With the financial year end looming, Booth Ainsworth report a number of opportunities following the onset of new rules for businesses and individuals to consider. Pension planning - Does the annual allowance affect you? If you earn over £110k per annum then it could! As is stands, the annual … [Read more...]
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Employer engagement event for National Apprenticeship Week
Stockport Council is celebrating National Apprenticeship week by hosting an employer engagement event at Stockport’s Apprenticeship store. Funding, Facts and Fighting the Fog will be the main topics of the discussion at the event on Tuesday 15th March. Did you know that GCSEs would soon be … [Read more...]
Seashell Trust appeal for Sainsbury’s sports vouchers
Seashell Trust is making an appeal for Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers. The disabled students at the Seashell Trust-run Royal School Manchester in Cheadle Hulme are in desperate need of new equipment. Supermarket giant Sainsbury's is giving away vouchers which shoppers can donate to the … [Read more...]
M60 named the ‘worst motorway in the north west’
A survey of business owners across Greater Manchester and Cheshire has identified the M60 as the region’s most consistently congested motorway. A huge 69% in a poll of Federation of the Small Businesses’ members identified the busy ring road as the worst motorway for being regularly gridlocked, … [Read more...]
North West standard of education a threat to success of Northern Powerhouse?
Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned that declining secondary school performance and pupil attainment in Liverpool, Manchester and surrounding areas could pose a threat to the success of George Osbourne’s vision for a Northern Powerhouse. The Northern Powerhouse will “splutter and die” if youngsters in … [Read more...]
Manchester Airport boss: Vote to stay in the European Union
Bosses at Manchester Airport are want Britain to stay part of the European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the EU to be held on Thursday, June 23. Charlie Cornish, Chief Executive of Manchester Airports Group (MAG), owner of … [Read more...]
Stockport design agency put their trust in ‘BOPP’
A Stockport design agency who put their trust in Hallidays Business One Page Plan, BOPP, have beaten their previous turnover in just eight months. Trust, a branding and digital agency who started life working out of two premises, worked with fellow Marketing Stockport member Hallidays to review … [Read more...]
Stockport County host free football training for half-term
A free football training session attracted over 45 young people to Stockport County's ground. The youngsters took part in a fun, free football afternoon over the half-term holidays in an event organised by Stockport Homes in partnership with Stockport County Football Club and the Power … [Read more...]
Stockport company has designs on 2016 sales growth
Stockport based Innova Design Solutions has expanded its headquarters by a third and made six new staff appointments as part of a £500,000 investment in the business. Innova manufacture and install high-quality interiors and furniture for the education, commercial and healthcare sectors. The … [Read more...]
Midshire Certified as a Microsoft Education Partner
Stockport full-service office technology and IT solutions provider, Midshire, has strengthened its partner status with Microsoft, through its Authorized Education Partner (AEP) programme. Reseller Midshire undertook Microsoft’s competency test in academic licensing and market expertise and is now … [Read more...]
SHAHEEN AIR FLIGHTS TO PAKISTAN FROM MANCHESTER AIRPORT
Shaheen Air will launch European flights next month, with the start of a new service between Manchester Airport and Islamabad in Pakistan. The Pakistani airline will offer three services a week to Benazir Bhutto International Airport from 15 March 2016 with A330-200 aircraft. The services … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT BUSINESS & INNOVATION CENTRE LET SIX NEW UNITS
Six new units have been let at Stockport Business & Innovation Centre (SBIC) in Reddish. Councillor Patrick McAuley, Executive Member for Thriving Economy at Stockport Council, joined the management team at Stockport Business & Innovation Centre (SBIC) in Reddish to welcome the new … [Read more...]