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PLANS ANNOUNCED TO IMPROVE CONNECTION OF NORTHERN CITIES

Plans to revolutionise travel in the north include cutting journey times between major cities with a new ‘TransNorth’ rail system; a new road tunnel under the Peak District improving connectivity between Sheffield and Manchester and introducing Oyster-style smart travel cards. … [Read more...]

STOCKPORT BUSINESS CENTRE EXTENDS SPARK COMPETITION DEADLINE

Stockport Business & Innovation Centre (SBIC) has extended the deadline for entries in its search for the region’s most promising business start-up. After the innovative bereavement gifts business, Inspired Goodbyes, took the honours in 2014, the Spark Stockport Business Idea … [Read more...]

VIDEO SITE LAUNCHED FOR STOCKPORT BUSINESS

Marketing Stockport has launched Marketing Stockport TV to aggregate and pull together corporate video and insight videos into one site. The site will evolve and grow as video content becomes used in more and more businesses. Marketing Stockport is working with Bellyflop TV to create the content … [Read more...]

EASYJET PASSENGERS SET FOR FRONT ROW VIEW OF ECLIPSE!

easyJet passengers flying to Iceland from Manchester this morning are set to be amongst a select group people anywhere in the world to have a front row seat of one the most spectacular natural phenomenon’s - a total solar eclipse. Above: A solar eclipse occurs when the moon's orbit of … [Read more...]

WE NEED YOUR VOTE – LET’S GET KATIE TO RIO PARALYMPICS

Marketing Stockport members Assured Events and C&C Insurance Brokers are behind a campaign to get votes for local disabled girl Katie Toft, who is training to get to the Paralympics in Rio.  Stockport Cerebral Palsy Society, who run a disabled cycling club, is where Katie got started … [Read more...]

TRAINER URGES BUSINESSES TO PRIORITISE HEALTH AND SAFETY

Health and safety trainer Michelle Hay is urging North-West businesses to make workplace safety a bigger priority after injuries and ill health cost the region £11.2million last year. Michelle, who is managing director of Michelle Hay Health & Safety Training in Stockport, wants to see … [Read more...]

LifeLEISURE’S FOUNDATION SUPPORTS INDEPENDENT OPTIONS

LifeLEISURE's David Hopkins Foundation has got the wheels in motion for children at Stockport charity, Independent Options, based in Hazel Grove. Left: George and Charlie Archer enjoying the new chopper trike Thanks to the delivery of a fantastic new chopper-style trike, purchased with grant … [Read more...]

STOCKPORT EXPRESS – LATEST BUSINESS NEWS

In this week's Stockport Express - Property Deals for Orbit; Gorvin's Caring Week a great success; Top Gear dilema opens up debate on employment law; JMR legal firm's accolade and Damar reveal Apprentice Award winners   … [Read more...]

FUNDING, FACTS AND HOW SMBC IS HELPING LOCAL EMPLOYERS

Stockport Council is helping local employers and last month hosted an employer engagement event - “Funding, Facts and Fighting the Fog” - where 40 local employers attended including Business Computer Projects Ltd, Bowker Sadler Partnership Ltd, R.M.C. Qualities Management and Capita. … [Read more...]

A6 MANCHESTER RELIEF ROAD DRIVING FORWARD

The £290 million pound A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road’s environmental works to prepare the site have begun. The scheme led by Stockport Council and its partners Cheshire East Council and Manchester City Council, will see approximately 10km of dual carriageway constructed to improve … [Read more...]