Manchester Right Now

Manchester's restaurant and bar scene continues to add new openings this August, with activity across the city centre and neighbourhoods creating fresh choices for diners.

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• Manchester's New Restaurant Openings Keep Coming — Manchester's Finest — 2026-08-07
  https://www.manchestersfinest.com/eating-and-drinking/new-restaurants-and-bars-opening-in-manchester-in-august-2026/

The University of Salford's Heart of the Community exhibition includes work on building sustainable prosthetic services in Uganda and runs through 27 August.

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• Salford Exhibition Shows How Prosthetic Services Can Grow in Uganda — University of Salford — 2026-08-21
  https://www.salford.ac.uk/news/building-sustainable-prosthetic-services-across-uganda

A University of Salford exhibition running through 27 August highlights work supporting families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

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• Salford Exhibition Highlights Families Living With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder — University of Salford — 2026-08-21
  https://www.salford.ac.uk/news/empowering-families-affected-by-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder

The University of Salford is partnering with the BBC for this year's Contains Strong Language Festival, adding university venues and expertise to the cultural programme.

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• University of Salford Joins BBC Language Festival — University of Salford — 2026-08-19
  https://www.salford.ac.uk/news

A Salford Business School expert is examining the impact of UK inflation rising to 2.9 percent in July and what that could mean for household budgets and the wider economy.

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• Salford University Looks at What Rising Inflation Means for Wallets — University of Salford — 2026-08-19
  https://www.salford.ac.uk/news

University of Manchester researchers are contributing expertise in enzyme engineering and therapeutic oligonucleotides to a new centre focused on mitochondrial genome therapeutics.

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• Manchester Scientists Join New Mitochondrial Therapy Centre — University of Manchester — 2026-08-07
  https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/manchester-partners-in-new-centre-for-mitochondrial-genome-therapeutics/

The University of Manchester says it has retained a place among the world's leading universities and remains in the UK's top six in the latest global ranking.

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• University of Manchester Holds Its Place Among Global Leaders — University of Manchester — 2026-08-18
  https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/university-of-manchester-among-worlds-leading-universities-in-latest-global-ranking/

Greater Manchester's development community is preparing to examine opportunities around the £7.3 billion Old Trafford masterplan, one of the largest regeneration ideas in the region.

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• Old Trafford Masterplan Keeps £7.3 Billion Regeneration in Focus — Place North West — 2026-08-21
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/events/greater-manchester-development-update-2026/

Manchester office take-up fell to about 184,500 square feet in the second quarter of 2026, down from roughly 286,000 square feet in the first quarter.

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• Manchester Office Market Cools in the Second Quarter — Place North West — 2026-08-07
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/manchester-office-take-up-down-100000-sq-ft-in-q2/

Manchester has been preparing the next edition of its local plan, the framework that will guide where homes, jobs and development should go across the city.

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• Manchester Prepares for Its Next Big Development Plan — Place North West — 2026-07-21
  https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/manchester-readies-local-plan/