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01.02.2022 - 16:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A power cut on Portland Street has affected a number of businesses operating in the city centre this morning.
Electricity North West are currently onsite following the 'unexpected incident' involving an underground cable.
The electricity supplier's website suggested 85 customers have been affected by the outage, which was first reported just before 8.30am this morning (February 1).
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The outage is thought to have been isolated to those operating from the building opposite the McDonald's on Oxford Road, which houses a number of digital agencies and cafes.
SEO agency Embryo, based on the second floor of 127 Portland Street, was one of the businesses to be affected by the cut.
The agency's managing director said they had been told the cut was due to a builder cutting through a cable nearby.
Ross Green, MD of Embryo, said: "A fair few of our staff arrived for work at around 8:30am only to find that all the power had gone and, as a digital marketing agency, we rely on electricity to get us through the day.
"We've been told that our building isn't the only one affected because a builder had cut through a cable further up the street, causing the power to go out in quite a few buildings."
Embyro is based within a building owned by Bruntwood, who have been able to assist with a contingency plan for the agency's staff.
Ross added: "Thankfully, Bruntwood managed to secure a space in Piccadilly for our staff that did arrive from outside of Manchester, those who live in the city centre have been asked to work from home.
“It's great that Bruntwood has been so flexible and adaptable at such short
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