'My take was down by 85 per cent': Shopkeeper furious as road shuts with 'no notice'

A furious Hulme shopkeeper says he lost 85 per cent of his business in one day after the road outside was suddenly closed with no warning.

Abdul Quyyum runs Abdul's Supermarket on Greenheys Lane in Hulme. But Abdul told the M.E.N. he was left shocked at the end of last week when he saw the road had been shut off without any warning with plastic barriers, traffic cones, and road closure signs stretched across Greenheys Lane.

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The road was shut as part of a large-scale development project, with a 'life sciences and innovation hub' being built by construction firm Willmott Dixon at Manchester Science Park. The work is scheduled for completion in summer 2026.

The council has since said the road was only shut 'on a temporary basis' and has since reopened earlier than planned.

But despite the authority saying a letter drop was carried out to inform residents of the works, Abdul has claimed that he did not have any notice that the road would be closed and lost a huge chunk of trade during the days it was shut. He explained that he gets a lot of business from people passing by from the Princess Road nearby, and feared that customers would not return after the closure.

He told the M.E.N: "They have no consideration for the people who are there whatsoever. We are there to live and let live, but be reasonable. My take was down 85 per cent on Monday. Now they've [his customers] gone elsewhere they are not going to come back."

He added: "We've never been given any notice whatsoever by any authority. Normally if anything like that happens we all get the letter, they stick them on the lampposts and we have the right to object.

"It's not emergency