Recent investment in the town has included extensive refurbishment of the landmark old Police Station as office space, restoring the building back to its former Edwardian splendour. The disused Victorian Railway Station in the heart of the town has also been renovated as a quality bar/pub whilst retaining its Victorian character and there have been smaller scale refurbishments of businesses in other parts of the town.

Ask Property Development’s multi-milion pound transformation of the dated 1960s precinct into Eden Square, www.askabouturmston.co.uk – a shopping centre that has already started to provide a mix of retail, leisure and community facilities as well as some stylish apartments - is redefining the heart of the town and assisting in attracting more shoppers to the area.

Eden Square's first phase of development, anchored by a new Sainsbury's store - the first in the north of Trafford - opened in June 2009 with the new car park (offering 3 hours free parking for shoppers) and Library also opening then. New businesses are taking units in the shopping centre and people are starting to move in to the completed apartments.

Whilst in the surrounding area, environmental improvements have complemented the work done within the new development.