Author: Sahin Alom

Manchester’s tech sector exploded by over 50% in the past two years. The city now employs 105,098 tech workers—one-third of all Tech Jobs Manchester and outside London. Starting salaries hit £45,000 for developers, with experienced professionals earning £75,000+. Over 10,000 digital and tech businesses call Manchester home. Why is Manchester outpacing London’s growth rate? The answer lies in ambition, affordability, and unprecedented opportunity.​ Manchester’s Tech Market Reaches Historic Highs Manchester has cemented its position as the UK’s top digital tech city outside London. The tech sector contributes £5 billion to the local economy, with projections to reach £7 billion by…

Over nine million visitors will flood Manchester this winter. The Manchester Christmas Markets are back. Albert Square returns after six years of absence. A staggering £91 million economic boost awaits the city. This isn’t just Christmas. This is Manchester’s most spectacular festive celebration ever witnessed. Markets Open November 7 The Manchester Christmas Markets officially open Friday, November 7, running until Monday, December 22, 2025. For the first time since 2019, Albert Square welcomes back festive celebrations with “A Taste of Christmas” extending through January 4, 2026. Over 200 stalls will spread across ten city centre locations, including Winter Gardens at Piccadilly Gardens, St Ann’s Square, Albert Square, Exchange Square, Cathedral Gardens, King Street, New Cathedral…

Over a thousand families face an uncertain Christmas. The iconic red-roofed restaurants that defined a generation are vanishing overnight. Pizza Hut UK empire has collapsed into its second administration in nine months, marking one of Britain’s most dramatic high-street casualties of 2025.​ The Crisis Unfolds: What Just Happened? On Monday, 20th October 2025, DC London Pie Limited—the franchise operator running Pizza Hut’s UK dine-in restaurants—appointed administrators from FTI Consulting. The devastating announcement revealed 68 restaurants and 11 delivery sites would shut immediately, resulting in 1,210 redundancies across cities including Brighton, Hull, Bristol, Leeds, and Edinburgh.​ Yum! Brands, Pizza Hut’s American…

Home Bargains is picking two million cases weekly from its new automated warehouse. The discount retailer now operates over 600 stores across Britain. Shoppers are discovering branded products at prices that undercut rivals by up to 78p per basket. Can this Liverpool-born chain really become the UK’s ultimate bargain destination?​ Home Bargains has reached a major milestone at its state-of-the-art Omega distribution centre in St Helens, Merseyside, now servicing 200 UK stores. The facility processes over 25,000 pallets weekly and handles more than 1,000 store deliveries. This £400 million investment represents a cornerstone in the retailer’s ambitious expansion strategy to…

Over 4 million UK households will see radical changes to their benefits this October. The DWP Benefits News confirmed sweeping reforms affecting Universal Credit, disability payments, and pension support. These changes represent the biggest welfare transformation since Universal Credit launched in 2013. Will you be better off or worse off? The answer could mean hundreds of pounds difference each month.​ The dwp benefits news for October 2025 centres on three seismic shifts reshaping Britain’s welfare system. First, the DWP is accelerating the migration of legacy benefit claimants to Universal Credit, with completion targeted for March 2026. Over 800,000 people receiving…

The snow weather forecast Met Office has issued is dividing British public opinion after dramatic headlines claimed “huge white barrages” would blanket the nation. Yet meteorologists have firmly debunked these sensational claims, stating there’s “no indication” of widespread snowfall threatening Britain in October. However, temperatures could plummet to -2°C across Scottish mountains this weekend, with potential flurries over high ground sparking fresh interest in the snow weather forecast Met Office experts continue to monitor. While weather maps show brief wintry showers possible from October 26, forecasters emphasise this snow will be “relatively short-lived” and confined to elevated regions. The question…

Millions are in digital meltdown. The design giant Canva down. Over 170 million users face blank screens. Deadlines are evaporating. Panic is spreading worldwide. Is this just a glitch, or a sign of something bigger? Breaking: The Great Canva Crash The digital world shuddered today. A massive event hit users globally. Reports flooded in from London to Mumbai. Users saw ‘500 internal server errors’. They could not access or download designs. The outage began around [29th May 2024], shaking the creative world. Canva’s official team quickly responded. They acknowledged the “widespread issue” on X (formerly Twitter). They confirmed they were…

LONDON, UK – October 20, 2025, 12:30 PM GMT (UPDATED) – Millions across the United Kingdom have been hit by a widespread internet outage this morning, as a catastrophic failure at Amazon Web Services (AWS outage) brought down a significant portion of the web. The massive AWS outage has paralysed popular services from Snapchat to Fortnite, leaving workers unable to log on and smart homes unresponsive. The issue, which appears to have originated in AWS’s critical US-EAST-1 data centre region in Virginia, USA, has had a severe knock-on effect globally. UK users awoke on Monday to find many of their…

Andy Burnham just landed a game-changing £20 million for Greater Manchester’s brightest minds. The funding announcement has sent shockwaves through Britain’s innovation sector. Greater Manchester already boasts the UK’s fastest-growing urban economy outside London. Now, the city-region is poised to cement its position as Britain’s innovation powerhouse. Burnham Delivers Major Funding Victory Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, secured an additional £20 million investment for the city-region’s innovation ecosystem on 18 October 2025. This funding arrives through the government’s Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF), taking Greater Manchester’s total innovation allocation to at least £30 million.​ The cash injection…

The al-nassr vs al fateh showdown delivered fireworks at Al-Awwal Park. Joao Felix scored three goals. Cristiano Ronaldo netted a thunderbolt. The Knights of Najd demolished relegation-threatened visitors 5-1 on Saturday night. But here’s the twist: Ronaldo missed a penalty when the score stood at 1-1. Could the title favorites have stumbled against a side languishing in the relegation zone?​ Joao Felix Emerges as Saudi Pro League’s Deadly Weapon The al-nassr vs al fateh clash showcased the Portuguese forward’s lethal finishing ability as he transformed into the competition’s most dangerous striker. His second hat-trick in five Saudi Pro League matches…