Manchester campaigner backs 5p carrier bag charge in bid to save environment
From this morning plastic bags will cost 5p in a bid to stop people using them in such vast quantities.
Cyber-crime: Manchester firms urged to get smart over increasing threat
Two detectives from GMP’s cyber-crime team will give a presentation on online security at a free networking event being held by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) at Eccles’ Church Street RBS bank.
Bolton goes potty over potholes! Council dispute FOI complaint figures
The FSB issued results of an FOI request under embargoe last week claiming that out of the ten local authorities that make up Greater Manchester, Bolton scored the highest for complaints about potholes with 13,915 moans made in 2013/14.
‘Bullying and blackmail’: Oldham MP slates Premier Foods ‘pay and stay’ policy
Oldham East MP Debbie Abrahams speaks out against Premier Foods ‘pay and stay’ practice describing it as ‘blackmail’, the day before Small Business Saturday
MP John Leech joins rebellion to get pub landlord earnings up from £10K a year average
South Manchester MP John Leech is joining the rebellion to get the government ‘beer-tie’ scheme scrapped in a bid to get local pub landlords off the breadline