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What is a Company Voluntary Arrangement – CVA

With stories of struggling retailers dominating the news, Stockport based Bennett Verby take a look at a common route for insolvent businesses and answer the question: what is a Company Voluntary Arrangement ? So what is a Company Voluntary Agreement or CVA? The CVA was originally designed as a … [Read more...]

Regional: Record Year for Passenger Numbers at Manchester Airport

Celebrating its busiest ever festive period helped the UK's Northern gateway to report a record year for passenger numbers at Manchester Airport in 2018. More than 28.2 million passengers passed through the UK’s third largest airport in the last 12 months.  Popular holiday hot spots included … [Read more...]

Local: Mayoral Powers Could Regenerate Stockport Town Centre West

The transformation of Stockport Town Centre could be taken to the next level after Greater Manchester leaders gave the go-ahead to consult on creating a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) to lead the regeneration of the Town Centre West area. Stockport Council's ambition is for Town Centre West … [Read more...]

Local: Platform81 Achieves Cyber Essentials Plus Certification

Stockport based Platform81 is supporting Cyber Essentials, a simple but effective scheme that helps businesses to protect their organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber-attacks. The Cyber Essentials Government-backed scheme has grown a lot since its first … [Read more...]

139 New Care home beds for Bramhall & Cheadle

Leading development-led care home operator New Care has received planning consent for two new £15million care centres in Stockport.  Helping to address the increasing shortage of beds in the area, the award-winning Cheshire-based operator New Care has received approval for a state-of-the-art 71-bed … [Read more...]

Christmas Sales up 1.4% at John Lewis Partnership

The John Lewis Partnership, whose Cheadle Royal department store was the first to open in the region in 1995, has announced positive results following its Christmas trading period. In stark contrast to both Debenhams and Sainsburys, the John Lewis Partnership has issued its Christmas trading … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester SMEs Urged to Plan for Brexit

As the future for UK businesses looks as clear as mud in terms of Brexit, Greater Manchester SMEs are being warned not to stick their head in the sand and instead make plans to address any issues or concerns in any eventuality. Interviewed by regional news publisher Insider, Mark Hughes – who has … [Read more...]

Platform81 Strengthens Senior Management for 2019 Growth

Digital marketing & design agency, Stockport based Platform81, has announced changes to the structure of its senior management team as part of its mission to further develop the company in 2019. Following an "exciting and profitable 2018", Managing Director, Nick Wroe, and Technical Director, … [Read more...]

On Your Bikes! Free ‘Learn to Ride’ starts tomorrow!

The first indoor Learn to Ride a bike scheme starts tomorrow at Life Leisure's Houldsworth Village in Reddish. New for 2019, Learn to Ride takes to the gym and goes indoors in order to beat the winter chill and kick start that New Year’s resolution.  If it’s been a while since you’ve ridden a … [Read more...]

Robinsons Dizzy Blonde raises £18k for charity

Stockport based Robinsons Brewery's 'Dizzy Donates' scheme has raised £18,000 for charity from sales of Dizzy Blonde. Back in July 2016, Robinsons Brewery announced a new fundraising campaign called ‘Dizzy Donates’ which saw the 180-year-old Stockport brewery pledge 5p from every pint of Dizzy … [Read more...]

Stockport Homes celebrates a decade of excellence

Stockport Homes is celebrating a decade of excellence with record Best Companies star rating. Stockport Homes has achieved the highest possible star rating with Best Companies for 2019, as it celebrates its tenth year of participation. The three star accreditation recognises organisations that … [Read more...]