Monday night saw the season premiere of Real Housewives of Cheshire, a new reality show screened by ITVBe, featuring six housewives; Dawn Ward, Tanya Bardsley, Lauren Simon, Leanne Brown, Magali Gorré and Ampika Pickston The women are the first British stars of the show, which already has … [Read more...]
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LAUNCH EVENT OF ‘ROYAL CONNECTIONS’ WEBSITE ON HOLD
The launch event for the 'Royal Connections' website scheduled for tomorrow, Friday 16th January, has had to be put on hold due to a problem with the venue. Stockport-based Dylan Moore launched the new website with "royal connections" after getting approval from the Dragon's Den Theo … [Read more...]
VERNON HELPS MORE FIRST TIME BUYERS
Stockport's Vernon Building Society is helping more home buyers to get on the property ladder reporting that there were 45% more completions from first time buyers in October 2014 when compared with October 2013. The Vernon’s Head of Sales and Marketing, Ian Keeling, … [Read more...]
C&C ASK "COULD YOU DO WITHOUT YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET"?
For any business, insurance is a basic safeguard of livelihood and future stability. Making sure you have cover for business premises, public liability, key equipment, stock and vehicles are all essential requirements. But Stockport based C&C Healthcare, part of the C&C … [Read more...]
HUGHES SPEEDWORKS BAGS SECOND PODIUM IN 24H Dubai
Bredbury based Hughes/Speedworks Motorsport performed a Dubai double, leaving the UAE for a second consecutive year with silverware, this time following up their 2014 class victory by finishing second in the 10th anniversary running of the Hankook 24H Dubai - only to be joined alongside them by the … [Read more...]
COMPANIES INVITED TO BID FOR THE BRIDGEFIELD DEVELOPMENT
STOCKPORT CONSTRUCTION NEWS Following the story late last year on the development of the Bridgfield site in Stockport, the Council is now inviting firms to bid for the £45 million build of the complex. The proposed development includes a 10 screen cinema, shopping and restaurants plus … [Read more...]
NEW ECONOMY ISSUE JANUARY MANCHESTER MONITOR
January’s Manchester Monitor summarises results from the latest release of the Greater Manchester Forecasting Model (GMFM) and provides analysis for some of the data. Reports in this issue: Decline in unemployment continues; Increase in business start-ups; Service sector … [Read more...]
GETTING THE MARKETING STRATEGY RIGHT
As 2015 is now in full flow and the focus back on business development, many are implementing thier marketing strategies and identifying new markets, customers or product development opportunities. Marketing Stockport member, B2B International have just released a thought provoking piece titled … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT EXPRESS – LATEST BUSINESS NEWS
In this week's Stockport Express business pages: LifeLEISURE's plans for expansion; why we should all 'rightly' b proud of Stockport; law firm launch divorce website and Orbit celebrates SK One loyalty card's first year for their customers. … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT’S B2B INTERNATIONAL CONTINUES GLOBAL GROWTH WITH ASIAN EXPANSION
Stockport Market research specialist B2B International has continued its global expansion with the launch of a new permanent office in Singapore, its third in the Asia-Pacific region. The company’s latest financial results (year-end December 2014) show an impressive growth of revenue to … [Read more...]
TOP 5 ISSUES SET TO AFFECT UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Glenigan, a UK leading UK provider of insight and data for the construction sector, have been taking a closer look at the main political, economic and project developments that are likely to impact the construction industry over the next 12 months. Glenigan's economist Tom Crane … [Read more...]
MANDARIN FOR IT, ‘R KID! CHINESE LESSONS TO HELP LOCALS INTO JOBS
Manchester Airport is to offer Chinse culture and language training, delivered by tutors from Stockport College at the Airport Academy, to help local unemployed into jobs. Unemployed people in Greater Manchester are being invited to sign-up for a new training course to learn basic phrases in … [Read more...]