A once?derelict concrete patch outside the Brinnington Community Hub has been transformed by local volunteers into a memorial garden. Brinnington Memorial Garden has been created thanks to a collaborative vision from residents, Groundwork Greater Manchester, Stockport Council, and the Greater … [Read more...]
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Studio 91 Media awarded prestigious grant to shine a poetic spotlight on peat bogs
Ben Horrigan, Managing Director of Stockport and Manchester based Studio 91 Media, has joined forces with other filmmakers and poets from both the UK and Malaysia for a project celebrating the two countries' peat bogs. To mark World Peatlands Day on 2nd June, Malaysia-based Factual TV and Studio … [Read more...]
Energy Innovation Agency marks three years of driving sustainability among Greater Manchester businesses
Greater Manchester's Energy Innovation Agency is celebrating three years of activities that have supported businesses across the city-region to cut their carbon emissions. The Energy Innovation Agency is a unique partnership between the public, private and academic sectors in Greater Manchester, … [Read more...]
Mayor’s nature fund reopens to grant applications
Mayor of Greater Manchester’s ‘Green Spaces Fund’ has re-opened for sixth round of grant applications for community groups to improve access to nature rich spaces across the city-region. The fund was launched by Andy Burnham in 2022, and is distributed by the Greater Manchester Environment Trust … [Read more...]
Shared council procurement service extends partnership with energy consultant
STAR Procurement, a shared procurement service representing a number of councils and NHS organisations in the North West, including Stockport Council, has extended its partnership with energy consultant, Equity Energies for a further two years. The extension of the contract through to 2027 … [Read more...]
New recycling rules come into effect for businesses
New rules have come into force setting out how businesses should sort their waste and recycling as part of wider plans to boost recycling rates. Workplaces with 10 or more employees will now be required to arrange collection of dry recyclable materials – including plastic, metal, glass, and paper … [Read more...]
Stockport Council launches Spring Clean campaign
Stockport Council will lead on a programme of organised clean-up events and activities across the borough, over the eight-week Spring Clean campaign period. Kicking off this week, council staff will get to work on tidying up District and Local Centres, parks and greenspaces, as well as removing … [Read more...]
Creative students create marketing campaign for Stockport Council
Creative students from across the North have taken part in an event to create marketing campaigns for Stockport Council in front of a judging panel of industry experts. The Two+Two event, backed by Stockport-based firm Creative Resource, featured more than 200 students from across the North … [Read more...]
Plans progress on building UK’s largest onshore wind farm in Greater Manchester
Renewable energy developer, Cubico, has submitted plans for a meteorological mast to be erected to collect data ahead of seeking planning permission for a 100 MW wind farm, set to be the UK's largest onshore wind farm, to be built at Scout Moor, near Rochdale, Greater Manchester. The temporary … [Read more...]
Businesses have until 1st April to submit data under producer responsibility for packaging scheme
Businesses affected by the extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) scheme, introduced last year, have until 1st April to submit their data. Under legislation which came into force from 1st January 2024, large businesses must submit data for July to December 2024 by the deadline, … [Read more...]
Bee Network completes first electric bus conversion
Greater Manchester’s Bee Network is accelerating progress towards carbon-neutral public transport as the first diesel bus to be converted to being fully electric powered takes to the roads. Bus operator, Go North West, which operates a number of Bee Network services in the North of the … [Read more...]
Manchester Airport biodiversity project wins international award
A project led by Manchester Airport that seeks to preserve the biodiversity of woodlands around the city-region has been given a prestigious Green Apple Award. The airport's environment team, in collaboration with TV ecologist Josh Styles' firm, Styles Ecology, translocated a number of species … [Read more...]
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