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Bank of England move to end taxpayer bailouts

The Bank of England is today announcing new rules designed to make it easier to manage the failure of banks and building societies in an orderly way, as part of reforms to end taxpayer bailouts in the UK. During the financial crisis, governments were forced to bail out failing banks, rather than … [Read more...]

Financial services a big success for UK export

International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, told Ministers, business leaders and delegates at the UK’s Financial Centres of Excellence conference that financial services are one of the UK’s big export success stories and that the regions have a big part to play in maintaining its success. At the … [Read more...]

Together’s partnership with NatWest extended nationwide

Together's partnership with NatWest has been extended so that all commercial and business customers that the bank cannot assist directly will now be referred to the panel, creating more opportunities for customers to access alternative funding.   The specialist lender, has been confirmed as part of … [Read more...]

Investment offers P2P investors double-digit return

A pretty Cheshire Village development is offering double-digit returns for P2P Investors Peer-2-Peer lending platform CapitalStackers is inviting investors for a prestigious development of 8 highly desirable detached houses which are expected to yield up to 16% returns with extremely attractive LTV … [Read more...]

Why a Stockport BID is great news for us all

Just in case you’ve been out of circulation and off Twitter for the past few days, Stockport has voted for a Business Improvement District – a Stockport BID! By Helen White, Marketing Stockport & Vision Stockport  This is one of the most exciting opportunities that Stockport has had for … [Read more...]

What happens when ground leases expire?

An active management issue that will become more and more prevalent in the coming years is the issue of ground leases, granted by local authorities in the 60s, for terms of 99 years or more. Such investments are often held by landlords and then sub-let out to tenants to be retained as a … [Read more...]

Stockport BID gets a YES vote!

Stockport Town Centre’s businesses have shown their support and commitment to the town centre and voted YES in favour of a Business Improvement District - Stockport's BID. The results of the Stockport Town Centre BID Ballot were counted during yesterday evening, Thursday 27th October 2016, which … [Read more...]

Royal connections for Aqua’s #QueenOf and #KingOf

A dedicated social media group for winners of the #QueenOf and #KingOf campaigns has led to one member taking part in the Duke of York's 'Pitch@Palace' event. Since the Summer of 2012, Stockport creative Dylan Moore and his business Aqua Design Group has been running competitions on Twitter to … [Read more...]

Gander Young Business of the Year sponsored by the Seashell Trust

Gander is launching the Young Business of the Year in the style of BBC's The Apprentice in partnership with local organisation, the Seashell Trust. This inaugural business challenge programme, will see teams of students from three Stockport based partner colleges; Aquinas, Cheadle & Marple and … [Read more...]

Cullen Wealth: What Brexit really means

Stockport based Cullen Wealth, in an effort to keep you up to date with the very interesting times we live in, is taking a closer look at what Brexit really means, particularly in relation to markets, savings and shares. We now have an idea of the current timetable for leaving the UK, since the … [Read more...]

Rock ‘n’ Horror show returns to haunt you!

The Rock 'n' Horror show is back in Stockport and it's time to get your tickets! Not long to go until Beetlejuice, Frank N Furter, Brad and Janet, Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Wolf Man and some of the hottest spooks you have ever seen are once again at The Forum Theatre in Romiley  as THE ROCK … [Read more...]