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It was announced via a press release in March<\/a> that Manchester City Council has trademarked the Manchester Bee symbol, and that it had made it available to use free of charge, under license.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Manchester-Bee-Bee-Bollard-Gold.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” use_overlay=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.60″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” 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border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n While the trademarked designs are free to use, a percentage of any profit generated on any items sold featuring the design must be given to one of the following charities: We Love Manchester Emergency Fund<\/a>, The Lord Mayor Charity Appeal Trust – We Love MCR, We Love MCR Memorial Fund and Big Change<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Next\/Previous Post Navigation & Comments” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” collapsed=”on” locked=”on”][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” global_module=”404″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_nav in_same_term=”off” hide_prev=”off” hide_next=”off” prev_text=”previous post” next_text=”next post” use_border_color=”off” 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