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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

"We couldn't afford to close the pub on the Queen's funeral": The struggle to stay afloat on one Greater Manchester high street

Gordon Conway says he's always been a workaholic. It's a good job too, because at the minute he's doing 15 hour days, six days a week.

Gordon, 48, owns The Malaga Drift Coffee Company, a small cafe bar on Church Street in Eccles. But at the minute things are so tight he can't afford to employ anybody else.

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