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NAIL BAR SUCCESS AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT

Cloud Nails are celebrating a successful six months at Manchester Airport’s Terminal 1 – by opening a second nail bar in Terminal 2. Cloud Nails have preened and polished 4,550 sets of nails at the airport since opening in April – including 45 men. Almost 60% of customers opted … [Read more...]

RETAIL SALES SLOW IN SEPTEMBER

Latest data from the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor for September reveals a 0.7% increase in like-for-like sales on the previous year. On a total basis, sales were up 2.4%, against a 3.4% increase in September 2012 and in line with the 12-month moving average. The British Retail Consortium … [Read more...]

STOCKPORT MP PRAISES COMMUNITY STORE

An exciting new concept of a community store based in Hanover Towers, Lancashire Hill, called Penny Lane Pantry has been praised by a local MP.  Ann Coffey MP was shown around the pantry and met volunteers Leanne Benfold and Agnes Harrison, along with Anna Jones, Stockport Homes' Food … [Read more...]

STOCKPORT BROTHERS URGE TEENAGERS TO CASH IN ON MARKETS

Teenagers across the country are hitting back at a reputation for lie-ins and laziness by launching businesses, thanks to a scheme masterminded by two brothers from Stockport. The Teenage Market, a free initiative that enables youngsters to showcase their talents, has been given the go-ahead … [Read more...]

RETAIL FINANCE DIRECTORS BULLISH ABOUT ECONOMIC RECOVERY

High Streets are still suffering and town centres recognise the need to re-invent themselves, hence such as the Mary Portas initiative Bill Grimsey's review and yet an overwhelming majority of retail sector financial directors expect their business to grow over the next 12 months, according to new … [Read more...]

ROBINSONS TO INVEST £3m IN PUB ESTATE

This month marks 175 years since birthday brewer Robinsons bought their very first pub on Lower Hillgate, Stockport, back in 1838. Now, Cheshire family brewers Robinsons are on course to deliver a planned spend of £3.5m on pub refurbishments in 2013, and have already committed to the same for … [Read more...]

STOCKPORT RETAILER PLEADS GUILTY TO UNDERAGE SALES

A Stockport trader pleaded guilty to selling alcohol to a person under the age of 18 at Stockport Magistrates Court on Wednesday 11th September.  Mr Mushtaq Hussain, aged 55, who was Designated Premises Supervisor and Premises Licence Holder at Londis, Keswick Road in Heaton Chapel pleaded … [Read more...]

HIGH STREETS STILL SUFFERING EMPTY SHOPS

Despite the efforts of initiatives such as Stockport’s Portas Pilot scheme, designed to address the issue of our ‘dying’ High Streets, the North West of England has the highest vacancy rate of shops in the UK at 20.1% with one in every five shops empty. In a report from The … [Read more...]

STOCKPORT STUDENT IS ONE OF SELFRIDGES BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS!

Stockport has a connection for Selfridges' Bright Young Things as the class of 2013 is unveiled. This year, Selfridges are introducing another 15 ‘ones to watch’ from the worlds of fashion, art, design and food, including Stockport girl George Wu who is one of the selected … [Read more...]