Stanley Security have launched their new telemarketing team out of their regional office in Bredbury resulting in new job creation. The new team of 6 staff are all from the local area and part of the company's rapid growth plan for 2015. Stanley, Part of the Stanley Black & Decker Group, … [Read more...]
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MIDSHIRE MAKE THE SHORTLIST – TWICE!
A market-leading, independent office technology sales and service provider has been shortlisted in not one, but two categories at the Midlands Business Awards 2015. The Midshire Group has been shortlisted in the categories ‘Service Provider of the Year’ and the firm’s Managing … [Read more...]
HALLIDAYS: ‘GROWTH VOUCHERS FOR BUSINESS GROWTH’
Looking to grow your business? Hallidays suggest Growth Vouchers. The Growth Vouchers Programme enables businesses to receive up to £2,000 match funding towards the cost of obtaining professional advice. The vouchers are allocated at random so you simply answer a few simple questions to … [Read more...]
DEPUTY PM NICK CLEGG VISIT TO CHEADLE CONSTITUENCY
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is visiting Cheadle constituency today where he’ll be hosting a Q&A at Adidas HQ to talk about how we strengthen the North West’s economy. Mr Clegg is hosting these discussions right across the North as part of his Northern Futures … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT LOGS ON TO HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND
More than 500 Stockport businesses and homes can now benefit from high-speed fibre broadband rolled out by the £15 million Get Digital Faster programme across Greater Manchester. Ten green street cabinets have already gone live in and around the centre of Stockport, making fibre broadband … [Read more...]
NEW NAME ROCKS FOR £45 MILLION TOWN CENTRE LEISURE SCHEME!
Stockport Council has announced today (Wednesday 15th October) that its £45 million Bridgefield development in Stockport town centre has been renamed “Redrock Stockport”. Redrock is a 40,000 sq ft leisure scheme – which is part of the Council’s Investing in Stockport … [Read more...]
SUPERHEROES FLY IN FOR SEASHELL
Superheroes flew into action recently to raise cash for profoundly disabled young people. Student teacher Emma Jane Shaw, and her boyfriend Lewis Easdown, both aged 20, donned the iconic costumes to take on the zip wire over Salford Quays for Seashell Trust. The pair also abseiled down the … [Read more...]
BRIGHT END TO SEASON FOR HUGHES’ SPEEDWORKS AT BRANDS HATCH
It was a bright end to the season under gloomy skies for Stockport based Hughes/Speedworks Motorsport as Tom Ingram ended his rookie season with an impressive weekend as the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship visited Brands Hatch in Kent. Tom qualified the team’s Toyota Avensis … [Read more...]
VEHICLES WITHIN EMISSIONS BAND A CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM FREE PARKING IN STOCKPORT
Vehicles, which have exhaust emissions below 100g/km, are eligible for free parking in 'on and off-street' public parking places operated by Stockport Council throughout the borough. Prior to October 2014 eligible vehicles were identified by the paper tax disc. On Wednesday 1st October 2014, … [Read more...]
FAIRHURST ESTATES APPOINTED BY FINNING
Fairhurst Estates have been appointed by Finning, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of heavy duty plant moving equipment, to acquire a lease hold property for them on the Slough Trading Estate. The Stockport based property and facilities management company Fairhurst Estates … [Read more...]
MANCHESTER AIRPORT ON ROUTE FOR RECORD PASSENGER NUMBERS
Manchester Airport is on course and nudging nearer to an all-time record number of 22 million passengers as the number of people using the UK’s 3rd busiest airport increased again last month. Nearly 5% more people used the airport this September as a total of 2.3m people travelled … [Read more...]
CHRISTINE THORNLEY ACHIEVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY CAMPAIGNING
Partner Christine Thornley at Gorvins Solicitors in Stockport has been highly commended in the Solicitor of the Year, Private Practice category at the Law Society Excellence Awards 2014. The joint head of Gorvins Wills, Trusts and Probate team picked up the accolade at a prestigious black tie … [Read more...]