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Local: Poor Stockport Mobile Signal Boosted by Free Wi-Fi

The mobile telephone signal in Stockport has been deemed the worst across UK cities and towns, according to a study by App provider Yboo. The Yboo study revealed the top 10 best and worst town and cities for mobile telephone signal across the UK - the App lets users see how good the strength of a … [Read more...]

Midshire Ramble Kicks Off 2019 CSR Activities

Stockport Office Technology specialists Midshire have taken to the hills at their start of their 2019 programme of CSR driven activities. Eighteen employees of national managed print service provider Midshire and their families took part in the ‘Midshire Ramble’, a walk around Kinder Scout to raise … [Read more...]

Midshire Parent Company Wins iF Design Award

The parent company of Midshire, Sharp, has won a prestigious design award for Sharp Europe’s MX-B455W/MX-B355W A4 digital multifunction black and white photocopier.    Founded in 1949, the iF International Forum Design shaped the iF Design Awards in 1953 to shed light on the brilliance of German … [Read more...]

7 tips for motorists to stay safe online

With new online scams cropping up all the time DVLA has published tips for motorists to stay safe online. Motorists have increasingly become a target for fraudsters. DVLA has revealed their contact centre received 1,275 reports regarding suspected vehicle tax scams during the last 3 months of … [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...]

Midshire Support Charity Christmas Tree Collection

Staff at Midshire's Stockport office have helped to raise an estimated £24,000 for St Ann’s Hospice during JustHelping’s 2019 Christmas tree collection event. Five of the team based at national managed print service provider Midshire® Bredbury office took part in this year’s campaign to raise … [Read more...]

Free Wi-Fi gets Stockport town centre connected

Visitors to Stockport town centre can now enjoy FREE Wi-Fi thanks to a new initiative from Totally Stockport, the organisation behind Stockport’s Business Improvement District. The first of a number of stages in the digital rollout, the Wi-Fi will be provided free to anyone who visits the town … [Read more...]

Regional: Northern Tech Awards Celebrate Best of North West

The Northern Tech Awards, celebrating the fastest growing and most promising tech companies in the North West, is open for entries. The Northern Tech Awards have been running since 2011 and are part of the events portfolio of GP Bullhound, the leading international technology investment … [Read more...]

Local: Platform81 Achieves Cyber Essentials Plus Certification

Stockport based Platform81 is supporting Cyber Essentials, a simple but effective scheme that helps businesses to protect their organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber-attacks. The Cyber Essentials Government-backed scheme has grown a lot since its first … [Read more...]

Midshire Expands Its Microsoft Competencies

National managed IT service provider Midshire has added to its Microsoft competencies by achieving Silver Cloud Productivity status, confirming its position as a leading supplier of Microsoft products and services.  Complementing its Silver Datacentre and Gold Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions … [Read more...]

Midshire Supports Cash for Kids Festive Fundraiser

Staff at national managed print service provider Midshire® embraced the festive spirit and donated over 30 gifts to the Cash for Kids’ ‘Mission Christmas’ toy appeal. On Friday 14th December the Bredbury base company raised over £350 from a staff Christmas jumper day and used the funds to buy … [Read more...]

CDL Boosts Local Job Prospects

A donation of laptops from Stockport based tech firm, CDL, is enabling disadvantaged adults in Greater Manchester to boost their job prospects with digital skills training provided by community day centre, Oasis.  The donation from CDL is in support of the centre’s cause to help those in deprived … [Read more...]