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Business Growth Hub host Innovate Stockport

Stockport Council, in partnership with GC Business Growth Hub are hosting Innovate Stockport, an event designed to reveal how innovation can aid business growth. Keeping your business fresh and attractive to your marketplace means investing in innovation - it’s vital to growth.  Innovate … [Read more...]

Stockport unveils plans for redevelopment of Merseyway

Stockport Council's Corporate Director for Place has unveiled revised plans that will see Merseyway Shopping Centre at the heart of the regeneration of the town centre.  Although work on the redevelopment plans were originally given approval for go-ahead in December 2017, more significant changes … [Read more...]

Views sought on Stockport Local Assistance Scheme

Stockport Council is encouraging residents to have their say on the proposed removal of the Stockport Local Assistance Scheme (SLAS), as part of the need to bridge a funding gap of £15.9 million in 2019/20. The scheme currently offers support to meet emergency needs, such as when someone has no … [Read more...]

Managing risk at bonfires and firework displays

Managing risk at bonfires and firework displays has to be a key consideration when taking on the responsibility of a group / community event. Hosting a bonfire or fireworks display can provide a lot of fun and be a great spectacle, but if you don’t look out for potential problems you can end up … [Read more...]

£2000 weekly winners for St Ann’s Local Lottery

Local people have the chance of winning £2,000 each week whilst supporting patients from across Greater Manchester, thanks to the St Ann’s Local Lottery. The St Ann's local lottery, which includes a weekly draw, costs just £1 for a ticket with proceeds helping to support the thousands of local … [Read more...]

Planning Application submitted for new Stockport Interchange

Development of the new multi-million pound Stockport Interchange has taken a step closer as Transport for Greater Manchester has submitted the joint planning application to Stockport Council. If approved, the project will continue the major £1 billion transformation under way in … [Read more...]

Bramhall Flower Festival Commemorates Centenary of WW1

The countdown is on to the largest flower festival of its kind to be staged in Cheshire to commemorate the centenary of the end of WW1 Preparations are well underway in Bramhall, Stockport, for one of the largest flower festivals of its kind to be staged in Cheshire this year. The festival - … [Read more...]

Stockport Based Gorvins Serves Up MasterChef Deals

Stockport based Gorvins solicitors have now completed a trio of deals for MasterChef champion Simon Wood. Having  acted  on  the commercial lease for  the star chef`s first fine dining restaurant,  which opened in Manchester last year,  the Stockport based law firm  has now handled the operating … [Read more...]

99 days left to file your latest Self Assessment Tax Return

There are 99 days left to complete and file your 2017 to 2018 Self Assessment tax return online so avoid the stress and last minute rush by completing it early. Tax payers making paper returns have just 6 days left - the deadline is 31st October. Taxpayers can complete their Self Assessment for … [Read more...]

End-of-Life for Windows 7 Support

Windows 7 support will end on 14th January 2020, in tech terms, the 'end-of-life' for the software.  When Windows 7 was released in October 2009 Microsoft made a commitment to provide 10-years of product support.  Microsoft will end extended support for Windows 7 Operating system on 14th January … [Read more...]

Sovereign Business Transfer celebrate 10 years in business

Stockport based Sovereign Business Transfer, one of the UK's fastest growing Business Transfer Agents, are celebrating their 10th anniversary.  A lot can happen in ten years. Governments can rise and fall, children grow up and go off to university or take that all important first step on the career … [Read more...]