Clothes retailer French Connection (FCUK) have banned angora products with immediate effect after receiving more than 100,000 angry emails from PETA supporters and their fellow animal rights activists.

Manchester’s image has been praised by a leading gentleman’s tailor for combining contemporary thinking with old fashioned style.

A Bolton business duo are trying to show the world there is more to the hemp seed than its cannabis roots suggest.

A new Manchester store is looking to get shoppers involved in the community by offering them the chance to decide its charity – which will then receive 1% of its annual profits.

Manchester mums are willing to spend almost £500 to ensure their child is the belle of the ball, according to a survey.

A War on Want protest against Gap’s association with sweat shops attracted a pitiful turnout outside the clothing giant’s St Ann’s Street store yesterday.