12 Days of Christmas
12th November 2020 | By Ellie McDermott
Aspiring young entrepreneur creates ‘pick ‘n’ mix’ business ideal for Christmas giftsA 19-year-old part-time waitress put on furlough from her waitressing job has started up her own business venture. Shannon Dean has started her own buisness from home while under the...
5th January 2019 | By Matt Hartless
12 Days of Manchester: 12 is the length in kilometres of the proposed HS2 tunnelWho really knows how, when and if the HS2 high-speed train network will be built, but proposed plans include a 12km long tunnel under Manchester...
4th January 2019 | By Matt Hartless
12 Days of Manchester: 11 is a good number of rooms for an art exhibitionI had a tough time trying to come up with something for 11. My search results mainly yielded things about the postcode M11 and the...
3rd January 2019 | By Matt Hartless
12 Days of Manchester: 10 is the first address I had in ManchesterSince I became editor of NQ, I’ve wanted to tell my story for a while. My adult life began at the age of 18 when...
30th December 2018 | By Matt Hartless
12 days of Manchester: Six is the number of towns that have a football league teamWith 2019 just a whisper away and the football league season just over the mid-point we can say with reasonable cerainty how well or badly...
28th December 2018 | By Matt Hartless
12 Days of Manchester: Four is the average cost in pounds of a pint in Manchester city centreAccording to the i newspaper, the average cost of a pint of beer in Manchester is £3.93 Though hardly the most expensive place in the...
26th December 2018 | By Matt Hartless
12 Days of Manchester: Two is the number of houses with the address 443 Manchester RoadIf you’ve ever been a postman or had a paper round, you can occasionally get perplexed by the numbering of houses on Britain’s streets, but...
25th December 2018 | By Matt Hartless
Merry Christmas from the Northern Quota – a guide to the festive periodGood tidings one and all from everyone at NQ, we’re enjoying a jolly festive period and hope that you are too. Worry not, they aren’t...
25th December 2018 | By Matt Hartless
12 Days of Manchester: One is the number of days like this a year that will see Elbow rightOne Day Like This was a smash hit single for Bury band, Elbow, in 2008. Lead singer, Guy Garvey, once remarked, “My God, how it...