Lisa Smart, Prospective MP for Hazel Grove is celebrating this week’s announcement of a £350,000 grant for a study to assess the case for building the A555 Hazel Grove By-pass through to the M60 at Bredbury. It comes just a week after the first sod was cut on the route from the A6 … [Read more...]
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CLOUD 9 HOSTS – FASTER & FURTHER
A Stockport company is using the power of fibre broadband to grow as a business and expand its customer base as far away as New Zealand. As well as creating jobs for local people and increasing turnover, Cloud 9 Hosts are also able to offer increased security for clients thanks to the capabilities … [Read more...]
PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR IS APPOINTED FOR RESTORATION OF BRAMALL HALL
Stockport Council has welcomed the appointment of its principal contractor, Lambert Walker, to undertake the restoration of historic Bramall Hall. This follows a successful grant of £1.6 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Left: Bramhall Hall Lambert Walker are a North West … [Read more...]
PLANS ANNOUNCED TO IMPROVE CONNECTION OF NORTHERN CITIES
Plans to revolutionise travel in the north include cutting journey times between major cities with a new ‘TransNorth’ rail system; a new road tunnel under the Peak District improving connectivity between Sheffield and Manchester and introducing Oyster-style smart travel cards. … [Read more...]
VACANT PROPERTIES MUST BE ‘INSURANCE’ COMPLIANT’
Vacant properties are a major target for squatting, theft, vandalism and arson and we must take steps to deter this and ensure we are 'Insurance compliant'. This is the message that Red Rock facilities want to ensure gets out to all property owners. Kevin Welsby explains: "If a building … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT BUSINESS CENTRE EXTENDS SPARK COMPETITION DEADLINE
Stockport Business & Innovation Centre (SBIC) has extended the deadline for entries in its search for the region’s most promising business start-up. After the innovative bereavement gifts business, Inspired Goodbyes, took the honours in 2014, the Spark Stockport Business Idea … [Read more...]
MIDSHIRE’S NEW BASE OPENS IN WEST BROMWICH
The directors of Midshire were delighted to welcome Sandwell Council Leader Darren Cooper to their brand-new, custom-built office in West Bromwich for its official grand opening along with business partners, local businesses, community leaders and customers. Left: The team at Midshire, West … [Read more...]
VIDEO SITE LAUNCHED FOR STOCKPORT BUSINESS
Marketing Stockport has launched Marketing Stockport TV to aggregate and pull together corporate video and insight videos into one site. The site will evolve and grow as video content becomes used in more and more businesses. Marketing Stockport is working with Bellyflop TV to create the content … [Read more...]
BENNETT VERBY PUBLISH POST BUDGET TAX TIPS & NEWS
Stockport based Bennett Verby are of the opinion that this was a forward-looking Budget, with much of the content based on the assumption that the current Government will pick up where it left off, after the General Election on 7 May 2015. Bernard Verby (left) shares his summary: The … [Read more...]
TRAINER URGES BUSINESSES TO PRIORITISE HEALTH AND SAFETY
Health and safety trainer Michelle Hay is urging North-West businesses to make workplace safety a bigger priority after injuries and ill health cost the region £11.2million last year. Michelle, who is managing director of Michelle Hay Health & Safety Training in Stockport, wants to see … [Read more...]
EASYJET PASSENGERS SET FOR FRONT ROW VIEW OF ECLIPSE!
easyJet passengers flying to Iceland from Manchester this morning are set to be amongst a select group people anywhere in the world to have a front row seat of one the most spectacular natural phenomenon’s - a total solar eclipse. Above: A solar eclipse occurs when the moon's orbit of … [Read more...]
WE NEED YOUR VOTE – LET’S GET KATIE TO RIO PARALYMPICS
Marketing Stockport members Assured Events and C&C Insurance Brokers are behind a campaign to get votes for local disabled girl Katie Toft, who is training to get to the Paralympics in Rio. Stockport Cerebral Palsy Society, who run a disabled cycling club, is where Katie got started … [Read more...]