A number of high-profile national companies are currently looking for new staff to fill a wide variety of roles in branches across Greater Manchester and the UK.
Boots, McDonald’s, PwC, and Tesco are among the companies looking to welcome new recruits.
There are currently thousands of jobs on offer within these companies throughout the country, ranging from retail and communications, to roles in logistics and even senior management positions too.
If you’re looking for a change of career, keen on exploring a new direction, or just fancy lending a hand to your wider community at a time when it’s most needed, then there are plenty big-name businesses and retailers looking to expand their teams across the region and we’ve rounded up all the roles with applications that are open to the public.
These are the companies hiring right now, and some of the opportunities they are offering.
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Boots
Boots currently employs 56,000 people and is looking to hire around 700 new members of staff throughout the UK, with hundreds of roles available across the North West region and a number in Greater Manchester, including Pharmacists, Store Managers, and Pre-registration Trainee positions all up for grabs.
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Full-Time, Part-Time, Fixed Term and Permanent positions are all currently open.
You can browse the roles available, read job descriptions and submit your applications via the Boots Jobs website here.
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Fancy joining the over 43,970+ team members at Next?
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Given the time of year gearing up to the festive period, there’s plenty of temporary Christmas Support Team roles currently open for applications in the Arndale, Trafford Centre, The Lowry Centre, and more, as well in a number of retail parks across the boroughs.
There’s also vacancies for non-seasonal temporary Sales Consultant and Delivery Assistant roles.
You can browse the roles available, read job descriptions and submit your applications via the Next Careers website here.
Tesco
Tesco currently employs of 450,000 people throughout the UK.
There’s a number of Customer Assistant roles of all levels that are currently open for applications at Tesco branches across Greater Manchester.
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From Failsworth, Burnage, and Bolton, to Oldham, Walkden, Leigh and more, stores right across the region are recruiting new team members with roles in a wide range of areas including Customer Service Assistants, Personal Shoppers, Delivery Drivers, Night Shift Assistants, Maintenance Management, Kitchen / Cafe, and there’s also a few roles suited to more experienced applicants too that offer a competitive salary and great employee benefits.
Full time, part time, Flexi, Temp, Festive Temp, and night time roles are all available.
You can browse the roles available, read job descriptions and submit your applications via the Tesco Careers website here.
PwC
PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) employs over 21,362 people across the UK and calls the swanky No.1 Spinningfields building its home in Manchester city centre.
There are a number of roles for experienced applicants currently open to the public.
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Roles based in the Manchester city centre hub which are accepting applications at present include External Audit Managers, Senior Manager in Business Restructuring Services – Covenant Advisory, Senior Associate in Digital Audit Advanced Analytics, Senior Salesforce Delivery Manager, and many many more.
Hours can be flexible, and salary rates and employee benefits are competitive.
You can browse the roles available, read job descriptions and submit your applications via the PwC Experienced Careers website here.
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Co-op
If you’re looking for more specialised roles as well as in-store roles, then Co-op is a retailer with its headquarters based right here in Manchester city centre.
Well over 70,000 employees make up Co-op’s team nationwide.
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There are currently a wide range of roles available across Greater Manchester, with vaccines open for several Undergraduate roles including Junior Buyer, Product Developer, Labelling Assistant, Food Policy Coordinator and more, as well as more senior roles such as Head of Design and Business Intelligence Analyst.
Customer Team Member, and Sales and Services Team Manager roles are also currently open for applications across the region too.
You can browse the roles available, read job descriptions and submit your applications via the Co-op Jobs website here.
McDonald’s
McDonald’s are well-known to be an excellent employer to work for here in the UK.
With plenty branches of the fast food chain spread across the Greater Manchester region, there are vacancies currently available in Hyde, Stretford, Urmston, Wythenshawe, Oldham, Bolton, Walkden, Radcliffe and more, with roles including Crew Members and Stockroom Staff up for grabs.
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Full-Time, Part-Time, temporary and night shift workers are required.
You can browse the roles available, read job descriptions and submit your applications via the McDonald’s Careers UK website here.
Domino’s
Popular pizza delivery chain Domino’s currently employs over 35,000 people in the UK and Ireland, and announced last month that it’s looking to expand its teams nationwide by creating 5,000 new jobs.
There are a number of vacancies currently open at branches across Greater Manchester.
Roles range from Store Operations, who’s responsibility it is to make, bake and take food to the doors of customers, and of course Delivery Drivers, who are “the face of Domino’s”, so if idea of being out on the road delivering hot, fresh and tasty pizza to hungry customers “gets your wheels spinning”, then this could be a great opportunity for you.
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You can browse the roles available, read job descriptions and submit your applications via the Domino’s UK & Ireland Recruitment website here.
Deliveroo
Deliveroo is looking to hire 15,000 new riders nationwide by the end of the year.
Riders for the leading food delivery service are self-employed and free to work to their own availability, can make as much as £120 a day, keep 100% of all their tips, get up to £250 for each person they refer, and get to benefit from the Deliveroo rider app whilst on shift, which makes it easy to plan ahead days ahead.
There’s a bunch of added employee perks too, including discounts at Apple, Vue Cinemas, and great restaurants.
To apply to be a Deliveroo rider, you must have:
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A scooter, motorbike or bicycle with the necessary safety equipment.
A smartphone – iPhone (iOS 11 and above) or Android (6.0 and above).
Proof of your right to work in the UK.
It only takes five minutes to register your interest.
You can browse the roles available, read job descriptions and submit your applications via the Deliveroo website here.
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Hordes of people dressed as giant poos run through Manchester for bowel cancer awareness
Danny Jones
If you happened to be in town on Thursday and noticed a bunch of people dressed as giant poos running through the city centre and wondered, ‘What the hell is going on?’, it was this…
We know Manchester has a serious case of the runs, what with the annual Marathon and Great Manchester race, both just around the corner (one literally just next week), but this takes the cake.
On a more heartfelt note, although there is an obvious and innate silliness to this now annual get-together, it’s all for a very important and worthwhile cause.
Uniting for a fourth time, the Pall Mall Medical team (along with a couple of us here at The Manc) are hoping to flush out the stigma and silence surrounding bowel cancer awareness.
Credit: The Manc Group
Starting from Pall Mall’s very own clinic on King St, more than 105 runners laced up their shoes and popped on emoji suits, toilet costumes, daft poo hats and more for a 5k jog around the city centre alongside local run club, Blaze.
They even tried to make the route in the shape of a poo, too.
Why such a specific number, you ask? Well, that’s the exact number of people who are sadly diagnosed with bowel cancer across the North West every single week.
It’s an alarming statistic, but once you pair it with the fact that they make up the rising number of new cases being reported in the country – more than a whopping 41,000 each year – you can see why they’re desperate to get more people talking about the disease.
Moreover, the rate among under 50s has also seen a concerning rise since the 90s, but this also means that the earlier it’s caught, the better people like Pall Mall can help with treatment.
The sooner it’s spotted, the greater the chance of survival, with 90% of those diagnosed at the earliest possible stage surviving for five years or more; that’s why these lot are hoping to better the discourse around bowel-related issues.
Besides offering important scans and blood tests for numerous health conditions, they also boast the dedicated and revolutionary ColoAlert® testing service, which is a German import that’s more accurate (around 85%) and effective than most others here in the UK.
It has quite literally proved to be a life-changing bit of kit for so many, and for Pall Mall’s Dr Chun Tang, this whole initiative has a deep personal connection.
Having sadly lost his father to the illness, as well as his brother being diagnosed with bowel cancer, he knows all too well how important increasing the conversation is – bowel cancer being the second biggest killer in the UK after lung conditions.
Even before you book in a check-up, Dr Tang says it’s simple to spot noteworthy signs at home: “Any blood in the stools, streaks in your poo, on the pan or on the paper; any changes in your digestion such as diarrhoea, constipation and [continued] fatigue, then see your GP or come visit us at Pall Mall.”
Best of all, the money raised with the latest ‘Poo Protest’ all goes towards Bowel Cancer UK, so well done to everyone involved.
For once, we couldn’t be happier to hear so many people talking sh**.
Throughout April, Pall Mall are offering £75 off the ColoAlert® Bowel Cancer stool test, and 20% off the Virtual Colonoscopy in Aprilo. To find out more about the event and book an appointment, you can click right HERE.
Beyond The Music reveals first wave of lineup ahead of inaugural Salford edition
Danny Jones
Greater Manchester arts festival and conference Beyond The Music is back for 2026, but this time it will be heading to MediaCity for a Salford debut.
The long weekender is still a relative newcomer when it comes to the Manc events calendar, but it’s quickly gathered plenty of repute not just in the North West but within the industry as a whole.
Holding just its third edition later this year, Beyond The Music ’26 is set to be the most ambitious yet, spread across the three days and promising an impressive lineup both in terms of live performers, but also speakers, industry experts and wider activities.
With MediaCity and dock10 hosting their inaugural Beyond The Music, it’s another big win for the second city, with Sports Personality of the Year sticking over Salford way for the foreseeable future, along with other events like the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Awards moving to the Quayside.
Much of the BBC’s World Cup coverage is also being hosted at their Salfordian studios and main Northern base this summer, too.
Given that so many big annual dates have now made the switch to central Manchester – the BRITs and the MOBOs, just to name two recent examples – you could say it only makes sense to spread things out across the surrounding boroughs and their equally rich heritage.
Not that you should need reminding, but Salford isn’t just part of the region: it’s a city all of its own right that boasts an immense amount of pride over what is nothing short of a sterling musical history.
As for the 2026 Beyond The Music programme, besides both the local artists and more international creatives than ever, there’ll be keynote conversations, industry showcases, and wider networking opportunities for anyone looking to immerse themselves deeper in this world.
Having now dropped the initial wave of this year’s lineup, we know the first 22 artists set to play BTM ’26, including Kofi Stone, our very own Loose Articles, fellow Manchester-based singer-songwriter Ewan Sim and plenty more to get excited about.
Sarah Pearson, Co-founder of Beyond The Music, said in an official statement: “Beyond The Music’s mission is to seize this moment, to come together and drive meaningful and lasting change in the music and content industry.
“It’s undeniable that the impact and importance of music and content are stronger than ever, but this is not reflected in their perceived value.
“The ethical and economic infrastructure of the music and content industries demands urgent attention and bold reform… It is our responsibility to protect creativity in order to ensure it doesn’t just survive but thrives. Things may feel difficult, but they are still possible.”
Mayor Burnham added: “Greater Manchester has always been at the forefront of cultural innovation, and Beyond The Music is a vital opportunity for the sector to come together and address the challenges and opportunities facing music and content creation…
“With its move to MediaCity and a bigger-than-ever programme, Beyond The Music is helping to cement our city region’s place at the centre of the creative economy.” Taking place between 7-9 October 2026, you can register for early bird tickets right HERE.
Mayor Andy Burnham and friends help launch Beyond the Music at MediaCityUK (Credit: Mark Waugh)
Emily Sergeant -
29th October 2020 
