 people for th...
Lowry Outlet Mall says sales were up over half-term
25/02/2009
The Lowry Outlet Mall has reported a 13 per cent rise in like-for-like sales over half-term. Foot...
Out There Events to organise IoD awards
25/02/2009
Salford-based Out There Events has been retained as event organiser for the Institute of Directors’ ...
NWDA to spend £2m to attract conference business
24/02/2009
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) is to spend £2m to promote the region as a business...
Congestion in Greater Manchester is falling say government statistics
23/02/2009
New figures show that the level of traffic on Greater Manchester’s roads is falling, despite the dir...
Arts Council England North West Call for artists
19/02/2009
Arts Council England, North West Calling all artists! At the beginning of 2010 we will open a bran...
Salford Software wins £200,000 university deal
16/02/2009
Salford Software has won a contract worth more than £200,000 to provide Lancaster University with id...
Affordable Workspace at Cow Lane Studios
13/02/2009
Cow Lane Studios provides affordable workspace for over 20 artists. Studios available from £38 pe...
Wine and Dine - Thursday 19th February 2009 - get your ticket NOW!
13/02/2009
A gourmet tasting of quality wines selected by Manchester's leading wine merchant, Hanging Ditch, pl...
Cuckoo are Investing in Ideas
12/02/2009
We spun the jenny. We split the atom. We booted up the computer revolution… And whatever the Nort...
Triathlon bid dead in the water
12/02/2009
SALFORD will not host a triathlon in 2009, the Advertiser can exclusively reveal. The triathlon, ...
Chapel Street Business Group Member launches second website at Debenhams Manchester
11/02/2009
As times get tough in the current economic crisis Chapel Street member Peter Aust the well known Man...
BBC to celebrate the North ahead of MediaCityUK move
11/02/2009
BBC4 will be screening a season of programming celebrating aspects of Northern life as a precursor t...
Savvy thinking pays off
10/02/2009
THE Savvy Partnership is set for expansion following a series of public and private sector account w...
Sphering – The Hill Rolling Ride of Your Life!
09/02/2009
KidsCan is looking for adventurous people to take part in their new event in April/May. Ever wond...
Natalie's £1m idea
09/02/2009
A BUSINESS studies graduate from Salford University who secured the sole UK distribution rights for ...
Businesses take action for automatic rate relief
06/02/2009
Businesses in England are calling for the tax relief they are eligible for to be made automatic – sa...
Apply now for a Grassroots Grant
06/02/2009
Apply now for a Grassroots Grant and help make sure this year's money is given out before the end of...
Lowry had ‘best autumn season ever’
06/02/2009
Salford arts venue The Lowry said today it had enjoyed its busiest and most successful autumn season...
Hazel Blears clears the way for the future of Chapel Street
06/02/2009
Hazel Blears, MP for Salford visited Chapel Street today [Friday, 6th February 2009] as work got und...
Are you ready to take the LEAP....
06/02/2009
Young and Dynamic? Fresh, Innovative High Growth Business Idea? Take the Big Leap and .... ...
Interest rates cut to 1 per cent
05/02/2009
The Bank of England cut interest rates to 1 per cent today - the lowest level in its 315-year histor...
RBS fund to kickstart recovery
05/02/2009
CASH-strapped small firms in the region can today tap into a £250m fund to help them survive the rec...
Train2000 Management Training Programme
04/02/2009
Places are now available on the management training programme offered by Train2000, one of the leadi...
Stellar line-up for Northern IP events
04/02/2009
Own-It North to run six exclusive intellectual property seminars during February & March 2009. In...
Amazing offer for CSBG members
04/02/2009
Do you want to be able to copy and print in both black & white AND colour but not incur the expenses...
Hexbugs in Nuremberg
04/02/2009
Following the success of the HEXBUG’s arrival in the UK and Europe in 2008, the HEXBUG family of tin...
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03/02/2009
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Lowry Outlet Mall reports January sales and footfall are up
03/02/2009
The Lowry Outlet Mall said it has seen like-for-like sales increase 18 per cent in January. The S...
Search is on for Media City UK chief exec
03/02/2009
The search for a chief executive to oversee the continued development of Media City UK at Salfor...
Would you like to awaken your Intuition
02/02/2009
Ever felt those little hunches, inklings of something inside telling you what you should do? We’re ...
Power to the people
02/02/2009
Every day brings news of more job cuts. Yet redundancy can offer the opportunity to start some...
Pilkington's invests £500,000
30/01/2009
TILE manufacturer Pilkington's has invested £500,000 at its Greater Manchester factory, the company ...
Stars launch small business website
28/01/2009
Stars of TV show Dragons' Den have launched a website designed to help small businesses. Smarta.c...
Reds Recruit Salford Schools Development Officer
28/01/2009
Salford City Reds are delighted to announce the appointment of Lewis Lockett as the latest Reds’ Fou...
Tony Benn launches new era for unique Salford library
28/01/2009
Open weekend on 24th and 25th January 2009 offers first peek at new permanent displays of working pe...
Businesswomen win awards
26/01/2009
Greater Manchester firms picked up several prizes at the second Northwest Women in Business Awards, ...
Tesco to open store in West One Retail Park in Eccles
23/01/2009
Tesco is planning to create 400 jobs in Salford through a new store on West One Retail Park in Eccle...
DATS Online Job Poll
22/01/2009
Specialist Recruitment Company DATS are asking all their website visitors to take part in their quic...
Universities need to reach out to SMEs, says Midas
22/01/2009
Manchester’s universities need to build better links with small and medium-size enterprises and enco...
The Hexbug range just got bigger..
21/01/2009
Following the success of the HEXBUG’s arrival in the UK and Europe last year, the HEXBUG family of t...
Could you take advantage of the many opportunities for growth in North Africa?
20/01/2009
Could you take advantage of the many opportunities for growth in North Africa? Mention Morocco to...
BetFred's jobs boost
20/01/2009
BOOKIE Fred Done today unveiled multi-million pound expansion plans for his chain of betting shops w...
Solar energy's bright future
20/01/2009
SOLAR panels are taking another step towards increased efficiency thanks to researchers in Rochdale ...
BBC North chief: Our move here will help economy
20/01/2009
The newly appointed and inaugural director of BBC North has said investment in the Northern economy ...
Bid to stop Manchester's creative 'brain drain'
20/01/2009
A new programme has been launched aimed at retaining the best creative talent in Manchester and prev...
Ethos PR wins work from Band On The Wall
20/01/2009
Manchester-based Ethos Public Relations has been called in to push the profile of one of the city’s ...
Learn another language in your spare time! - in just an hour or two per week!
15/01/2009
Languages for All short courses at the University of Salford offer you the chance to gain practical ...
After Adoption moves to Castlefield
15/01/2009
After Adoption, the charity which provides support for those affected by adoption, has purchased a 5...
Ethnic Minority Business Forum NW Awards 2009
15/01/2009
The contribution made by black and minority ethnic businesses (BME) in the Northwest are invaluable ...
University of Salford signs lease agreement for Media City building
14/01/2009
The University of Salford has signed an agreement for lease with Peel Media for a new higher educati...
Swerve Records seeks investors small and large
12/01/2009
Swerve Unsigned Limited invites businesses to attend a presentation on 30th January at 5.30pm at Tay...
January 2009 at the Kings Arms Salford
12/01/2009
Monday 12th January Knitting Club held in the snug from 7pm Breast Cancer Care Laughter works...
New take on gritty drama
12/01/2009
IT was a tragic tale of shattered dreams on a Californian ranch in the Great Depression. Now John...
Radio 5 star's Salford pledge
12/01/2009
RADIO 5 Live's Nicky Campbell will commute to Salford when the BBC moves to its new base here. Bu...
Salford's new city taking shape
10/01/2009
THE cranes are working again at Salford docks. This time they are shifting concrete and steel as a n...
Free Training Available - NVQ Level 2 Business and Administration
08/01/2009
Who is the qualification suitable for? This NVQ is designed to reflect the work of administration s...
New Year's Evolution
07/01/2009
Has the Christmas Period taken a toll on your fitness, your physique and your wallet? Are you thi...
Entrants sought for Northwest Ethnic Minority Business Awards
07/01/2009
Entries are open for the second Northwest Ethnic Minority Business Awards, organised by the Ethnic M...
MyMoveUK.co.uk helping to generate funds for NSPCC
05/01/2009
www.MyMoveUK.co.uk is helping to generate fund...
Music Industry Learning - Salford's own music academy
05/01/2009
Chris Brophy, the Grammy-award nominated Salford producer and songwriter has started the world's fir...
Lee becomes chair of business leadership team
23/12/2008
Paul Lee, senior partner of Manchester-based law firm Addleshaw Goddard, has taken over as chairman ...
Failed TIF bid cost AGMA more than £20m
22/12/2008
The cost of preparing the failed bid to the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) was more than £20m, acco...
Chamber chief to discuss congestion charge with Hoon
18/12/2008
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce's chief executive Angie Robinson is to meet Transport Secreta...
Corridor Bar Now Open with 2-4-1 Cocktails throughout December
17/12/2008
Corridor is discretely located off Chapel St: A cocktail lounge for the drinker that likes their coc...
Call to beat the doom and gloom
17/12/2008
THE chief executive of the North West Development Agency has called for an end to `doom-mongering' o...
Raw sign contract with LFC
17/12/2008
A career in the premier league takes determination, talent and passion. Our new project may not be o...
Salford blazes trail on solar panel research
17/12/2008
Researchers at the University of Salford have received a grant to develop a new technique which coul...
Salford appoints ex-BBC man to run Media City initiative
15/12/2008
John Holland, a former head of interactive tv and digital text services at the BBC, has been appoint...
Congestion charge plans thrown out
12/12/2008
Greater Manchester’s residents have overwhelmingly thrown out plans to introduce a congestion charge...
BBC names director for BBC North
11/12/2008
The BBC has announced Peter Salmon as the man who will lead the development of the corporation’s new...
MTV rules out MediaCity move
11/12/2008
MTV Europe has "categorically denied" rumours that it is to take space at MediaCity UK on Salford Qu...
'Vital' post office to close
11/12/2008
A POST office in the heart of a vast regeneration area is to close - after councillors decided it wa...
New water speed record bid
10/12/2008
ENGINEERS are using a wind tunnel at Salford University to make sure there will be no repeat of the ...
Recruitment agency bucks downturn
09/12/2008
A FIVE-STAR service to the region's luxury hotels is ensuring that business is brisk at a Salford re...
Salford Star wins Plain English award
09/12/2008
The Plain English Campaign has named alternative community magazine the Salford Star as Best Regiona...
Reds go to uni
09/12/2008
SALFORD Reds have moved their training base to Salford University ahead of their return to Super Lea...
Salford Star T-Shirts On Sale Now
08/12/2008
We've managed to get a small number of Salford Star t-shirts printed in time for Christmas to raise ...
Commercial Utilities at Shocking Prices
08/12/2008
Business Energy : Save up to 30% How it works: We take your relevant details of your current ...
Additional Financial support for business in the Northwest
08/12/2008
Regional Minister Beverley Hughes and the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) have launched...
Carillion wins £8m Greengate contract
05/12/2008
Salford City Council has awarded an £8m contract to Carillion for public realm works at the Greengat...
Salford chief blasts Fergie
05/12/2008
SIR Alex Ferguson has come under fierce criticism from the owner of Salford City Reds for supporting...
£1.5m marketing contract up for grabs at British Council
04/12/2008
Marketers are being sought for a contract worth up to £1.5m to help promote UK education around the ...
Manchester Airport seeks creative and print suppliers
04/12/2008
Manchester Airports Group has put out a tender for advertising design and print management services ...
Aussie firm buys Salford student flats
03/12/2008
An Australia-based student accommodation operator has bought four blocks of flats from Salford Unive...
Peel wants inquiry into horse racing plans
03/12/2008
Peel Holdings is asking the government to set up a public inquiry which would make a decision on pro...
Puddle Ducks Charity Abseil
30/11/2008
Puddle Ducks Cheshire’s largest baby and toddler swimming school hung up their towels and reached fo...
Standing together: Universities helping business through the downturn
28/11/2008
Standing together: universities helping business through the downturn, has been put together by Univ...
Salford masterplan on Facebook
28/11/2008
A CITY'S masterplan has been put on the social networking site Facebook to encourage young people to...
Administrator sells Salford stadium land to Peel
27/11/2008
Peel Holdings and Salford City Reds Ltd today reaffirmed their commitment to building a £30m stadium...
Apprentice Kristina talks to Chapel Street on Salford marketing
26/11/2008
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Three new NWDA board members named
25/11/2008
Three new appointments have been made to the board of the Northwest Regional Development Agency. ...
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak!
24/11/2008
Over 120 students from Manchester and Salford universities took part in Jailbreak. They had 30 hours...
Penniless Salford Star on hold, as Kingston slams LIFE
24/11/2008
Community magazine, and How-Do award winner, The Salford Star has been forced to cancel its Christma...
Federation of Small Businesses reaction to the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report 2008
24/11/2008
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) today welcomed the new £1billion fund for small firms annou...
What’s on at The Kings Arms Salford in December 2008
24/11/2008
Monday 1st December – Knitting in the Snug Starts – 7pm, Donation to Breast Cancer Care Wednes...
10 days to go!! Don't miss your chance to enter the NW Women in Business Awards 2009!!
20/11/2008
There is just under a fortnight left to apply for the NW Women in Business Awards. Please pass this ...
Fury over council magazine
20/11/2008
A COUNCIL has approved plans to print a bigger version of its own magazine at a cost of £175,000 a y...
Students and locals as one over unlit park
20/11/2008
A GROUP of local residents joined forces with students to campaign for better lighting in an unlit p...
11,300 council staff in redundancy shock
18/11/2008
ALL 11,300 of Salford council's workforce have been invited to apply for voluntary redundancy as the...
NetServices reports profit and appoints new sales director
18/11/2008
NetServices (AIM: NSV), the Salford Quays-based business-to-business telecoms network provider, has ...
Kings Arms Christmas Dinners
17/11/2008
The Kings Arms 11 Bloom Street Salford M3 6AN The Kings Arms is now taking bookings for Chri...
I can do that…I can make films…giz a job!
17/11/2008
Swinton based film buff, Alan Jones, went for an interview at the job centre and said he wanted a ca...
NWDA chair to head Peel Media
17/11/2008
Bryan Gray is to become chairman of Peel Media, the developers of MediaCityUK in Salford, it was ann...
Getting the best from Business North West.
14/11/2008
Business Link Northwest is proud to be the major supporter of Business North West, taking the most p...
A new charity fund raising organisation has come to Salford and needs your help
14/11/2008
The ‘City of Salford Lions Club’ was formed by Dave and Mike Ryan who have been members of Chapel St...
Unmasking Salford’s Green Heroes
14/11/2008
The Northwest Business Environment Awards 2009 The search is on for Salford’s environmentally co...
Film makers strike it lucky in Paradise
13/11/2008
A MOVIE filmed in Salford by staff and graduates of the University of Salford is set to make its deb...
Volunteers wanted at Studio Salford
12/11/2008
Is anyone out there prepared to do a night next week on the Box Office / Front of House at Studio Sa...
Gray to stay at NWDA
12/11/2008
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced Northwest Regional Development Agency chairman Bryan...
KidsCan Christmas Cards
10/11/2008
KidsCan Christmas Cards are now available to purchase at 70p each. Cards come with envelopes and ...
FSB survey names banks as one of the biggest growth barriers for small businesses
07/11/2008
Banks are among the biggest blocks to the growth of small businesses, the Federation of Small Busine...
One in three to pay congestion charge, say TIF opponents
07/11/2008
Opponents of the proposed Greater Manchester congestion charging scheme claim two seperate surveys b...
Businesses urged to speak out on skills
07/11/2008
Manchester’s new Commission for Economic Development, Employment and Skills wants local businesses t...
MediaCity boss Greasley quits
05/11/2008
Peel Media today announced the shock departure of Brian Greasley, the managing director of MediaCity...
University helps design souped-up scooter
04/11/2008
Designers at the University of Salford have helped to improve the performance of a range of electric...
Salford committee votes to scrap plans for new publication
04/11/2008
Salford City Council's Strategy and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee voted against plans to start its...
Firms get £8.65m package for environmental projects
03/11/2008
An £8.65m funding package for projects to cut energy, save money and protect the environment is now ...
Franchising Opportunities in Salford & Manchester
31/10/2008
Puddle Ducks is one of the largest growing swimming schools for babies and toddlers and is looking t...
£121m of home improvement work up for grabs in Salford
30/10/2008
Salford City Council today said that contracts would soon be up for grabs on £121m of home improveme...
£10m funding for North West high growth businesses
29/10/2008
A £10m funding package aimed at helping high growth businesses was announced today by the Northwest ...
Salford hosts news summit
28/10/2008
A HEATED debate is on the cards when representatives meet in Salford to discuss the future of news a...
Firms offered up to £3,000 in support from colleges
27/10/2008
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and the Northwest ERDF Programme – the organization...
MIDAS pleased with TIF changes
27/10/2008
MIDAS, Manchester’s Investment and Development Agency, has welcomed the proposed changes to the Tran...
Challenging Stereotypes
24/10/2008
Whalley Range 11-18 High School Thursday 11th December 2008 & Wednesday 4th February 2009 Enco...
Marriott wins North West large hotel accolade
24/10/2008
The Marriott Worsley Park Hotel was named large hotel of the year at the England’s Northwest Tourism...
Salford Star: Democratic Life…In Salford?
23/10/2008
On 22nd October Councillor John Merry, Leader of Salford City Council, “by the powers conferred on m...
Puddle Ducks out of the water and abseiling for charity!
23/10/2008
Puddle Ducks Cheshire’s largest baby and toddler swimming school are hanging up their towels and rea...
£30m worth of marketing work up for grabs with NHS
23/10/2008
The National Health Service has put out to tender a three-year framework agreement covering £30m wor...
Green light for £90m Deansgate plan
22/10/2008
Manchester City Council’s executive committee has backed a £90m redevelopment strategy for Deansgate...
Business Link offers online assistance for businesses dealing with the credit crunch
20/10/2008
Business Link Northwest has a number of online tools and guides aimed at assisting local businesses ...
Salford University appoints new Vice-Chancellor
17/10/2008
Salford University has appointed a distinguished archaeologist, whose career has spanned decades of ...
NW regional minister appointed to lead Regional Economic Council
16/10/2008
North West Regional Minister Beverley Hughes has been appointed to lead the Regional Economic Counci...
Self Development Workshops -Creative Academy
15/10/2008
Do you want to start your own small business or social enterprise but need some help with ideas? Or...
KIDSCAN’s first ever North East Balloon Race!
13/10/2008
On November 15th, KIDSCAN will be live at the Darlington Arena, for our first ever North East Ball...
P4P Event Photography launch new website
13/10/2008
P4P event Photography have just launched their new website. Whatever the occasion or setting, your ...
Ordsall Hall's £4.1m Lotto boost
07/10/2008
THE future of one of Salford's historic gems has been secured after a race against time. Ordsall ...
Salfords most popular 1 year old!
03/10/2008
We can’t believe that a year has passed so quickly since Salford City Radio launched! In just 12 ...
Technology cuts crime in your community
02/10/2008
Over recent years, Salford Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership has brought about significant redu...
Small-business group: C-charge has hidden costs
02/10/2008
The Federation of Small Businesses says claims by pro-congestion charge groups that public transport...
Peninsula profits surge in downturn
01/10/2008
EMPLOYMENT law advice firm Peninsula Business Services today showed how it is benefiting from the ec...
NWBLT backing for c-charge 'nearly unanimous'
30/09/2008
The North West Business Leadership Team today said it backed Greater Manchester’s Transport Innovati...
Region can handle 'cooling economy'
26/09/2008
THE north west is robust enough to withstand the worst economic conditions for 30 years, a regional ...
Send New Year’s Greetings for 2009 to Salford and the world for only £30
25/09/2008
The next issue of Salford Star is also the Christmas/New Year issue and they’re offering everyone th...
Boats return to 'hidden canal'
24/09/2008
AFTER an absence of more than 40 years narrow boats returned to a 'hidden' canal. The 1,600-ft se...
University of Salford teaching course to Capita Symonds employees
24/09/2008
The University of Salford is offering its first-ever company-specific course as part of a £3m govern...
MIDAS talking to ‘one of the biggest companies in the world’
24/09/2008
MIDAS chief executive Colin Sinclair claims the inward investment body was in talks with “one of the...
Design team for Greengate site
23/09/2008
PLANS for an £580m mix of offices, shops and new homes near Victoria Station have taken a leap forwa...
News From The Labs
22/09/2008
KIDSCAN’s Director of Sciences, Professor Alan McGown has more information on the latest development...
Bexley Square to host beer festival
19/09/2008
A HISTORIC corner of Salford will host Britain's first Belgian beer festival. Bexley Square was t...
Salford: A University For The 21st Century
18/09/2008
A photographic exhibition telling 'The University Story' Runs: 02.10.2008 to 11.10.2008 Prev...
Manchester Art Fair's Exhibition cancelled Left Bank saves the day for Artist
18/09/2008
Manchester based Artist, Sophia B, of Sophia B Divine is an artist who had been selected to exhibit ...
Volunteers needed for Education Business Solutions
15/09/2008
Education Business Solutions require volunteers for a number of activities during the Autumn Term 20...
Reading Capital
15/09/2008
A fortnightly reading group dedicated to reading Karl Marx’s Capital Vol. 1: A Critique of Political...
Glendale considers swallowing up rivals
15/09/2008
SAUSAGES to dumplings manufacturer Glendale Foods is on the takeover trail as it looks to grow annua...
Re-development of Deva Centre in Salford in works
15/09/2008
Belfast-based developers Four Two Four, a subsidiary of Benmore Developments, is understood to be in...
MediaCity on track as university deal nears
11/09/2008
MEDIACITY:UK bosses have announced that a Salford University faculty is the latest organisation to r...
Search for Top Salford Snap
11/09/2008
Budding photographers are being given the chance to help promote the city by grabbing their camera a...
Urban Vision and Salford City Council draw up design document
10/09/2008
Salford-based regeneration company Urban Vision has submitted a supplementary planning document with...
Swinton IT offer 10% Discount to all Chapel Street Members
09/09/2008
Swinton IT, has just signed up to Chapel Street Business Group. We are an IT company that offers a o...
Looking After Number One
09/09/2008
Apart from a company’s fixed assets such as a property, computers, machinery and cars which are usua...
EN Magazine Multi-Media Marketing Offers
09/09/2008
EN Magazine are building an area on their website www.entheweb.co.uk on a premium page so visitors c...
ITV closes in on MediaCity move
09/09/2008
BROADCASTER ITV is on the verge of announcing its long-anticipated move out of its Quay Street-base ...
Waterman pops into outdoor business event
08/09/2008
Pop producer and train enthusiast Pete Waterman is to speak at Manchester’s first outdoor business f...
Laterooms buys London hotels site
05/09/2008
Salford-based travel agency Laterooms.com has bought London-based hotel booking specialist Hotels-Lo...
Salford jumps 44 places in biz competitiveness survey
04/09/2008
Salford has been named as the fourth most-improved UK city for business competitiveness in a survey ...
Ting Tings to put city on tourist trail
02/09/2008
HIT Salford band the Ting Tings will help Fido PR put the city on the tourist map. Fido has been ...
FSB launches Keep Trade Local tour
29/08/2008
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is launching its UK wide Keep Trade Local photography tour ...
Salford artist gears up for Arctic adventure
26/08/2008
Intrepid Salford University artist Rebecca McKnight is setting her sights on the ‘roof of the world’...
Skills For Jobs
26/08/2008
Skills For Jobs Your Personal Path to Employment Unemployed, Live in Salford, Over 19 ??? S...
AGMA shoots down call for business vote on congestion charge
26/08/2008
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is calling for businesses to be given the chance to vote on t...
Salford and Manchester Metropolitan Unis to get Enterprise Champions
21/08/2008
The University of Salford and Manchester Metropolitan University have each secured an initial £132,0...
Healing animal magic
21/08/2008
THE corporate world sunk its claws so deep into Jean Davies's psyche that her health and happiness h...
Studio Salford Announces Season 2
19/08/2008
We've got a FAB collection of new work to delight, surprise, laugh, shock, dance, sing, wee in both ...
Andrews Continental Delicacies wins Great Taste Award
30/07/2008
Andrews Continental Delicacies from Salford is celebrating after winning a prestigious Great Taste A...
3-day Business Diploma course
24/07/2008
NLP Business Diploma NLP is one of the fastest growing tools available to those who want to impro...
Barriers faced by small companies - share your experiences
24/07/2008
As part of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform’s (BERR) Enterprise Strateg...
Salford’s Business of the Year to celebrate with Reds' Fans
23/07/2008
The Willows will be awash with red this Friday (25 July) courtesy of the Reds’ new 2009 sponsor and ...
Students Learn Healthy and Effective Ways to Cope With Stress
14/07/2008
Students at Salford City Academy were given a special treat on Monday 7th July by Lubna Latif of at ...
Salford City Reds Foundation launches latest drive to raise funds
14/07/2008
The Salford City Reds Foundation has recently launched its latest drive to raise funds to allow it t...
Innovation award for RTS
07/07/2008
AIM-listed RTS Life Science has won the 2008 North West Innovation Award for its system to extract w...
Bucking the trend with IT
07/07/2008
IN these challenging economic times few small firms are expanding, but IT-Start has managed to doubl...
Business Leadership Council
07/07/2008
AROUND 170 bosses wanted to join the new Business Leadership Council, created by AGMA, the Associat...
Noel's a champ too
07/07/2008
THE Salford-born son of wrestling superstar Giant Haystacks is reaching the heights himself as Busin...
After Adoption Sponsored Challenge Events
19/06/2008
London to Paris Cycle Ride 2008 2nd-6th July or 10th-14th September If you have ever wanted to d...
Salford parks benefit from carbon offsetting
18/06/2008
Over three hundred trees have been donated to parks in Salford as part of a commitment by a local bu...
Salford Star Website Gets A Tart Up...
18/06/2008
Salford Star's website has now been tarted up and updated by John who's been sat in the Cornerstone ...
Education Business Solutions: Volunteers Urgently Required
17/06/2008
Education Business Solutions require a number of volunteers across Greater Manchester on a number of...
Wanted: Adventurous People
17/06/2008
WANTED! Adventurous people throughout the UK to... Jump in July! Help us raise funds on 26 Ju...
Raising Aspirations Project
17/06/2008
FILM-MAKING COURSE….. Raising Aspirations Project If you are living in SALFORD are UNEMPLOYED ...
Chapel Street Business Group Survey 2008
04/06/2008
The Chapel Street Business Group Survey is now underway, to complete the survey online please click ...
Ale award is no small beer
29/05/2008
A TINY pub which was in danger of closing forever five years ago is in the running to retain its tit...
Powell in pole position
29/05/2008
POWELL Communications is on the starting grid as it gets ready to drive a new regional PR and market...
Artists cash in on creations
29/05/2008
TWO art businesses in Greater Manchester are enjoying a brush with success. Composite Imaging, a ...
Manchester Evening News Business of the Year Awards
29/05/2008
THE search has begun for the 2008 Manchester Evening News Business of the Year Awards. The awards...
Education Business Solutions – Volunteers for practice interviews urgently needed
29/05/2008
Levenshulme Girls "Stepping into the Future" Conference, Thursday 26th June 2008 24 volunteers ar...
BBC – a chance to look behind the scenes
29/05/2008
The BBC is opening up its offices on Oxford Rd to give people who live & work in Salford the opportu...
SALFORD STAR’s 2nd Birthday… incredible special advertising offers…
15/05/2008
FREE ADVERTS!!! Book 4 get 1 free!!! Get a full page ad free!!! A full page ad costs £600 p...
Manchester shines at boat race
12/05/2008
THOUSANDS gathered in the spring sunshine to cheer on the rowers taking part in the annual Two Citi...
SALFORD STAR – The 2nd Birthday…
12/05/2008
Yes, the next summer issue marks two years of the Salford Star…and we’re still f*ing skint! So, ...
New Chief To Push Through Business Funding Reforms
29/04/2008
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has named the chairman of the b...
Salford Star Scoops First Major Media Award
28/04/2008
The Salford Star won its first major creative industries recognition in front of an audience of over...
Printing.com heading down under
21/04/2008
TRAFFORD Park-based Printing.com, which prints leaflets, brochures, business cards and other items o...
Technical innovation in the North West
14/04/2008
Technical innovation in the North West creates breakthrough in Business Broadband For companies w...
The Civil Society Challenge Fund
01/03/2008
The Civil Society Challenge Fund The Department for International Development (DFID) has announce...
BBC accused of £40m 'bribe' for workers moving to Salford
01/01/1970
The shadow culture secretary has lambasted the BBC for "bribing" its London workers to move to Salfo...
