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LOOKERS returns strong performance and further acquisitions

North West motor retailer Lookers, with four significant dealerships along St Mary’s Way in Stockport, has returned a strong financial performance and continues to invest significantly in its national dealership network. In the first half of 2016, revenue increased by 33% to £2.34 billion (2015: … [Read more...]

Stockport Health and Social Care providers sign new agreement

Stockport Health and Social Care providers have signed a significant new agreement to work together. NHS Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group and Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council are adopting a new integrated commissioning approach for health and social care, a legal agreement to pool … [Read more...]

Facebook games – a route to scams?

Facebook users and other social media platforms are a big part of our lives, but is there a sinister side to the Facebook games interactive posts? A popular game doing the rounds currently is ‘What is your star name?’ You’ll see a picture which is being shared by friends and family, asking you … [Read more...]

Stockport Council supporting young people

Stockport Council has taken on more than 20 young people on a variety of work experience and internships since May this year. The roles have been across a range of departments, from public health and schools sport partnership, to finance and democratic services. The council’s Participation and … [Read more...]

Morson Group to sponsor Seashell Trust golf day

The Morson Group are the headline sponsors of the Seashell Trust golf day. The engineering recruitment firm is supporting the competition at Wilmslow Golf Club on Thursday, September 8. Seashell Trust, which runs a special school and college in Cheadle Hulme for profoundly disabled children … [Read more...]

Stockport town centre access plan on track

Stockport Council is marking a successful first year of work on the Stockport Town Centre Access Plan making it easier for everyone to travel in and around Stockport. The work will bring many benefits for residents, businesses and visitors alike by reducing congestion, improving roads and junctions … [Read more...]

Commercial property non domestic rates

All companies who occupy premises need to pay non-domestic rates on the premises, which they either own or lease. As of 1 April 2008 all companies must also pay non-domestic rates on empty premises for which they are responsible. The non-domestic rates are an annual charge payable to the local … [Read more...]

Manchester ranked best city to live in the UK

Manchester has again been ranked the best city to live in the UK. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Survey places Manchester 43rd in its survey of 140 global cities – up from 46th last year and ten places above London. Melbourne in Australia is again again at the top, … [Read more...]

Disaster Recovery – can you afford not to?

In today's transaction-intensive world, companies that can tolerate data loss between the time of their last backup and the time of a disaster are getting increasingly hard to find. System outages are both unpredictable and in many cases unavoidable, with serious consequences on the ability to do … [Read more...]

UK waiting times for routine surgery ‘getting worse’

According to the latest figures from the Patients Association published in HI Magazine, UK waiting times for routine surgery is getting worse. The number of patients waiting over 18 weeks rose by 79.5% in 2015 UK waiting times for routine surgery, elective surgical procedures, in England are … [Read more...]