Author: Claire Namukolo

A well-known theatre company in Manchester, Time & Again Theatre Company, is in need of assistance following a fire. Founded in 2017, the theatre company explores history in a unique, meaningful way, while highlighting women who pushed boundaries and practised political activism, revolutions, or behaving in a way that wasn’t deemed acceptable by society at that time. For its portrayal of women in STEM fields, Clouds won the Oldham Coliseum Pick of the Manchester Fringe Award and an Undrowning scholarship in 2019. It was discovered on Saturday 26th February 2022 that the storage unit containing Time & Again Theatre Company’s…

Chester Northgate will soon house BrewDog, a pioneering Scottish craft beer brewery that will open in Chester’s historic city centre in autumn 2022. BrewDog will be adding to the list of high profile brands opening at Chester Northgate, including the Florist, Tapas Revolution, Cosy Club, and Picturehouse Cinema, as part of the Northgate development, in the city centre. Occupying 3,000 square feet of space fronting Princess Street, which is renamed Exchange Square. Brewdog has been a giant in the beer industry since its launch in 2007; its flagship Punk IPA and groundbreaking Equity for Punks crowdfunding initiatives have led it…

The introduction of a significant council tax premium for empty homes over the past few years is having the desired effect in Cheshire East, as vacant homes are predicted to fall significantly. According to Cheshire East Council, the introduction of premium council tax in Cheshire has led to a dramatic drop in empty homes. The council decided that for properties that had been unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for at least 10 years, a 300 per cent increase in council tax would apply. Additionally, properties left empty for more than two years are subject to 100 per cent premiums; properties left…