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At the other end of the spectrum, the Manchester city council site: http://www.manchester.gov.uk/

Definitely not what you might expect!

Wow! That's the best looking government run site I've seen

Agree. I always think great photography makes a world of difference to a design too.

It looks pretty swish and its responsive,

Beautiful - though navigation suffers a bit from the lack of hierarchy.

Manchester are on it. Free wi-fi in a number of places and MadLab. As a resident I'm not that surprised :)

MadLab's good, but TechHub's even more awesome! http://manchester.techhub.com

shameless plug! Yeah, I go there for Bootstrap Business Club and it's a good space.