MWUG, the Manchester WordPress User Group is run by the WordPress co-founder, Mike Little with support from entrepreneur Saz Bailey. We are a friendly, supportive bunch from in and around Manchester, UK, who use the open source web publishing software WordPress to blog, design and develop websites. We love sharing technical and marketing expertise to help others achieve what they intend through WordPress. We meet once per month, on the third Wednesday, at Manchester Digital Laboratory aka MadLab …

… We started this group in order to bring together startups, entrepreneurs, investors, techies and webbies in and around Manchester. Anyone who is thinking about starting their own software or web company and wants to bounce ideas off each other and meet potential partners or investors are welcome to join this group! Our aim is to connect the various tech communities to help our members network, connect, invest and launch products in the hottest technology clusters. We plan to organise monthly mee …

Manchester Net Squared (#mcrn2) brings together social changemakers and web innovators to network, socialise and share ideas. It's about how nonprofits and social benefit organisations* can use the web for social change. We organise two things: Net Tuesdays are free monthly gatherings that focus on a use of technology for social change.  These are held at the MadLab in central Manchester and generally involve someone giving a talk or demo, plus some discussion and learning. Social Media Su …