Business

A local waste and recycling company has planted 8,000 trees to mitigate its carbon footprint.

Supermarket giant Asda has vowed to ditch plastic carrier bags for online shopping.

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill group is expanding its retail offering in Wigan with the addition of a Country Casuals concession to its Golden Days Garden Centre store.

A Wigan couple who have been running a club which is very much the heart of its community for 30 years are celebrating their success.

Home to 39 shops and catering for the retail needs of four million annual shoppers, Spinning Gate Shopping Centre in Leigh town centre is a constant hubbub of activity.

When Ena and Jim’s Coffee Shop and Sandwich Bar opened last summer, owner Angie Greenall couldn’t have imagined how quickly it would become a hit with the locals.

A borough-based customer service business is creating hundreds of new jobs after moving to a prime location at the heart of the Wigan Pier Quarter.

Whirlpool has admitted the number of faulty tumble-dryers in homes across the country could be far higher than first thought, MPs heard on Tuesday.

The idea of a brand-new home is enticing: the prospect of making it truly yours is something everyone looks for in a house.

Health inspectors have dished out top marks to more than half of Wigan eateries in their latest round-up of hygiene inspections.