Stockport’s Business Improvement District (BID) company’s ambition to deliver a second BID and £2.4 million plan of investment has won overwhelming support from town centre businesses. Declared this morning by Deputy Counting Officer Vicki Bates from Stockport Council, Stockport’s BID - Totally … [Read more...]
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Expert Opinion: I am not a robot… probably
Amshire IT's Dave Taylor explains how cybercriminals are increasing using tools like CAPTCHA to trick security software, and shares some simple hacks for spotting fake 'I am not a robot' pages. Cyber criminals will use whatever they can to trick us into taking the action they want us to. And … [Read more...]
Net a Stockport frog from the Gigantic Leap Frog Art Trail auction
Net your own frog from Stockport’s Gigantic Leap Frog Art Trail before they’re going... going... Gone! The 21 gigantic frogs that made up Stockport’s Gigantic Leap Frog Art Trail throughout the summer and seven of the One Stockport frogs that took up residence across the borough have hopped out … [Read more...]
Expert Opinion: Are you at risk of a Business Email Compromise attack?
Dave Taylor, Managing Director of IT support experts Amshire IT, explains the risks posed to businesses of Business Email Compromise attacks, and one easy way organisations can protect themselves from this kind of cybercrime. Imagine the horror of this. You’re at your desk, sending money to a … [Read more...]
Transport, innovation, skills and green economy at heart of GM levelling up deal
Greater Manchester has called on the UK government to back its Levelling Up Deal, calling for support with the powers and funding to deliver on ambitions for the city-region. The Levelling Up Deal would follow on from previous devolution arrangements for Greater Manchester, such as over health … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester to become easiest place in the UK for zero-carbon businesses
Greater Manchester is set to become the easiest place in the UK to be a zero-carbon businesses under an ambitious commitment from the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (GM LEP) and an alliance of businesses of partner organisations. The GM LEP have launched Bee Net Zero, a new … [Read more...]
Andy Burnham to set out accelerated plan to reduce carbon emissions
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is expected to set out accelerated plans to reduce carbon emissions in the city-region during a speech to delegates attending the Greater Manchester Green Summit 2021. At the annual summit, which is taking place at The Lowry on 18th October, Mr Burnham will … [Read more...]
Consultation on library services Stockroom move closes at midnight
A consultation on plans to move library services from Central Library to a new learning and discovery centre in Merseyway, provisionally named Stockroom, closes today at midnight (18th October). The proposals will see book lending, IT provision and other services currently offered at Central … [Read more...]
Vernon 2022 charity calendar goes on sale
The Vernon’s 2022 Charity Calendar – created from the winners of the building society’s annual photography competition – is now on sale in the building society’s six branches. All proceeds from the sale of this year’s ‘Celebration of Stockport’ calendar will go to St Ann’s Hospice. The worthy … [Read more...]
Northern leaders set out five ‘gamechangers’ for levelling up the region
Political and business leaders from across the North of England has set out five 'gamechanger' policies that will help the region lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution and allowing government to deliver on its levelling up promise. In a document published by the NP11 group of northern local … [Read more...]
Need to make redundancies? Do it properly, warns SAS Daniels
Stockport employment lawyer Charlie Wood from SAS Daniels LLP has issued a stern warning to local business owners that the Employment Tribunal could come down hard on them if they fail to follow the correct procedure when making redundancies. With the recent ending of furlough, forecasters have … [Read more...]
Manchester Airport boss optimistic for sector’s ‘road to recovery’
Manchester Airport Managing Director, Karen Smart (pictured), has released an editorial outlining the Northern transport hub's road to recovery after a challenging 18 months during the global pandemic. Traffic levels at the airport dropped to as low as 5% of normal volumes at the height of … [Read more...]
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