Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has now lent more than £700m to SMEs and property developers, as the appetite for alternative forms of finance continues to rise across the UK.
Manchester’s popular Chinese New Year celebrations proved to be a big hit again this year with more than 200,000 people turning out to enjoy the city’s festivities to see in the Year of the Pig.
Manchester-based Indian-owned Hero Cycles is announcing ambitious plans to unleash an export drive, in partnership with Cheshire ecommerce giant The Hut Group, for its new bike brand, Insync.
GC Angels, the angel investment arm of the Growth Company, has supported Manchester based Gradtouch with a funding boost of £150k to expand their innovative graduate job matching business.
With the construction programme progressing at Crusader Mill, main contractor Artez, has now appointed a specialist sub-contractor for the next phase of the 200,000sq ft residential development.