News for: Coronavirus

Stockport Council has partnered with Life Leisure and other local organisations to launch a new COVID-19 physical activity recovery programme to support inactive Stockport residents to get moving again. The programme, called Stockport Moving Together, consists of a range of projects that will … [Read more...]

Latest UK data: Positive tests:                        347,152 have tested positive (+ 1,735 new cases) Loss of life: … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester's Local Enterprise Partnership (GM LEP) is hosting its fourth webinar on Building Back Better in the city-region, with discussion focusing on the newly published Living with Covid Resilience Plan. The session, hosted in partnership with the Growth Company, is the latest in a … [Read more...]

Latest UK data: Positive tests:                        338,676 have tested positive (+ 1,508 new cases) Loss of life: … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has published its Living with Covid Resilience Plan to outline the city-region's response to the effects of the pandemic. The one-year plan recognises that the virus is still present, globally and within Greater Manchester, and sets how to build back … [Read more...]

A business survey tracking the economic recovery following the coronavirus crisis has indicated that summer holidays and local restrictions negatively impacted businesses in Greater Manchester during August. The latest survey results from the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce's Covid-19 … [Read more...]

As of 00.01am this morning, Stockport has been released from additional local restrictions affecting all boroughs of Greater Manchester and as announced by Health Secretary Matt Hancock on 31st July. Latest figures show that Stockport has the lowest rate of infection across the city-region at … [Read more...]

As announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in April, the Coronavirus Job Retention, or furlough, scheme will require employers to contribute 10% of the furloughed employee's normal salary in order to continue participating after 1st September. From when the scheme was launched, the UK government has … [Read more...]