Ethan Raynor had been in a buoyant mood for the past several weeks. His business was expanding smoothly, without serious obstacles. After the Stockport scandal, there was no one left to challenge his authority in the Greater Manchester region. His enterprise had begun in Manchester, then spread to Trafford, Oldham, and Rochdale, before MP Oliver Brown was arrested and the Brown family was brought to its knees. After their fall, there was no one left to obstruct his expansion into Tameside and Stockport.
Once he had secured PurpleBricks Limited's dominance over the eastern side of Greater Manchester, he turned his attention west. Salford fell quickly, as he was already well known there. Now his staff were working hard to establish a presence in Bury, Bolton, and Wigan. He had no interest in pushing beyond Manchester to pursue larger national projects. He had made that clear, ensuring that national construction firms would not interfere with his progress.
