Manchester’s bustling city centre, known for its dynamic business environment and cultural vibrancy, welcomes a new opportunity for businesses looking to make a statement.
Nestled next to the iconic Spinningfields, a range of office spaces are now available for rent, offering a perfect blend of location, convenience, and modern amenities.
The great, flexible office spaces are available in a range of sizes to suit every business, competitive pricing, and even on-site parking.
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Whether you’re a start-up taking its first steps or an established enterprise seeking expansion, these office units cater to a diverse range of needs.
With sizes ranging from a cozy 260 square feet, ideal for small teams or solo entrepreneurs, up to expansive spaces of 4,087 and 8,000 square feet, there’s room here for your business to grow and thrive.
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Situated in the M3 postcode, these offices are a ticket to being part of Manchester’s thriving business community.
You’ll be neighbors with some of the city’s leading firms and innovators, not to mention some of the best cafes, restaurants and bars up north.
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Affordability Meets Quality
Priced competitively at £18.50 per square foot, these office spaces strike the perfect balance between cost and quality. This is an investment in not just an office, but a location that adds value to your business.
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These offices also come with the convenience of on-site parking – which is goldust in Manchester city centre – and with 24/7 access, your work hours are as flexible as you need them to be.
Be Part of Manchester’s Future
This is more than just office space; it’s a chance to plant your business in the soil of a city that’s growing every day. Enquiries are now open.
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Contact Mark Burgess on [email protected] or 07496 605 569 for more details and to schedule a viewing – and if this isn’t the space for you, contact us anyway, we have a range of spaces available across Greater Manchester.
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M&S to expand and create flagship store on major Greater Manchester retail park
Emily Sergeant
M&S has announced expansion plans to create a regional flagship store on a major Greater Manchester retail park.
Only a couple of years after the major retailer permanently closed the doors to its multi-floored store in Bolton town centre back in April 2023, citing changing shopping habits and sparking widespread concerns about the town’s high street, M&S has now revealed grand plans to expand its Middlebrook branch.
The M&S at Middlebrook – which is the largest retail park in the UK – became the only store in the borough following the town centre closure.
While the building on Deansgate in Bolton has remained vacant ever since its closure nearly two years ago, ahead of the anticipated demolition and redevelopment of the town’s Crompton Place shopping centre, it’s not the only site set to receive an upgrade.
M&S will be expanding into two vacant units, including the former Wilko unit, at the Horwich-based retail park.
M&S to expand and create a flagship store on a major Greater Manchester retail park / Credit: Google Maps
Developers Orbit Developments is working with M&S to relocate Boots, which is the other unit which M&S will expand into, and on top of this, a small extension built will also be built onto the back.
Alternative premises have been offered to Boots, according to developers, and they expect the company will stay at Middlebrook.
Set to be a “flagship” store for the region following the redevelopment, Orbit Developments says the new M&S will bring a “renewed vibrancy” to the retail park, and will benefit both customers and the wider community.
More than 100 new jobs will also be created.
“This new brand-defining M&S full line store will significantly enhance the shopping experience for customers in the area and strengthen the retail offering for Bolton at Middlebrook, while creating around 108 new jobs and offering a boost to the local economy,” Orbit Developments said in a statement.
Expansion work is expected to start later in 2025, with the new store expected to open to the public in December 2026.
M&S says it plans to continue trading throughout the redevelopment.
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Business
Full list of Lloyds and Halifax bank branches set to close in Greater Manchester
Emily Sergeant
Lloyds Banking Group has announced that it will be closing dozens of high street banking branches across the UK.
As the group, which owns Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland, accelerates its plans to cut costs and digitise banking, a total of 136 branches nationwide are set to close permanently between May of this year and March 2026 – with 61 Lloyds branches, 61 Halifax, and 14 Bank of Scotland branches affected.
Lloyds says its decision to shut the high street branches is due to customers shifting away from banking in-person, and preferring to use mobile services instead.
The announcement that 136 branches are set to close also comes weeks after Lloyds decided to allow customers of either Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland to use the sites across any of its brands for in-person banking.
The six Greater Manchester branches set to close before May 2026 are:
Lloyds
Farnworth, Bolton
Bury
Newton Heath
Moston
Halifax
Bolton
Walkden
The full list of Lloyds and Halifax bank branches set to close in Greater Manchester has been released / Credit: Unsplash | PickPik
Some of the other North West branches of both Lloyds and Halifax listed to be closing include a number in major Lancashire towns such as Blackpool, Southport, and St Annes, as well as some in Cheshire like Wilmslow and Northwich, and some in Merseyside and on the Wirral.
Lloyds said that transactions across these particular branches fell by an average of 48% over the past five years, with customers using app payments more frequently.
“Over 20 million customers are using our apps for on-demand access to their money, and customers have more choice and flexibility than ever for their day-to-day banking,” a spokesperson for Lloyds Banking Group said as the closure announcement was made.
“Alongside our apps, customers can also use telephone banking, visit a community banker or use any Lloyds, Halifax, or Bank of Scotland branch.
The Manc -
16th November 2023 
