Emporium of smiles
1:00 am, Mon, June 21, 2010 - Afflecks, the trendsetting Northern Quarter emporium, is back in the black and fully let — bringing smiles to the faces of tenants like Angie Hulme.

Curtis bursts in as Pop’s digital chief
11:11 am, Tue, June 15, 2010 - Manchester-based design agency Corporation Pop has appointed Mark Curtis as head of digital.

Bruntwood poised for bargain deal to buy Great Northern
1:00 am, Mon, June 14, 2010 - Bruntwood is in pole position to buy the Great Northern Warehouse, the Manchester city centre leisure complex which has been on the market for two-and-a-half years.

Ski centre hunts for third chief exec in a year
1:00 am, Mon, June 14, 2010 - The Chill Factore, the Trafford indoor ski centre owned by Extreme Cool Ltd, is on the hunt for a new £100,000-a-year chief executive — its third in less than a year.

Stadium Point to put venue plans on show
10:20 am, Wed, June 9, 2010 - The company behind a proposed live music venue in Trafford are hosting a series of exhibitions to give local residents and businesses the chance to find out more about the plans, which are due to be submitted this summer.

Peel ponders exhibition centre plan for Museum of Museums
1:00 am, Mon, June 7, 2010 - Peel Group is in the early stages of assessing whether to turn a former Argos warehouse in Trafford Park into a major exhibition centre to rival Manchester Central and Birmingham's NEC.

Academy seeks to turn downtime into cash
1:00 am, Mon, June 7, 2010 - Droylsden Academy has become the first in Greater Manchester to rent out its buildings to the public via Schools Plus, a business run by former Accenture consultant James Woods (pictured left).

Publisher takes space in St Peter’s Square
9:53 am, Thu, June 3, 2010 - Impromptu Publishing, which produces titles aimed at performing arts, music education and charities, has taken 813 sq ft on the fifth floor of Clarendon House on St Peter’s Square in Manchester. Lease terms were not disclosed.

Cheshire company takes PlayStation onto airliners
11:49 am, Tue, May 25, 2010 - IFE Services, a Knutsford-based provider of in-flight entertainment, has confirmed that it has struck a deal with Sony Computer Entertainment America to distribute the PlayStation Portable to airlines.

ITV to ditch Quay Street for MediaCity
1:00 am, Mon, May 24, 2010 - ITV Granada has agreed a deal with Peel Group to relocate to its Media CityUK development on Salford Quays, according to several people familiar with the situation.

No Chintz, but space for freelancers
2:01 pm, Mon, May 24, 2010 - Interior designer firm NoChintz is offering business space to freelancers at its Manchester city centre office.

Corks pop for Generation Pop
8:17 am, Mon, May 24, 2010 - Manchester art gallery Generation Pop won the Best Retailer Initiative category in The Greats Retail Awards, which are open to entries from all over the country.

Royal Opera House North seen as victim of coalition cutbacks
1:00 am, Mon, May 24, 2010 - Plans to create a northern base for the Royal Opera House in Manchester now look increasingly unlikely to come to fruition. As the coalition government looks to cut £6bn from public spending, the London-based cultural institution admitted the project had slipped off the radar.

Spearfish reels in grants for arts fests
1:00 am, Mon, May 24, 2010 - A Manchester-based organisation has secured €450,000 of funding for music and art workshops across Europe.

Corporation Pop lands campaign for London Electronic Dance Festival
11:58 am, Wed, May 19, 2010 - Manchester-based design agency Corporation Pop has been appointed by sports and entertainment presenter AEG Live UK to market the London Electronic Dance Festival.

Ex-cinema's future on a cliffhanger
1:00 am, Mon, May 17, 2010 - Planning permission has expired on the disused Odeon cinema on Oxford Street in Manchester and a protest group has been set up to oppose any new attempt to demolish it.

Music school bids for final tenners
1:00 am, Mon, May 17, 2010 - Chetham's School of Music still needs to raise more money to complete the £36m redevelopment programme which got under way last week.

The Hut makes top three of Euro growth league
9:22 am, Fri, May 14, 2010 - Online retailer The Hut Group has been named the third fastest growing digital company in Europe in the the GP Bullhound Media Momentum Awards.

Ten Alps chief executive to chair Royal Television Society in the North West
10:36 am, Tue, May 4, 2010 - Ten Alps Plc chief executive Alex Connock has been elected Chair of the Royal Television Society in the North West.

The Hut launches entertainment store for Debenhams
9:29 am, Tue, May 4, 2010 - Northwich-based ecommerce firm The Hut Group has launched a new “white label” entertainment website for Debenhams.

Will Spinningfields work as a fine dining destination?

A: Yes, thanks to plenty of well-heeled footfall

B: Yes, but restaurants will need three years rent free to get started

C: No, fine dining won't work anywhere in the city centre

Votes cast: 337

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