Manchester Business, Crain's new weekly business newspaper for Manchester, will launch its first issue in print and online on Monday.

The 32-page paper, owned by American publisher Crain Communications, will have an initial, controlled print of 15,000 copies, and another 3,000 will be available on newsstands across the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. Cover price is set at £2.

The paper will come out again on 7 January, 14 January, and become weekly from 4 February.

Last month, editor Steve Brauner told Press Gazette that Crain chose Manchester to start up its first paper outside the United States due to the area's burgeoning business scene.

According to Brauner and Publisher Arthur Porter, there had been an “overwhelmingly positive response” from the local business community so far.

U.S.-based Crain Communications publishes four similar titles in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and New York, as well as 25 leading trade publications such as Advertising Age and Automotive News.