News for: Stockport Business News

Stockport Council and partner organisations will mark World Mental Health Day in the borough on Tuesday 10th October. The international event comes at the end of Greater Manchester's Month of Hope, which began with Suicide Prevention Day on 10th September. To mark World Mental Health Day, groups … [Read more...]

Stockport Council has launched the borough's first Green Print, setting out its ambitions for how the town can take action on climate change. Stockport adopted its first Climate Action Now (CAN) plan in 2020 as part of how it aims to be a carbon neutral borough by 2038 alongside the rest of … [Read more...]

Stockport Council is inviting local businesses to a Meet The Buyer event to learn how they can partner with the borough to deliver its regeneration ambitions. Taking place on Thursday 7th December from 3pm - 5.30pm in Stopford House (Piccadilly, Stockport, SK1 3UR), the event gives businesses the … [Read more...]

Now in its third year, Stockport Arts and Health Week takes place 9th to 15th October as part of the borough's Town of Culture year. The week-long programme is led by Arts for Recovery in the Community, (Arc). Arc is a leading arts and mental health charity based in Stockport's iconic Hat Works … [Read more...]

Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's cancellation of the HS2 rail link between Birmingham and Manchester, £19.8 billion worth of transport investment has been announced for the North of England as funds assigned to the project are redistributed. Rishi Sunak announced the cancellation of the … [Read more...]

Consumer group, Which?, has lauded Stockport as one of the UK's best places to live during retirement, just a month after being named a top destination for first-time homebuyers. In September, the Times newspaper described Stockport in its list of the country's 12 best places for first-time … [Read more...]

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced he is scrapping plans for the HS2 high-speed rail link to be built between Birmingham and Manchester. The announcement follows much speculation in the media that the Northern leg of the high-speed rail line would be cancelled in a bid to curb rising costs … [Read more...]

Ahead of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's address to the Conservative Party Conference today (4th October), business and political leaders in the North and Midlands of England have expressed their support for the HS2 high-speed rail service to reach Manchester. Following much media speculation that … [Read more...]