Ryanair has announced 3 new daily winter services from Manchester to Berlin, Hamburg and Nuremberg, beginning at the start of November 2016. For business or pleasure, passengers can benefit from an opening offer on seats for travel in November available for booking on the Ryanair.com website … [Read more...]
Marketing Stockport News
Prest Financial host investment seminar
Hazel Grove based Prest Financial Planning invited fellow Marketing Stockport members to join them at a financial seminar. Guests from RBS and Booth Ainsworth joined the team from Prest who heard from Neal Bailey, Strategic Economist for Invesco Perpetual Fund Managers, who provided a fantastic … [Read more...]
Live the life, get active in Cheadle
Life Leisure Cheadle is running a free week of activity in a new initiative to get Cheadle active. The week of activity, from Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th February, has something for all the family from swimming to gym sessions to studio based classes. There will be dedicated Mums and Tots … [Read more...]
Flying start for gander in 2016
The Gander programme, launched in November 2015 to bring Business and Education together in Stockport, has made a successful start to 2016. The programme aims to assist students from three local sixth form colleges, by providing support and insight into the local business community, using the … [Read more...]
We are Stockport announce ‘Kindness’ winners and launch latest film
With ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ day just round the corner, WAS has been inviting nominations for its ‘Kindness in Stockport’ drive to spotlight the amazing people who make Stockport a warm and friendly place to live. And today We are Stockport are announcing the 3 winners! Each winner will receive … [Read more...]
Royal Bank of Scotland funding package for engineering training company
Stockport Training Engineering Association (SETA) has invested a 'six-figure sum' to upgrade its IT system. The funding package has come from the Royal Bank of Scotland to improve the Learning and Skills Academy, create a confined Space Training Area and expand the car park facilities. This … [Read more...]
Life Leisure launches Masters swimming programme
Stockport Metro and Life Leisure have teamed up to offer swimming improvement sessions. The Stockport Metro Masters classes will be run by former GB swimmer Harry Needs at Grand Central in Stockport and at Romiley swimming pool. The programme has been launched for swimmers 18 and over to help … [Read more...]
Manchester Airport breaks record for January passengers
Almost 1.5m people travelled through Manchester Airport in January - a new record for the UK's third largest airport. In total, 1,415,735 people travelled through Manchester during the month, an increase of 7.8% on the previous year with popular destinations including Dubai, Palma and … [Read more...]
Vernon put on a big smile for Dental Playbox Project
Children’s healthcare charity, Action for Sick Children recently visited Moss Hey primary school in Bramhall as part of their ‘Dental Playbox’ project, partly funded by Vernon Building Society. The project is designed to help young children learn both the importance of healthy eating and what to … [Read more...]
Shepherds Friendly Society £2,000 gift to Seashell Trust
A Cheadle mutual society has extended a friendly hand to neighbours Seashell Trust and donated over £2,000 to the charity which run the Royal School and College Manchester for students with profound disabilities and learning difficulties. Shepherds Friendly Society has named over £1,100 for … [Read more...]
New H2020 Funding Opportunities from the European Commission
New funding opportunities in Advanced Manufacturing & Processing, Energy Efficiency, Nanotech and Factories of the Future have been announced. Taking place on 8th March at Manchester Growth Company, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street, Room 6, Manchester M1 6EU, are hosting an information … [Read more...]
Hallidays publish tax tips newsletter
Hallidays February newsletter takes a look at the more serious financial issues affecting business owners, employers, employees and UK tax payers. HMRC has published updates around PAYE, the new National Living Wage, Pensions and National Insurance contributions for Apprentices. Self Employed … [Read more...]