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Stockport MP Sir Andrew Stunell has welcomed more than half a billion pounds that will be pumped into small businesses via the Regional Growth Fund, which was announced last week. Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced the fourth round of the Regional Growth Fund - half a billion … [Read more...]

Stockport’s latest Indoor Play Centre, Let Loose in Hazel Grove, is opening a brand new holiday and after school club - Club Loose - just in time for the long summer holidays and the perfect solution for working mums, dads and carers.         ‘Club … [Read more...]

Stockport charity the Seashell Trust has had a welcome visit from the Minister for Children and Families, Edward Timpson, to their disabled young people's centre in Cheadle Hulme.  Mr Timpson, accompanied by local MP Mark Hunter, met teaching staff and students, including several from his … [Read more...]

Continuing their work with the Walthew House Deaf and Blind Institute in Shaw Heath, a group of nine budding gardeners from MAN Diesel & Turbo UK Ltd (MDT-UK) in Hazel Grove made the most of the sunny weather and called in at the charity’s premises last Friday afternoon, 5th July, to … [Read more...]

Stockport's 'Kids Allowed' brand new purpose built nursery was opened by Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and local MP Andrew Stunell last week to celebrate new childcare facilities for the area as well as more jobs and … [Read more...]

The North West economy has experienced is strongest expansion since 2011, according to a new report. The latest Lloyds TSB North West Business Activity Index, which is a seasonally adjusted directory that measures the combined output of the region's manufacturing and services sector, reached … [Read more...]

Sir Andrew Stunell MP is supporting National Transplant Week 2013 (8-14th July) to encourage more people to sign onto the Organ Donor Register, as eight Stockport people await a suitable donor transplant. Stunnell is the MP for Hazel Grove where currently over 26,000 people from the Hazel Grove … [Read more...]

Summer has arrived but Stockport Council has issued hot weather and heatwave advice to residents and businesses in the Stockport area as the experts forecast a prolonged period of warm and even very hot sunshine.           Extreme heat can force the … [Read more...]