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SUMMARY:Stockport Tourism & Hospitality Network
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for practical\, low-cost ways to strengthen your sales activity and reach more customers? \nWhether you run a hotel\, attraction\, café\, venue\, tour company or any other visitor-facing business\, this session will share ideas you can start using straight away. \nFor our next Stockport Tourism & Hospitality Network session\, we are delighted to be joined by Tara Heppell\, Founder of Tara Heppell Consultancy\, and Sarah Peet\, Head of Training and Development at Mercury Support. Together\, they bring extensive combined experience across hospitality\, events\, business development\, training and customer experience\, having worked with leading hospitality brands and supported hundreds of businesses to attract customers\, increase bookings and build long-term loyalty. \nFrom this session you’ll learn about:  \n·       Winning new customers through networking\, partnerships and business development \n·       Making better use of existing customer databases and contacts \n·       Generating sales without large marketing budgets \n·       Improving customer retention\, loyalty\, referrals and recommendations \n·       Identifying simple\, low-cost actions that can be implemented immediately \nThe event\, supported by Stockport Council and Totally Stockport\, is a great opportunity to network with other business owners and managers operating in the tourism and hospitality sectors in Stockport. This session is free to attend and refreshments will be provided throughout.\n\n\n\nRegister here to attend on Tuesday 20th October at Robinsons Brewery Visitors Centre:  https://survey.marketingmanchester.com/zs/FTBfcD   
URL:https://marketingstockport.co.uk/event/stockport-tourism-hospitality-network/
LOCATION:Robinsons Visitor Centre\, Aspley Street\, Stockport\, SK1 1JJ
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SUMMARY:Employment Rights Act 2025 - Lunch & Learn for Stockport Businesses
DESCRIPTION:Free lunch and advice for Stockport business owners and senior leaders – hosted by Cornerstone Resources HR Consultancy.\n\nJoin Rob and Nicci\, our Directors\, for a clear\, practical guide to the Employment Rights Act 2025. You’ll leave knowing what has changed\, what is coming and exactly what your business needs to have in place.\nIdeal for business owners\, MDs\, directors and senior leaders of SMEs\, especially if you don’t have an in-house HR team. Commercial businesses and charities are both welcome.\n\n12:00–12:30: Lunch and networking with local business leaders\n12:30–13:30: ERA 2025 updates and actions to take\, followed by open Q&A\nWhat we’ll cover: changes already in force from April 2026\, what lands on 30 October 2026 and what is due in 2027\nYou’ll take away: a practical checklist of what to check\, update or introduce\, with realistic deadlines\n\nCost: free\n\nParking: on-site\, and Rhino Court is next to Hazel Grove railway station\n\nPlaces are limited\, so please register early.\nBooking link\nhttps://www.cornerstoneresources.co.uk/leadership-management-training/events/era-2025-lunch-and-learn-stockport
URL:https://marketingstockport.co.uk/event/employment-rights-act-2025-lunch-learn-for-stockport-businesses/
LOCATION:Cowgills (formerly IN Accountancy)\, Rhino Court\, 2 Station View\, Hazel Grove\, Stockport\, SK7 5ER
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SUMMARY:Future Ready Business Network: Walk the Talk
DESCRIPTION:Which sustainability standard is right for your business? Explore practical options & hear from businesses that have undergone the process. \n\n\n\n\nBreakfast. Conversation. Action.\nJoin the One Stockport Future Ready Business Network for a free morning event exploring how sustainability standards and certifications can help your business build credibility\, strengthen competitiveness and demonstrate environmental leadership. \nThrough expert insights\, real-world case studies and an interactive business challenge\, you’ll discover how frameworks such as B Corp\, EcoVadis\, Planet Mark and ISO 14001 can support your organisation’s goals\, whether that’s winning contracts\, meeting customer expectations\, attracting talent or improving environmental performance. \nHear directly from businesses that have achieved certification and leave with a clearer understanding of which approach could be right for your organisation. \nThe One Stockport Future Ready Business Network brings together organisations looking to build smarter\, stronger and more resilient businesses. \nThe morning will feature:\n\nBreakfast networking with local businesses and sustainability professionals\nExpert insights from Graeme Heyes (Litmus Sustainability) and Green Economy on sustainability standards\, certifications and their business value\nA local business panel featuring organisations that have completed the certification process\nInteractive discussions to explore challenges\, opportunities and next steps for your business\n\nWhy attend?\n\nCompare B Corp\, EcoVadis\, Planet Mark and ISO 14001 in a practical business context\nUnderstand which approaches are most relevant for procurement\, customer requirements\, recruitment and reputation\nHear honest experiences from businesses that have completed the certification journey\nTake part in an interactive challenge based on real-world business scenarios\nConnect with experts and support providers who can help you take the next steps.\n\nWho should attend?\n\nBusiness owners and managing directors\nSenior leaders\nOperations\, facilities and environmental managers\nAnyone interested in creating more engaged\, future-ready workplaces\n\nVenue\nThe meeting will take place at the new creative and cultural hub in Stockport\, Stockroom. \nIf you can\, help us reduce the climate impact of the event by walking\, cycling\, getting public transport or car sharing. The venue is a 15-minute walk from Stockport train station or a 10-minute walk from Stockport Interchange. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nStockroom was designed to be welcoming and accessible for everyone. Find out more about Stockroom’s Building Facilities and Accessibility.
URL:https://marketingstockport.co.uk/event/future-ready-business-network-walk-the-talk/
LOCATION:Stockroom\, Merseyway\, Stockport\, SK1 1PW
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SUMMARY:How to Talk About Your Business With Confidence: PR Story Sell
DESCRIPTION:PR Story Sell: Turn Your Journey Into a Business People Care About \n\n\nEvery founder has a story that matters. Most never learn to tell it in a way that makes strangers care enough to invest or buy. \nYou might be experiencing this: \n\nDo you feel self-indulgent talking about your own journey?\nDo you struggle to articulate why your business matters beyond what you sell?\nDo investors or clients not quite “get” what makes you different?\n\nIn this three-hour workshop\, you’ll learn the exact framework to craft\, tell\, and refine your founder story so it resonates with the people who matter most. \nLed by Richard Ford\, an executive communications strategist who helps founders stop sounding like marketers and start sounding like themselves\, this workshop teaches you the narrative structures that turn your entrepreneurial journey into your unfair competitive advantage. \nAt this session you will learn how to: \n\nIdentify the turning points in your journey that build credibility with your specific audience\nStructure your origin story so it creates trust and differentiation\, not just connection\nCommunicate what makes you different in a way that feels authentic and compelling\nOvercome the discomfort of “selling yourself” while staying grounded in your values\nAdapt your story for different audiences: investors\, customers\, team members\, media\nDeliver your story with presence and confidence so people actually remember you\n\nBy the end of this three hours\, you’ll walk away with: \n\nA draft of your founder story\, structured and tested and ready to deploy\nThree proof points that validate your positioning\nConfidence that your story is an asset\, not an indulgence\n\nWhether you’re pitching investors\, building your brand\, or scaling with intention\, this workshop transforms how you talk about your business\, so investors\, customers\, and partners finally understand what makes you different. \n\n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE:\nThis workshop is part of the Build A Business in GM Libraries programme\, funded by Greater Manchester Combined Authority. To be eligible to attend this workshop you must either: \n\nOwn a small business (including sole traders and microbusinesses) OR\nYou are thinking of starting a business or have a business idea you want to develop.\nYou or your business also needs to have a postcode within one of the following Greater Manchester authorities: Bolton\, Bury\, Oldham\, Manchester\, Rochdale\, Salford\, Stockport\, Tameside\, Trafford or Wigan.\n\nFind out more at buildabusinessgm.org \nIf this is the first time you are attending a Build a Business workshop please complete a registration form before attending. \nIf you have any questions please contact Sean Martin at Stockport Council. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://marketingstockport.co.uk/event/how-to-talk-about-your-business-with-confidence-pr-story-sell/
LOCATION:Stockroom\, Merseyway\, Stockport\, SK1 1PW
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SUMMARY:The Wellspring's Musical Bingo Night
DESCRIPTION:Join The Wellspring for music\, mayhem and prizes at Bask (20 Railway Rd\, Stockport\, opposite the train station) \n£9.07 Individual | £35.47 Table of 4 | £53.07 Booth of 6 | £70.67 Table of 8 (inclusive of booking fees) \nGrab your tickets here. \n 
URL:https://marketingstockport.co.uk/event/the-wellsprings-musical-bingo-night/
LOCATION:Bask\, 20 Railway Road\, Stockport\, SK1 3SW
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