Aleef Newsagents

I’ve always found Aleef’s (city centre newsagents chain) on the Oxford Street branch at least, a decent set of helpful guys. Aesthetically a few notches up from your standard dark and dingy newsagents these shops are bright, airy and full to the brim with mags, papers, stationary and confectionery. The fellas in this shop (Aleef’s is run as a franchise) always had time for a friendly chat and could serve faster than I think I’ve ever seen anyone serve before.
One or two items seem a little pricey but then again most shops seem to bump there prices up in central Manchester these days.
I read recently of some rather spurious actions amongst the higher echelons of the business which I won’t go into here, although I’m surprised the business is still running (and as busy as ever). They seem to be as dominant in the city as the likes of Nero and Subway, but at the very least these are home grown guys.