Pets at Home's half-year revenues have risen past the £400m mark. The company based at Handforth Dean posted revenues of £404.5m for the 28 weeks ending October 8, up by six per cent year on year. The firm’s pre-tax profit hit £40.9m, an increase of around 1.2% against last year’s £40.4m … [Read more...]
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Prest make New Model Advisor Top 100
The New Model Adviser Top 100 for 2016 – the industry recognised standard for financial advisers – is published this week. Turnover has increased from £1.9m to £2.3m from 2014 to 2015. Prest managing director Graham Prest said: “This is a very prestigious honour for us and is the third year in … [Read more...]
ROI on solar panels
Stockport energy efficiency experts Bosci believe changes in legislation means people will wait longer to see an ROI on solar panels. But managing director Paul Abbott says making houses and businesses more ‘energy efficient’ is still the best way forward. Under the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) … [Read more...]
Autocare celebrates 40 years in Stockport
UK fast fit specialists National Tyres and Autocare is celebrating over 40 years in Stockport. The company, which has over 230 branches nationwide and employs over 1,400 people, has been Stockport-based since the organisation was founded back in 1971, with the last 20 years spent in Regent House, … [Read more...]
CAPITAL STACKERS LAUNCH TWO NEW PROPERTY DEALS
CapitalStackers have launched two new short-term property deals for interested investors. Investment and peer to peer platform CapitalStackers, in which Hallidays has an equity involvement, has launched two new potential investment deals. DOWNLOAD ABOVE FOR MORE INFORMATION HERE Nigel … [Read more...]
Men and Women pay discrepancies
The gender pay gap in the UK, which currently stands at 14.5%, means the average female worker earns just 85.5p for every £1 that her male counterpart earns. This discrepancy in pay when spread out across the year effectively means that women ‘stop’ getting paid earlier in the year relative to … [Read more...]
On the Beach and Avecto are honoured at Midland Hotel event
On the Beach were crowned winners in the turnover of £100m or more category. They beat Manchester Airports Group, IT security company NCC Group, and coach and holiday specialist Shearings Group at the event at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. In the £5m-£10m turnover category, the winner was … [Read more...]
Ex journalist looks to inspire women across Greater Manchester
A former Stockport Express journalist has launched a campaign that is inspiring women across Greater Manchester to believe they can become leaders in their chosen careers. Above: Kirsty Day (right) with business partner Grace Dyke The #imnotjohn campaign was started by Kirsty Day, director of … [Read more...]
Manchester Airport record breaking 2m passengers
Numbers continue to grow at Manchester Airport as a record breaking 2m passengers travelled through the UK's 3rd largest airport in October. A record-breaking total of 2,087,149 people travelled through Manchester Airport last month, making it the busiest October in the airport’s 77 year … [Read more...]
The secrets to success from a Stockport entrepreneur
The boss of fast-growing transport firm Belle Vue Manchester shared some of the secrets of his success at a Marketing Stockport monthly breakfast meeting. Phil Hitchen was the guest speaker at the event, which was held at Orbit Developments’ Regent House office block on Heaton Lane. Phil spoke … [Read more...]
Stockport Business Angels
Hallidays have teamed up with the North West Business Angels to form Stockport Business Angels. The first Stockport Business Angels event will take place on Thursday 12th November at Hallidays, Stockport. The ‘Dragon’s Den’ style event will see up to six new entrepreneurs and innovators … [Read more...]
China Ready comes to Stockport school
Hatching Dragons, Britain's first bilingual English-Mandarin nursery, has opened in London. Learning Chinese at an early age can give the youngsters an advantage later in life as trade with China becomes ever more important. And the UK’s links with the Far East were strengthened further with … [Read more...]