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UK Employment Rate Hits Record High

The UK employment rate is at an all-time high as the jobs market continued into 2019 with 473,000 more people in work in January compared to a year ago, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The UK’s employment rate reached an all-time high of 76.1%. New … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership Seeks New Members

Greater Manchester's Local Enterprise Partnership (GM LEP) is currently looking for senior business professionals to become new members. They are looking to recruit people who are passionate about the region and can help shape its future. Greater Manchester's Local Enterprise Partnership sits at … [Read more...]

100th apprentice for Manchester Airport transformation programme

Manchester Airport’s £1bn transformation programme has celebrated its latest milestone as it welcomed its 100th apprentice onto the project. With just four weeks until the first phase of the development opens to passengers, Ross Wainwright, 24, from Stoke, joined the scheme to work for R&H … [Read more...]

Stockport Hosts Employing Apprentices Event

Following National Apprenticeship Week, Stockport Council are organising an Employing Apprentices meeting to help businesses understand more about Apprenticeships.  The event will take place on Thursday 21st March 2019  at The Apprenticeship Store; 4-6, Grand Central, Stockport, SK1 … [Read more...]

New Mercedes-Benz Stockport Showroom One of Largest in Europe

The new Mercedes-Benz Stockport showroom being opened by LSH Auto UK, part of the world’s largest Mercedes-Benz retail group (LSH International), is set to be one of the largest in Europe, creating 55 new jobs locally. The brand-new Mercedes-Benz retail space, being developed on a … [Read more...]

Stockport Campaign to Attract 100 Care Workers

A home care company in Stockport has relaunched a campaign to attract more care workers in line with an increase in demand.   Following the success of last year’s campaign, ‘You Can Care’, Home Instead Senior Care, is looking to recruit 100 caregivers to join its team.  Skills for Care, a trusted … [Read more...]

BBC Reports UK Widening Gender Pay Gap

Four in 10 private companies that have published their latest gender pay gap are reporting wider gaps than they did last year, according to BBC analysis. The BBC looked at a company's median pay gap - that is the difference in pay between the middle-ranking woman and the middle-ranking man. This … [Read more...]

Local: CDL achieves international Top Employer status

Stockport-based tech firm CDL has retained its Top Employers certification for the third year running, an official recognition that it is one of the best places to work in the UK.  The company, which was recently named in the FT Future 100 UK, employs almost 700 people at its campus on Kings Reach … [Read more...]

Regional: Biggest Pay Increases are in the North West

The biggest pay increases in the UK (+7%) in 2019 are expected to be in the North West compared with any other region in the country for *professional salaries. This compares with London (+3%), Yorkshire (+3%), and the Midlands (+1%). The data comes from leading recruiter Robert Walters annual … [Read more...]

Local: Stockport’s Great Leap Forward, what’s next?

A £1bn investment programme is driving Stockport's great leap forward. Stockport's largest commercial landlord, Orbit Developments, is hosting an event in association with The Business Desk to look at what's next for the town? Stockport has undergone an impressive resurgence over the past 5 years … [Read more...]

Local: Damar Event Coincides with UK Apprenticeship campaign

Stockport based Damar Training hosted the first Marketing Stockport event of 2019 just ahead of the announcement of a new national Apprenticeship campaign. Damar's Katrina Shawcross hosted an interactive session at the Damar Training Petersgate head office, based around the audience's knowledge of … [Read more...]