A chicken takeaway is making sure orders are winging their way to customers – on a £4,000 stand-up scooter. McAbduls, on Middleton Road, Oldham, promises to deliver within a mile radius on the quirky two-wheeled Segway.

An Indian restaurant chain is to open its first site in the north west in a move which will create 25 jobs.

A dentist has invested £250,000 to open a practice in Greater Manchester, the third site for his business.

Prime Minister David Cameron met with members of the north west’s business community to listen to how they are dealing with the challenges of the tough economic climate.