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Holy cycles! From Manchester Cathedral to The Vatican

Former Stockport’s Paragon print company owners, Nadene & Alan Marshall, have swapped the printing press for a rather more pressing cycle ride to raise funds for ‘Children with Cancer UK’. The Marshall’s are about to undertake the ‘holy’ cycle challenge of their lives, from Manchester … [Read more...]

Are you Stockport’s Business of the Year?

Entries are now open for the 5th Stockport Business Awards 2016 and organisers Clarke Nicklin are looking to award 3 businesses with the prestigious ‘Business of the Year’ title. The Business of the Year categories are split into three turnover sizes: £5m+, sponsored by Natwest; £1-5m, sponsored … [Read more...]

Stockport company rebrands leading national field services firm

Stockport-based Inness Design have completed a major rebranding and web design project for Engage a national field services business. Formerly operating as Chase Solutions, Engage conduct over 25,000 visits to people and property every month on behalf of a broad cross section of industry clients. … [Read more...]

One personal allowance effective in 2016/17 tax year

Among the changes effective in the new tax year, reported in Hallidays April newswire, are the introduction of one personal allowance, regardless of age, and the new national minimum wage from October this year.  National Minimum Wage rises The National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates will increase … [Read more...]

Brewery tops list of Stockport attractions on Trip Advisor

Robinsons Brewery Visitors Centre is the top-rated thing to do in Stockport, according to reviewers on TripAdvisor. The brewery tour, bar and conference facility on Apsley Street opened in 2013 and is 'Visit England' accredited. TripAdvisor reviews give it 211 five-star review out of 246 … [Read more...]

Government Cyber Essentials Scheme backed by Amshire.

A local IT solutions provider is supporting the UK Governments recently launched Cyber Essentials scheme in the wake of rising security threats and cyber-attacks against businesses and organisations. Stockport based Amshire says time is of the essence to improve digital defenses and is … [Read more...]

New look brand for Stockport night spot

After a one million pound refurbishment at Bredbury Hall Hotel, Print Approved have just designed and printed its new marketing collateral for the re-launch of their Night Club. With a new V.I.P balcony and artisan kitchen, Print Approved’s brief was to design a brand for the club within the … [Read more...]

RBS funds Spar convenience store in Marple

The former Premier Store on Stockport Road in Marple has been acquired by local entrepreneurs and convenience store operators Brown & Stone Limited. The shop has been fully refurbished and re-branded under the Spar brand in a deal supported by the Royal Bank of Scotland. Brown & Stone … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport passenger numbers hit 23.5m

Manchester is proving more popular than ever before as more than 23.5 million passengers have flown from the UK’s 3rd largest airport in the last financial year (2015/16), a 5.4% increase over 12 months.   In March 2016, 1.74m people jetted off on holiday and on business where the top five … [Read more...]

Stockport lights up for the Queen’s 90th birthday

To celebrate The Queen’s 90th Birthday, Stockport Council will light a beacon as part of the national Beacon Lighting Ceremony on the evening of the 21st April, 2016. The ceremony will take place at St Mary’s Church, Churchgate, Stockport, SK1 1YG from 8pm to 9.30pm, with the gas-fuelled beacon … [Read more...]

Mossack Fonseca Law Firm Breach Reveals Lax Network Security

The quantity of information taken in the breach of the Mossack Fonseca law firm far exceeds the amount taken by Edward Snowden. The big question is “how this could happen?” While the details of the attack on Mossack Fonseca haven’t been fully revealed, newspapers are vying to report details about … [Read more...]