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New Islington gets fat hand-out

Confidential eats chips, watches grown men splashing around and admires the flow of dosh to an unlikely marina

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Vast new city centre development

The Star and Garter saved for the nation as plans are made for huge building project

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3 ace food and drink deals, aka The 3 Tenners

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Win a meal for two at the The Alderley restaurant at Alderley Edge Hotel

The hotel with three AA rosettes is giving away a meal from their six course tasting menu, with a chauffeur to do the driving

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BDP headquarters and Piccadilly Bas...
Phil Griffin appreciates the contribution a swathe of steel brings to a burgeoning city area
 
How clean is your house?
William Jordan, managing director of lettings agency Jordan’s, advises landlords on how to make properties mor...
 
Contest your business rates
Do you run a small firm? You have until March 31 to appeal against your business rates
 
Mortgage rescue in Manchester
Manchester City Council comes to the rescue with mortgage scheme
Millionaire in Manchester
Secret millionaire to speak at Forum of Private Business event
 
The Hive starts to buzz
Landmark building barges to completion in the Northern Quarter
 
Free business seminar
Get free advice on health and safety, employment law and risk management
 
Women attack tower for money
Birdhouse Fund benefits as Britain's tallest penthouse gets invaded by Women in Property
BMX indoor track breaks soil
Another Manchester First as world's first purpose indoor BMX cycling centre starts to grow
 
School on stilts rises
Irk Valley Community School in Lower Crumpsall will stand up for education
 
Cool Offices: UKFast, City Tower
We start at the top seeking Manchester's coolest workplace: is your office better looking than this?
 
Vast new city centre development
The Star and Garter saved for the nation as plans are made for huge building project
New police stations for £56m
Greater Manchester Police stations to get a multi-million pound makeover
 
Alderley Edge gets a luxury bungalow
Only in Cheshire would you find a two-storey bungalow, says John Nuttall
 
Big businesses praise Greater Manch...
Greater Manchester is a great place to do business, according to some of the biggest companies located here
 
Weather forecast: extra mist for Sa...
Greengate public realm scheme approved, here are some pics – let's get some swings and slides there instead
Launch of Piccadilly Place
Party at the Place: 675,000 sq ft development let's its hairdown
 
Acting Cityco head moves to Bruntwo...
Kate Harrison heads to property giant as Marketing Director
 
Housing Benefit Tribunal makes land...
Good news for Landlords renting to Housing Benefit claimants.
 
How to take three bites from a prop...
Is there another property scheme which may stick in the throat
FSA to ban self-certification mortg...
John Nuttall wonders what took them so long, and looks at the consequences for borrowers
 
How landlords can guarantee their r...
Insurance policy that covers landlords against defaulting tenants
 
Urban gardeners turn the city green
Manchester residents bring back barrow-loads of awards from North West in Bloom
 
Regus' Business booster event
Local firms gather to discuss business in the city
Unenforceable loans become slightly...
Landmark court case over ‘unenforceable’ loans
 
Gorton Monastery pipped by St Paul's
Gorton's gothic wonder nearly gets another RICS award
 
Back view to the future
Jonathan Schofield on how the clearance for new Chetham’s School of Music reveals ancient view
 
Looking for a space to work?
There are better options than your spare room and Starbucks, as Tom Broadbent discovers
Property – there’s both good news a...
Rising house prices again or another crash?
 
The Great Green Debate: free advice...
Learn how to make your business more environmentally competitive
 
Altrincham is green with energy
The Altair regeneration is set to be eco and economically friendly
 
The Confidential Architecture Tour ...
Take a tour around central Manchester and learn about its buildings, their architecture and history
Axe the Agent – private home sales ...
Learn how to sell your home in cyberspace
 
Upturn predicted by North West smal...
The region's small businesses are hopeful about recovery, but only if they get better treatment from banks
 
The Big Interview: Ben Kelly on des...
Jonathan Schofield talks to the Hacienda designer as his silkscreen prints of the club come to the city for th...
 
Victoria Bridge: Salford replies
That bridge, the plants, more plants and bike paths
 
Castlefield residents and local bus...
Following on from Confidential’s campaign for Castlefield there’s a progress report

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Manchester: doing better in the UK ...
The rental property market has started to pick-up with Manchester one of the front runners
 
Bricking it, the blight of cowboy b...
John Nuttall on the cunning ways to avoid getting lassoed
Don't suffer in silence over your h...
Struggling to pay your mortgage? A new service has launched to help local people avoid re-possession
 
Do you run a successful family busi...
North West family businesses are invited to enter Coutts prize for family business 2009/10
 
Green with envy – solar panels are ...
Britons willing to pay more for renewable energy homes?
 
Government's cunning plan for housi...
Housing benefit reforms waste millions of taxpayers' money
Urbis to be put on ice
John Nuttall says ice, ice, baby as Smirnoff look to recreate Urbis in ice
 
Tram stop chic
Confidential’s camp fashion correspondent Kwok Man assesses the new look Metrolink stations
 
Littleborough gets eco-friendly mil...
Developer builds in energy efficiency at cotton mill conversion
 
HIP replacement therapy
Sellers encouraged to shop around for information packs as estate agents find a new way to overcharge
HMRC denies targeting landlords
Revenue denies landlord tax crackdown
 
Soviet plan to invade Manchester
John Nuttall reports on cold war maps that show how the Russians intended to drive tanks down Princess Parkway
 
Piccadilly Tower may still be built
Shelved plan to build Europe's tallest tower may be revived
 
A mini mansion for the more modest ...
No sign of recession in Alderley Edge as developer plans mini mansions
Tax windfall for holiday home landl...
Letting out your holiday home in Europe? You might be due for a tax rebate
 
'Nimby's Charter' provokes fury
John Nuttall reports on Labour's plan to evict students, immigrants and the poor from affordable housing
 
The six different property prices
Putting a value on your property – best out of six
 
Motor City's burning – well, it's a...
John Nuttall heard it through the grapevine – that Detroit is a good investment
A cunning plan for buying property ...
How to be a complete Cretan with a buy now, pay later scheme on Greek homes
 
Fee free property auction goes nati...
John Nuttall on a company that will sell your property at no cost and without an estate agent
 
Government to kick start stalled ho...
John Nuttall reports on plans to give the North West the lion’s share of the government's housing development ...
 
Manchester to become a 'green labor...
University and office provider unite to tackle climate change – John Nuttall reports
 
Tax dodging landlords under scrutiny
HMRC seeks new powers to track down 'ghost' landlords
 
Plan to put the heart back into Sal...
Regeneration, regeneration, regeneration – Salford receives its biggest ever planning application
 
Landmark court case for sale and re...
Judge hands back home to sale and rent back scheme victims
Give your kitchen its fifteen minut...
It’s time for your close up – get your property featured on the screen
 
Concrete truth (and a Confidential ...
Natalie Bradbury meets a new society dedicated to our city’s beleaguered buildings (Jonathan Schofield invites...
 
Topping out on The Rock
Ancient ceremony marks half way point at Bury development
 
Rare sixteenth century book finds n...
First Fleet Street printer's book to go on display on Deansgate
Want to live in Ronaldo's house? St...
Ronaldo's house up for sale on the net
 
A better class of loan
Borrow against luxury items
 
Ronaldo's house up for sale on the ...
Want to live in Ronaldo's house? Steady girls, he won't be in it
 
Rent 2 Buy in Manchester City Centre
Try before you buy scheme for Manchester City Centre apartments
Lettings agents brought to heel
John Nuttall reports on news that complaints against lettings agents have soared
 
When I'm (not) cleaning windows
How to have clean windows without ladders or that annoying whistling
 
New development for the creative se...
A creatives' courtyard for the Northern Quarter
 
Sale and Rent Back schemes finally ...
National Landlords Association warns Sale and Rent Back firms
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