Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced that a team working on a challenge for The King’s Trust in Manchester was selected as one of the UK winners of the AWS Breaking Barriers Challenge, a three-day multi-city hackathon. The winning team developed a unified support platform
Macclesfield-based furniture retailer Arighi Bianchi has been recognised on the national stage, winning Best Marketing Campaign at the Excellence in Furniture Awards – described as the “Oscars of the furniture world”. The awards ceremony took place on Monday 19 January at the NEC Birmingham, alongside
Rank Kings, a UK-based SEO agency originally founded in Stockport and Manchester, has been named SEO Agency of the Year – Manchester & North West at the 2025 Prestige Awards. The award ceremony took place in Leeds and recognises agencies that demonstrate outstanding service quality,
A free sober social event is taking place in Manchester next month as part of the launch of Sober Rebel Society, a new Manchester-based non-profit set up to support people who want to cut down, stop drinking or explore life without alcohol beyond Dry January.
Following the release of their anticipated sophomore album, ‘When Are You Leaving?’ (via Partisan Records), Korean-American singer-songwriter NoSo is set to headline a run of UK dates in February. ‘When Are You Leaving?’ is an album for anyone still figuring themselves out, and one that
The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has today confirmed that a World Climbing Series event, sanctioned by World Climbing (formerly the International Federation of Sport Climbing) will return to the UK in June 2027 and be hosted in Manchester. The event will take place one year
A Warrington-based water cooler business has given back to its local community by donating non-spill sports bottles to pupils at a local primary school, helping to encourage healthy hydration during the school day. The donation was made to Alderman Bolton Primary Academy in Latchford, Warrington,
Synth-pop icons Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) will be returning to where it all began when they perform a headline show in Rochdale next summer. The pioneering duo who recorded their debut single in the town bring their acclaimed ‘Summer of Hits’ tour to
Families supported by Family Action’s Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities (EPEC) service and Manchester children’s Services came together last week for a special Christmas celebration, bringing festive cheer to those who need it most. EPEC Manchester hosted a Christmas Stay ‘n’ Play event for families with
THE English tradition of playing darts in pubs “has gone” and the government is offering no help to stop them from closing, according to former world champion Keith Deller. Speaking to Nigel Farage on GB News, Deller paid tribute to Luke Littler for reviving the