Administrators have announced the closure of approximately 350 Clinton Cards stores employing 2,800 people.

A design agency backed by rock star Peter Gabriel is to take space at the new Tower 12 in Manchester's Spinningfields.

Officials taking a 'tee break' at this year's Open Championship will be able to tuck into pies and pastries supplied by a Greater Manchester bakery.

There is light at the end of the tunnel for Britain's economy but the eurozone is heading for a recession which could cause 'collateral damage', an expert told more than 200 businesspeople at a conference in Greater Manchester.