Doing it the ARD WAY

There have been no European handouts for Manchester. EN finds out how else the city...

Bespoke tailoring

Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor. You'd think that might give you a clue about the profits...

Join the club

Clouds are gathering over the economy, but, other than join the Freemasons, what is a...

Telecoms

Internet calling (VOIP) slashes phone costs - but will its quality make customers hang up?

Venue Finder

Looking for somewhere to host your event? EN's Venue Finder lets you search by location, capacity and event style, across the best venues in the North of England.

Andy Makeham reveals...

He's an acquisition- hungry former programmer who's looking for tired technology firms with customers ready to upgrade to his "sexy" software packages. Elizabeth Donevan shovels down the oysters and tries her best to get turned on as K3 boss Andy Makeham reveals...

Grow your own

Franchising is a £10bn+ industry in the UK. But what kind of business can would-be owners buy into? EN visits the British Franchise Exhibition.

 
Spot the balls!

Premiership managers like to think they've got one of the toughest jobs in the world. So what can the ordinary businessman learn from their reflections on management? EN heads to the dugout.

 
Crain`s Come to Manchester

In early 2008 Manchester will see the launch of a new business weekly newspaper. Its success or failure will influence the future of one of the United States's largest independent publishers.

 
Trial by fire

He may now chair a £180 million mobile phones distributor and have become the business TV star the tabloids most love to hate but back in the mid-nineties Peter Jones was kipping in the office of the business he'd just seen collapse around him. Stuart Anderson takes up his shield and finds out how the dragon grew his scaly hide.

 
Christmas yet to come

Having spent 40 years building the UK's biggest Christmas savings club, you might expect Peter Johnson to be sitting back and enjoying the fruits of his labours. Instead he's rebuilding consumer confidence post-Farepak and relisting the business on AIM. Stuart Anderson reports.

 
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There are scores of ways of getting your business noticed cheaply and easily by making use of the city’s streets. Unfortunately, though, many of them such as flyposting or graffiti are downright illegal, whereas others (a nod goes out here to Manchester’s “Sabi Rock guy”) make you look like a nutter.