Pets at Home's half-year revenues have risen past the £400m mark. The company based at Handforth Dean posted revenues of £404.5m for the 28 weeks ending October 8, up by six per cent year on year. The firm’s pre-tax profit hit £40.9m, an increase of around 1.2% against last year’s £40.4m … [Read more...]
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Prest make New Model Advisor Top 100
The New Model Adviser Top 100 for 2016 – the industry recognised standard for financial advisers – is published this week. Turnover has increased from £1.9m to £2.3m from 2014 to 2015. Prest managing director Graham Prest said: “This is a very prestigious honour for us and is the third year in … [Read more...]
Men and Women pay discrepancies
The gender pay gap in the UK, which currently stands at 14.5%, means the average female worker earns just 85.5p for every £1 that her male counterpart earns. This discrepancy in pay when spread out across the year effectively means that women ‘stop’ getting paid earlier in the year relative to … [Read more...]
On the Beach and Avecto are honoured at Midland Hotel event
On the Beach were crowned winners in the turnover of £100m or more category. They beat Manchester Airports Group, IT security company NCC Group, and coach and holiday specialist Shearings Group at the event at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. In the £5m-£10m turnover category, the winner was … [Read more...]
Ex journalist looks to inspire women across Greater Manchester
A former Stockport Express journalist has launched a campaign that is inspiring women across Greater Manchester to believe they can become leaders in their chosen careers. Above: Kirsty Day (right) with business partner Grace Dyke The #imnotjohn campaign was started by Kirsty Day, director of … [Read more...]
The secrets to success from a Stockport entrepreneur
The boss of fast-growing transport firm Belle Vue Manchester shared some of the secrets of his success at a Marketing Stockport monthly breakfast meeting. Phil Hitchen was the guest speaker at the event, which was held at Orbit Developments’ Regent House office block on Heaton Lane. Phil spoke … [Read more...]
China Ready comes to Stockport school
Hatching Dragons, Britain's first bilingual English-Mandarin nursery, has opened in London. Learning Chinese at an early age can give the youngsters an advantage later in life as trade with China becomes ever more important. And the UK’s links with the Far East were strengthened further with … [Read more...]
Parkcloud’s solution to aid parking across europe
ParkCloud will integrate its solution with SAP® Vehicles Network running on SAP HANA® Cloud Platform for the Internet of Things. When used together with SAP Vehicles Network the ParkCloud solution will help enable drivers across Europe to reserve parking, manage park reservation systems and … [Read more...]
Hughes win Investors in People Award
Stockport based global exporter Hughes Safety Showers have won the prestigious Investors in People Health & Wellbeing Good Practice Award, one of only six companies in the UK to achieve the accolade. Hughes, who already hold the Gold award for Investors in People, were invited to participate … [Read more...]
New flights announced from Manchester by Ryan Air
Ryanair is adding a new aircraft to its Manchester fleet, announced 6 new routes to Europe and additional flights on existing routes at the launch of the budget airline’s summer 2016 schedule. Direct flights will now be available to the Slovakian capital of Bratislava, Bremen in Germany, Brindisi … [Read more...]
Ill health and injuries accounted for 23.3 million days off work
The recently released health and safety statistics revealed that there were 23.3 million work days lost due to ill health and injuries caused by work related conditions, the majority attributed to stress, depression & anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders. The bigger picture is that this is … [Read more...]
Northern Powerhouse Discussion on BBC Radio 4
The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce hosted the recording of BBC Radio 4’s The Bottom Line this week where a distinguished panel discussed the concept of the Northern Powerhouse. The audience had a chance to see presenter Evan Davis lead a discussion with the panel including Wayne … [Read more...]
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