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...

Done Deals
Magic Carpet Ride
EN speaks to Steve Watt about the £41 million deal that has seen management take a majority stake at flooring firm Gradus.
 
Bed and boardroom

EN speaks to Tony Walsh about Laterooms' sale to First Choice

 
Nash cashes in

The founder of the UK and Ireland’s biggest motorcycle insurance broker has sold up to French giant Groupama for a sum believed to be in excess of £80 million.

 
Safe as houses
Michael Fahy seeks to find out why Barclays Private Equity was so taken with a 30-odd year-old laonds firm.
 
Ring My Bell
Mike Fahy speaks to John Caudwell about the £1.5 billion sale of his mobile phone empire to a pair of private equity houses
 
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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.