Press Releases

In the picture below, Chris Gascoigne (Coronation Street’s Peter Barlow) awards prizes to budding artists for ‘Busy Bee on holiday’ design.

Click on the links below to find out about the exciting journey the reopening of Busy Bee Toy Shop Cooperative has been:

Toys ‘r’ ours – community buys toyshop!

Co-op toy shop reopens for trade

Chorlton residents set up co-op to buy toy store

Play on! Community saves toy shop

Boom in community shops to continue

Busy Bee toy shop: Toys ‘R’ Ours!

Toy story set for a happy ending

Case study for the Co-operative Enterprise Hub

Manchester Confidential article