Buying for Britain

Last year UK institutions bought a number of city centre offices from overseas owners. Chris Berkin asks whether British buyers are getting a raw deal and foreign buyers are calling the Manchester market

Manchester’s corporate puzzle

Despite the North West attracting £25bn of corporate firepower, Manchester’s struggle to pull in the biggest firms is proving a conundrum. So what is the solution?

Thai Leisure Group has recipe for success

ake one determined restaurateur from Thailand, add a successful chain of Thai eateries in northern England and garnish with a dancing troupe of ladyboys to form a leisure offering that considers itself suitable to move south