It is another successful year for pupils in Stockport following the publication of the 2015 GCSE results for all of the borough’s secondary schools. The percentage of pupils gaining the headline figure of five or more passes at A*-C grade, including English and mathematics, is provisionally … [Read more...]
Marketing Stockport News
STOCKPORT ACCOUNTANCY FIRM EXAM SUCCESS
A young Stockport firm, IN Accountancy in Hazel Grove, is riding high this week, through a combination of trainees’ exam results and a recent shortlisting in the category for Most Promising Business Award 2015, run by Stockport Business Awards. IN Accountancy’s three accounting … [Read more...]
CLOUD 9 OWNER ON TOP AT OULTON PARK
Marketing Stockport founding member Graham Saul, managing director of Cloud 9 Hosts and Tectanet, has won the Dave Simpson Memorial Trophy, racing his Ford Fiesta XR2 at Oulton Park. A keen motorsport enthusiast, Saul, racing in the BARC NW Sports/Saloon Championship, took a Class win on … [Read more...]
LEEMIC INVEST IN AWARD WINNING RANGE
A Stockport based photocopier supplier’s investment in its partner is paying dividends as Samsung launches its award winning range of Android based multifunctional devices which allow users to copy, print, scan and access documents from the cloud . Left: the new Samsung MX7 … [Read more...]
‘WE ARE STOCKPORT’ WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU
The 'We are Stockport' website is all about celebrating what a great place Stockport is to live and work…and visit! Launched two months ago, the website now has over 7,000 visitors and 1200 twitter followers and is fast becoming known as the 'one-stop-point-of-information' for news, … [Read more...]
QUORUM BEGIN FIRST PHASE OF TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENT
Wilmslow based development and investment company Quorum estates has begun the first phase of its Edward Street redevelopment as the demolition of the former Lamborghini showroom gets underway. Left: Architects impression of Stockport Homes new HQ Quorum have appointed MF Finnigan … [Read more...]
LifeLEISURE GO FROM ‘TOWER TO LE TOWER’!
A team of members and employees from Life Leisure in Stockport is embarking on a gruelling 474 mile charity cycle in just six days to fundraise for Sefton Village Orphanage in the Philippines. The LifeLEISURE team of Andrew Cooper, David Lornie, Katie Evans, Ashley Colclough and Tom Shirley will … [Read more...]
INNOVATION IN MARKETING FOR GIANT PRODUCT REPLICAS
A funding boost has helped an innovative Stockport based company to develop its patented oversize replicas, already snapped up by the top four creative agencies in the UK. StackaWraps, lifelike 3D product replicas, are bursting onto the high streets in the form of giant beer glasses, … [Read more...]
CHEADLE COMPANY SECURES £255M TO FUND COMMERCIAL LENDING
Cheade based Jerrold Holdings, secured lender to the residential and commercial property sectors, has agreed a new commercial revolving securitisation facility of £255 million, specifically targeted at funding its commercial lending activity. The programme "Lakeside Asset Backed … [Read more...]
IN THIS WEEK’S STOCKPORT EXPRESS …
In this week's Stockport Express - your second token to help Stockport causes have a share of £10,000; Stockport Business Awards focus on finalists in £1m - £5m turnover; Marketing Stockport looks at how the border crisis id affecting local hauliers and Cheadle restaurant … [Read more...]
£30,000 EXEMPTION ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT SET TO GO
The subject of taxation of payments on termination of employment has long been a minefield with the various elements making up a termination payment being subjected to different tax and national insurance treatment. Booth Ainsworth suggest that most employers want to pay the correct amount of … [Read more...]
NEW ‘LAYERED’ INFRASTRUCTURE MAP FOR GREATER MANCHESTER
Published in the latest New Economy newsletter, City Metric reports on the new Greater Manchester Open Infrastructure Map, which contains geodata of public and private infrastructure – ranging from open public sector and environmental assets to energy utility networks. The map contains … [Read more...]