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Mastercall led collaboration secures funding award

A collaboration between Stockport-based Mastercall and its partners, Advanced and Dignio, have secured Digital PODAC funding for their remote monitoring service. The Digital PODAC programme being developed by NHS Digital and NHSX aims to improve digitisation and productivity using technology … [Read more...]

Open+ rolled out to three more Stockport libraries

Three more Stockport libraries, Edgeley, Great Moor and Reddish, will benefit from Open+ technology introduced from this week. Open+ allows residents to use the library for extra hours each week, outside staffed hours, extending access to book borrowing services, library computers and free WiFi … [Read more...]

Reforms planned to clamp down on fake online reviews

Planned reforms to protect people when shopping online have been announced that will include banning fake reviews and making it easier for customers to end subscription services.? Under new roles proposed, it will become illegal to commission or offer fake reviews, while review sites hosting … [Read more...]

Life Leisure steps up to help long-COVID sufferers

A fit and healthy mum who went from going to the gym three times a week to struggling to walk up the stairs has praised the Long-Covid recovery programme at Life Leisure. Sam Babcock, 53, caught COVID more than a year ago while she was working as a learning support assistant in a primary school. … [Read more...]

Logson Group acquires Stockport packaging supplier

Stockport firm, Red Rose Packaging, has been acquired by Logson Group, one of the UK's largest suppliers of corrugated packaging. Red Rose was founded in 1985 in Stockport, employing nearly 40 staff. It almost forty years of trading, the corrugated packaging supplier has built a strong industry … [Read more...]

Rail tickets go on half price sale for first time

Over a million rail tickets will sold at half price for journeys between 25th April to 27th May in a first-of-its-kind sale, organised by the government and rail operators. The sale, which launches today (19th April), will see up to half price rates available for off-peak tickets nationwide when … [Read more...]

Wellington Road (A6) bridge to receive vital safety improvements

Work is set to begin at the end of April on essential works to improve safety on the Wellington Road bridge, where the A6 crosses over the M60, in Stockport town centre. Improvement works will replace the existing barrier on both sides of the bridge with a new 1.8 m steel replacements. The work … [Read more...]

Broadstone Mill Shopping Outlet awarded Reddish Locality Grant

The Broadstone Mill Shopping Outlet has been awarded the Reddish Locality Grant from the council to 'get Reddish Roaring' after the pandemic. Just before Christmas 2021 Broadstone Mill Shopping Outlet learned that Stockport Council was looking to help support businesses recovering from the … [Read more...]

£7.6 million pledged to support rail innovations

The UK's Rail Minister has announced a £7.6 million competition to secure funding for innovations that will improve train travel. Rail Minister Wendy Morton has officially launched the First of a Kind competition, promising successful bids a share of £7.6 million government funding to bring … [Read more...]