News for: Digital and Media

Stockport based magazine group, Practical Publishing International has secured £500,000 funding from the government's Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme (CBILS). The finance facility has been provided by Santander and will allow the publishing group which was established in Stockport … [Read more...]

For over two years, Stockport’s ‘DigiKnow’ Alliance has been helping digitally excluded residents to gain digital skills and confidence through regular face to face sessions with Digital Champion volunteers. Since the lockdown, the organisation has adapted the ways it supports people, re-training … [Read more...]

Cheadle Hulme accounting software company, My Digital Accounts, has appointed former HR software CEO, Nic Scott, as its chairman. Nic Scott (pictured) was co-founder and CEO of HR Software as a Service (SaaS) company, Fairsail, before its acquisition by Sage Group in 2017 and will assume the role … [Read more...]

Stockport could be set to get its own digital radio platform along with an initial 24 more local areas in the UK that will bring Stockport in line with major towns and cities who already operate within their dedicated transmission areas. Ofcom is setting out how it will license ‘small-scale DAB’, … [Read more...]

South Manchester Digital Network, a collaboration between Manchester Digital and Stockport Council, have brought their events online and are hosting a panel discussion event. The event will continue on themes raised earlier in the year at the Stockport Business Summit 2020, covering the future of … [Read more...]

With the UK in lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic, more of us are turning to online shopping. Stockport based full-service digital agency, Platform81 share their analysis of the trends emerging in ecommerce as a result of Covid-19. There is no doubt that Coronavirus has people concerned about … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has invested £150,000 into a technology fund to aid digitally isolated young people and called on business for further support. The investment will support disadvantaged young people at risk of digital isolation who do not have access to the technology … [Read more...]

Stockport’s ‘DigiKnow’ alliance, comprised of local groups and organisations, is creating new ways to help residents to get online while libraries and community groups are closed due to the coronavirus crisis. Telephone support is now available for anyone who has access to a?smartphone, tablet or … [Read more...]