From today, England falls into line with rest of the UK as retailers are now required by law to charge 5p for carrier bags, but unlike the other 3 nations, England will have some exceptions. In England, customers buying uncooked meat, poultry or fish, prescription medicine, certain fresh produce … [Read more...]
Marketing Stockport News
MARKETING STOCKPORT AND MEMBERS FINALISTS IN EN AWARDS
Marketing Stockport and its members have been announced as 2015 finalists in the prestigious North West Entrepreneur of the Year Awards and heading the field for both the Technology Entrepreneur and overall North West Entrepreneur of the Year award is Midshire’s Julian Stafford. Avensure … [Read more...]
AND NOW, FOR A BAVARIA – BOOTH AINSWORTH NOT JUST YOUR ORDINARY ACCOUNTANT
The team at Booth Ainsworth have arrived back from a successful weekend away team building at the Munich Bierfest. Over 60 people flew out on the 25th September to enjoy the Munich festivities over a three day period. The weekend was rounded off by a typical Bavarian style evening with an oom-pah … [Read more...]
ROBINSONS BREWERY RELEASE FIRST STAGE DIGITAL PLATFORMS FOR PUBS
ROBINSONS – one of only 32 independent family-run breweries in the UK – has released the first part of a redevelopment of the Robinsons Brewery website in partnership with MANDO; an award winning web agency based in Liverpool. The first phase is an early release of a … [Read more...]
CAPTURE YOUR COMMUNITY FILM WITH WE ARE STOCKPORT
Last week, Rachel Wallace, who leads We are Stockport, threw out the challenge to anyone who fancied talking to camera about their community project or local area...whatever it is they do that helps make Stockport a great place to live, work and play ! The challenge is on – thanks … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT EVENTS AGENCY RECOGNISED AS UK AGENCY OF THE YEAR
The fresh Group recognised as UK Agency of the Year Creative events agency The fresh Group, based in Cheadle, have been awarded the prestigious title of UK Agency of the Year at the C&IT Awards 2015 in London earlier this month. The business, which went through an MBO in 2014, is … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT HOMES CELEBRATES TEN YEAR BIRTHDAY
Stockport Homes celebrates ten year birthday Stockport Homes is celebrating ten successful years of managing council housing on behalf of Stockport Council. The arm’s length management organisation (ALMO) was launched to improve Stockport’s housing stock in 2005, and surprised much … [Read more...]
OVER 3,850 VOTES CAST IN £10,000 VERNON JUBILEE FUND
The Jubilee Fund has again awarded £10,000 to charity and community groups in Stockport. We had 66 applications for the 2015 fund, with 20 finalists chosen to receive funding. Readers of the Stockport Express collected a record number of tokens to support their chosen group - … [Read more...]
ORBIT DEVELOPMENTS NEW TRAVELODGE HOTEL IN REGENT HOUSE
Travelodge, the UK’s biggest independent hotel chain with 522 hotels, has today announced it has exchanged contracts for two new hotels in Greater Manchester, representing an investment of £9 million and the creation of 45 new jobs. The first hotel is located in Stockport on … [Read more...]
MIDSHIRE MD NOMINATED FOR TWO ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Midshire MD Nominated for two Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Industry-leading office technology provider, Midshire is delighted to announce two further nominations for Managing Director, Julian Stafford, at this year’s North West EN Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Organised by Excel … [Read more...]
MAN Diesel & Turbo UK support the Macmillan Cancer Trust
As part of MAN Diesel & Turbo UK’s (MDT-UK) ongoing support for local and national charities, the company’s Stockport Headquarters held a Coffee Morning last Friday, 25 September 2015, in aid of the Macmillan Cancer Trust. Keen bakers and members of staff such as Elizabeth … [Read more...]
LATEST STOCKPORT EXPRESS OUT NOW
Latest Stockport Express is out now with news from across the Borough plus packed business page and feature on the forthcoming Stockport Business Awards. … [Read more...]