Greater Manchester has launched a new Night Time Economy Strategy to support the sector, drive job creation and raise employment standards across the city-region. Around 464,000 Greater Manchester residents work in jobs or businesses significantly active at night, such as hospitality, taxi … [Read more...]
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20 North-west firms recognised in 2022 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise
20 businesses in the North-west have won in the Queen's Awards for Enterprise, including one in Stockport, with 232 firms recognised nationwide. The prestigious award celebrates the achievements of UK businesses across four categories: International Trade, Innovation, Sustainable Development and … [Read more...]
Support programme helps more than 1,600 Greater Manchester SMEs in first 18 months
Over 1,600 SMEs in Greater Manchester, and 2,500 employees, have received support from the Skills for Growth – SME Support programme in the 18 months since it launched. The programme, which looks to help businesses across the city-region to upskill and re-skill their employees, launched in … [Read more...]
Logson Group acquires Stockport packaging supplier
Stockport firm, Red Rose Packaging, has been acquired by Logson Group, one of the UK's largest suppliers of corrugated packaging. Red Rose was founded in 1985 in Stockport, employing nearly 40 staff. It almost forty years of trading, the corrugated packaging supplier has built a strong industry … [Read more...]
CPI rises 7% as fuel and energy costs drive inflation
Inflation has hit 7% according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for March released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The CPI rose 7% year-on-year in the 12 months to March 2022, up from 6.2% in February. The figure is highest recorded since the measure was included in the … [Read more...]
Rising prices hurt growth at North-west businesses
Rising prices has seen the rate of growth slow in the North-west according to NatWest's latest Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) survey of the region's businesses. NatWest's March PMI data showed businesses in the region were reporting a record increase in the prices they were charging to customers … [Read more...]
Northern business leaders unite in support of Ukrainian refugees
Business leaders from across the North, including from Stockport, have joined forces to help Ukrainian refugees in the region access employment and other support. United For Ukraine is a coalition brought together at the request of leaders from across the North, including the Northern Powerhouse … [Read more...]
NPIF investment has created over 6000 jobs since fund’s launch
Since its launch in 2017, the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) has supported the creation of over 6000 new, high-quality jobs, according to independent research by SQW. Backed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and managed by the British Business Bank, the fund has aimed … [Read more...]
Hazel Grove named one of the top hubs for UK microbusinesses
Hazel Grove has been named in the top five UK Parliamentary constituencies outside London for microbusinesses in research from website hosting service, GoDaddy. The area, which includes Bredbury, Marple, Bramhall and High Lane as well as the Hazel Grove area of Stockport that lends the wider … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester launches new International Strategy
Greater Manchester has launched a new strategy to set out how the city-region will engage with countries and cities around the world on trade, tourism and international cooperation. The International Strategy will provide a framework for how Greater Manchester will work with the national … [Read more...]
Chancellor announces cuts to fuel duty and changes to NI threshold in Spring Statement
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a number of measures that seek to ease the impact of the rising cost of living in his Spring Statement, delivered to Parliament on Wednesday 23rd March. Addressing colleagues in the House of Commons, Mr Sunak said his Spring Statement 'builds a stronger, more … [Read more...]
Business leaders react to 2022 Spring Statement
Business and political leaders from Stockport and across the North-west have broadly responded warmly to the Chancellor's 2022 Spring Statement, however, many have argued that more could have been done to support the economy amid rising cost-of-living. Yesterday (March 23rd), Rishi Sunak … [Read more...]
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