Stockport based family owned Robinsons Brewery have been announced as one of the main sponsors in this year’s Cheshire Jail Break. The event, now in its second year, takes place on Saturday 25th July. Starting at HM Prison Risley, teams of participants will attempt to travel the furthest … [Read more...]
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FUNDS FROM YORKSHIRE BANK SUPPORT CATER’S GROWTH
Birchall Foodservice, a leading Lancashire catering wholesaler, is flourishing after moving to new its new site. Having outgrown its Hapton headquarters, the companyhas relocated to a £3 million facility at Burnley Bridge Business Park with funding support from Yorkshire Bank. Since the … [Read more...]
NEW TOWN CENTRE GATEWAY – PHASE 2 WORK TO BEGIN
Work on the next stage of Stockport Exchange will be starting on site this summer. Ahead of this, Stockport Council and Muse Developments are holding a series of exhibitions to tell residents about the changes that will be taking place in the area around the train station. As part of … [Read more...]
CDL JUMP FOR LOCAL CHARITY
From computer screens to trampolines, it was an unusual day out for representatives of the Stockport based insurance IT firm, CDL, when they made a visit to Jump Space to present the local charity with a cheque for £1,000. Left: (L to R) Jump Space Parent Liaison Officer, Lisa Courtney; CDL … [Read more...]
SMART WORKS APPEAL FOR SUIT DRIVE AFTER BREAK IN
Local charity Smart Works, who help women get back into work by providing high quality clothes and prepare them for interview, is appealing for Stockport based businesses to host a Suit Drive after vandals broke in to their offices and ruined most of their stock of clothes. Quick to … [Read more...]
FREE PRESENTATION WORKSHOPS BEGIN THIS FRIDAY 17th JULY
Stockport Council run, the Stockport Business & Innovation Centre, is hosting a series of FREE TO ATTEND Presentation Skills Workshops where attendees can learn how to give a successful presentation that will create maximum impact. The first workshop is this FRIDAY 17TH JULY AT 9.30am until … [Read more...]
NEW RECRUITS FOR PEAK TRANSLATIONS
Peak Translations are scaling new Peaks in the business of translation and interpretation and have welcomed two new team members as part of their aggresive plans to grow the business. Project Managers Elizabeth Boorman and Madeline Prusmann (left with Peak MD Helen Provart) have joined Peak … [Read more...]
PARENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE ATTEND 16+ INFORMATION EVENING
Stockport Council’s Town Hall was the venue for a successful information event on education and training options 16+ where nearly 700 parents and young people from 18 different schools attended to find out more about the options available locally to them. Stockport's 6th form schools … [Read more...]
HALLIDAYS PUBLISH JULY NEWSWIRE AND BUDGET ROUND-UP
Following last week’s Budget, there has been plenty to digest and understand what may be particularly pertinent to some or many of us. Hallidays have published their latest Newswire - designed to inform of the latest business and tax issues, including some highlights from Mr … [Read more...]
AT DAMAR – IT’S GAME ON FOR 30 NEW APPRENTICES
It's Game On at Damar Training, the specialist provider of apprenticeship training, who have just announced a ground-breaking new partnership with leading computer gaming training business, PlaygroundSquad. Left: The Playground Squad The new partnership will lead to 30 paid vacancies in … [Read more...]
GORVINS – "BUDGET CHANGES TO ‘BUY TO LET’ A BLOW FOR LANDLORDS"
Changes affecting the Buy-to-Let market announced in George Osborne’s Budget on Wednesday will be a blow for landlords, those who rent and professional businesses who provide Buy-to-Let services, warns Lorraine Lockie, Managing Partner and Head of Residential Property at Gorvins … [Read more...]
A LITTLE LIGHT RELIEF FROM ‘WE ARE STOCKPORT’!
The focus of our business news towards the latter end of this week has largely centred around George Osborne's first wholly conservative budget for eighteen years, where winners and losers have debated the outcomes, their futures and the long term impacts whether affected by Tax Credits, Corporation … [Read more...]