Category: manchester

News, posts and releases on Manchester in the North West of England.

Manchester Entrepreneurs battle it out in town

A silversmith, fashion designers and a maker of ‘hibiscus cola’ will be among the young entrepreneurs to test out their retail schemes for real on Wythenshawe high street this week. Five new businesses run by people aged 16 – 30 are competing for the TestTown Wythenshawe champion’s crown – and the right to enter the TestTown …

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Manchester in a bid to be the City of Football

Manchester is bidding to become the country’s first ever ‘City of Football’. The title ‘City of Football’ will be awarded by Sport England, with the winner receiving £1.6m in National Lottery funding to run a two-year pilot programme aimed at getting more people – particularly those aged 14-25 years – playing all forms of the game.Manchester …

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Team England prepare for Commonwealth Games

There are only weeks to go until the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and Team England are set to make their final preparations in Manchester.In the week before the Commonwealth Games, 16 – 22 July, 100 athletes and 30 support staff from Team England will use the facilities at the Manchester Regional Arena, Sportcity, for their …

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