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GMP launches its Christmas drink drive campaign

GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED ITS CHRISTMAS DRINK DRIVE CAMPAIGN Greater Manchester Police (GMP) launched its Christmas drink drive campaign at an event in Stockport town centre on Friday 30 November. Representatives from GMP, the Fire and Rescue Service and the council's road … [Read more...]

The changing faces of charity customer service

Dom Newman of Transversal. examines the unique service challenges facing not-for-profits as they seek to manage their many stakeholders.  When one thinks of not-for-profit organisations (ranging from charities to regulators to chartered institutes and membership bodies), often the … [Read more...]

Regional operation promises robbers a bleak Christmas

REGIONAL OPERATION BY POLICE PROMISE ROBBERS A BLEAK CHRISTMASGreater Manchester Police is joining forces with other officers across the North West and the security industry to run a joint operation targeting cash-in-transit robberies and theft of ATMs in the run-up to Christmas. The action … [Read more...]

BCC: Banks must work harder to win back SME trust

BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE: Banks must work harder to win back SME trust - The BCC comments on the independent SME Finance Monitor for Q3 2012, published today. Dr Adam Marshall, Director of Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: "The latest SME Finance Monitor … [Read more...]

STOCKPORT GETS A NEW CAR PARK

STOCKPORT GETS A NEW CAR PARK    Stockport gets – temporarily – a new car park from next Monday. The car park has been built on the site of the old Tenpin Bowling at Grand Central.     From Monday until February 2013 the new car park … [Read more...]

Beer Today Tash Tomorrow

The team down at Robinsons Brewery doing thier bit for Movember and raised over £350 for prostate cancer  uk. Nine years ago a pair of Australian friends sat in a Melbourne pub and mulled the rehabilitation of the moustache. The idea was simplicity itself: grow some lip hair over … [Read more...]

GLOWING REPORT FOR STOCKPORT PRIMARY SCHOOLS

GLOWING REPORT FOR STOCKPORT’S PRIMARY SCHOOLS    A new league table published by Oftsed has revealed that 84% of children in Stockport attend an outstanding or good primary school. The league table showed that Stockport Council is nationally 13th out of 149 English local … [Read more...]

NEW HEALTH AND WELLBEING STRATEGY IN STOCKPORT

NEW HEALTH AND WELLBEING STRATEGY IN STOCKPORT   NHS STockport, Stockport Council and partner organisations have pledged to help keep local residents healthy, well and living independently.  The partners, the Council, NHS Stockport, Stockport LINK, Public Health and other local … [Read more...]

GET AHEAD THIS WINTER

GET AHEAD THIS WINTER -   Snow and ice can cause delays to journey times but road users can get ahead this winter by checking out the new winter maintenance and gritting pages on Stockport Council’s website: www.stockport.gov.uk/gritting To help residents plan their route, … [Read more...]

MOTORISTS URGED TO KEEP THIEVES OUT THIS WINTER

GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE URGE MOTORISTS TO KEEP THIEVES OUT THIS WINTER Motorists across Greater Manchester are being urged to freeze out opportunist thieves by not leaving their vehicles unattended while they are being de-iced. It comes following the theft of five vehicles this morning … [Read more...]

Stockport company ranked among 100 fastest growing

Stockport-based Cartridge Save has joined 9 other North West based businesses ranked among the 100 fastest-growing companies by sales in the last three years. The highest placed business on the 16th annual Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100, which will be published this weekend, is Preston-based … [Read more...]