Why are companies leaving MediaCity?
Its original founders envisaged vibrant pavement cafés, wine bars and trendy independents rubbing shoulders with the huge corporations. Its workers say it hasn’t quite worked out that way.
Mollie Simpson
Mollie is an investigative reporter. In 2025, she won the local journalism prize at the British Journalism Awards for her reporting on the University of Greater Manchester.
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‘Don’t you dare. Don’t you speak’
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‘If there ever is a sense for us where it’s become too corporate then maybe that’s time for us to hand it on’
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The case for spending proper time on journalism
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'They always say if you have nothing at all, at least you’ve got a home to go back to. Now I’ve got no home, what have I got?'
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‘All of us regard this Rwanda policy as something really quite shameful’
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‘I think they’ve been kidding themselves’
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The arts venue found itself under fire from two directions. But the real drama was behind the scenes
They didn't realise they were being filmed, but 14 million were watching
Going out-out during #ManchesterNightlife
