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PRE ELECTION BREAKFAST WITH PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES

With the General Election fast approaching, the Chamber is giving you the chance to meet your parliamentary candidates for breakfast. The GM Chamber have invited candidates representing the Conservatives, Labour, The Liberal Democrats, UKIP and The Green Party, to a Question Time style panel, … [Read more...]

MAN ACADEMY – FIVE YEARS ON

It has been five years since MAN Diesel & Turbo UK Ltd’s (MDT-UK) prestigious training Academy opened its doors to a steady stream of national and international engineers and students, many of whom have complemented the team on the quality and depth of the training. The two … [Read more...]

SHOWCASE EVENT PUTS ENTERTAINMENT TODAY IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Entertainment Today Events held their Spring Showcase at The Radisson Blu, Manchester Airport this week. Proving more popular than ever, corporate, charity and private clients from around the North West had the opportunity to gain an insight into their creativity and wide variety of themes which … [Read more...]

INSPIRATIONAL FITNESS FANATIC AVRIL GETS EVERYONE MOVING

Fitness Fanatic Avril is Inspiring everyone to get moving – in a chair!  68 year old grandmother Avril Jackson from Bramhall still works part time for Life Leisure and is continuing to change the lives of many less mobile adults, providing an opportunity to get active and improve their … [Read more...]

M.A.G APPOINTS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR MANCHESTER AIRPORT

M.A.G today announces Ken O’Toole's appointment as the new Managing Director of Manchester Airport. Ken has been M.A.G's Chief Commercial Officer since 2012.  Over the last two years, Andrew Cowan has overseen operations at Manchester Airport as part of his role as M.A.G's Chief … [Read more...]

NEW CAFÉ OPERATOR IS APPOINTED AT BRAMHALL HALL

Bramall Hall has appointed a new operator to run its café once its restoration programme has been completed following a grant of £1.6 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund.  The existing café closed at the end of December 2014. A regional marketing campaign was … [Read more...]

GOVERNMENT PLEDGES FUNDS TO STAMP OUT NUISANCE CALLS

The Government will provide a £3.5million package to protect the most vulnerable from nuisance and scam calls, as announced by the Chancellor in the budget which was presented to Parliament last week. The £3.5million fund will explore ways of protecting vulnerable people from … [Read more...]

STOCKPORT BUSINESSES ENCOURAGED TO DO DEMENTIA DIFFERENTLY

Stockport Council and partners are encouraging Stockport Businesses to pledge to make their businesses more dementia aware, by signing up their employees to a dementia awareness training session over the coming year. The pledge is part of ongoing work to make Stockport Dementia Friendly, … [Read more...]

LATEST STOCKPORT EXPRESS OUT NOW

The latest Stockport Express is out now and includes a packed business section with a focus on the recent Stockport economic breakfast event plus news on apprenticeships and growth news for a Stockport company.   … [Read more...]

MOVED HOUSE? DON’T LOSE YOUR VOTE

With just over a month to go before the General Election on May 7th, Stockport residents who have moved house in the last 18 months are being encouraged to make sure they are registered to vote at the right address. Poll cards will start being sent out next week to addresses across the borough … [Read more...]

AWARDS LAUNCHED – WHO MAKES YOU PROUD?

Stockport's extraordinary people are to be recognised in the Borough's popular citizen awards.The Proud of Stockport awards will see individuals, groups or teams that go out of their way to make the Borough a better place, recognised at a ceremony at Stockport Town Hall. The Council and its … [Read more...]

MORE GREAT NEWS FOR THE A6 RELIEF ROAD

Lisa Smart, Prospective MP for Hazel Grove is celebrating this week’s announcement of a £350,000 grant for a study to assess the case for building the A555 Hazel Grove By-pass through to the M60 at Bredbury.  It comes just a week after the first sod was cut on the route from the A6 … [Read more...]