Stockport Homes has been named as a finalist in two categories at this year's Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Service awards. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Nottingham Ice Arena on Thursday 11 September 2014. Stockport Homes has been shortlisted in the … [Read more...]
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GREATER FREEDOM TO START AND GROW BUSINESS FROM HOME
Budding entrepreneurs will be given greater freedom to start and grow a business from their home under new measures as the Government announced a new package last Friday, 15th August. government announces new package to support home-based entrepreneurs 2.9 million home-based … [Read more...]
TONY’S TWO MINUTE TREADMILL CHALLENGE
Gym enthusiast Tony Hatton from Woodley in Stockport, who was told he would never walk again is about to take on an amazing challenge to raise funds for two local charities. On 1st September the 64 year old who suffered a stroke ten years ago leaving him paralysed and unable to move, aims … [Read more...]
RAIL INVESTMENT TO CONNECT NORTHERN CITIES ‘VITAL’
Long-overdue rail investment in the north is vital in a country with “biggest regional disparities in Europe” according to the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA). The Government’s new commitment to create a high-speed rail link between England’s northern … [Read more...]
VERNON’S CALENDAR COMPETITION ATTRACTS FABULOUS PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographs of the local area have been flooding in for Vernon Building Society’s calendar competition which has attracted some really stunning images. The local mortgage lender has received over 200 entries featuring scenes across Stockport and the surrounding areas including the town … [Read more...]
CONTRACTOR SOUGHT FOR STOCKPORT’S £30m MULTIPLEX DEVELOPMENT
Following the granting of outline planning permission, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is advertising for a contractor to design and build a £30m multiplex / leisure development in the town centre. The project is advertised on The Chest procurement portal and can be accessed … [Read more...]
PUBLIC SUPPORT SOUGHT FOR STEPPING HILL TO BE A SPECIALIST CENTRE
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is seeking support for Stepping Hill Hospital to be awarded Specialist Centre status following a public consultation and review of health services in the Greater Manchester area. Healthier Together is the name of a review of health services in Greater Manchester to … [Read more...]
FAIRHURST’S SUPPORT OF SOLOMON PROJECT ENSURES HEALTHIER CHILDREN
Fairhurst Estates have been supporting and offering sponsorship to “The Solomon Project,” which provides a daily school meal for some of the hungriest children in Kenya. Left: Children from the Solomon Project benefit from Fairhurst's support The charity is … [Read more...]
RBS BRAVEHEARTS VOLUNTEER AT ST AGNES
The team from RBS in Stockport left their desks, swapped their suits for shorts and Filofaxes for forks for their latest community support project. Two groups of volunteers, from the Stockport branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland, spent one Friday each working on the Peace Garden at St Agnes Church, … [Read more...]
LATEST STOCKPORT EXPRESS OUT NOW
The latest edition of the Stockport Express is out now with updates from around the business community including the Spark Business Idea winner 2014, Wayne Jones discusses the new broadband invesment for Stockport plus much more on business and the community. … [Read more...]
POSITIVE TIMES FOR STOCKPORT ACCOUNTANT
Stockport based Accountants and Business advisors Bennett Verby are in growth mode in what feels like pre recession times according to the CEO Bernard Verby. The company has seen double digit growth in business performance that is continuing through 2014. "We are very much in growth mode and … [Read more...]
FUNDING BOOST FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
Stockport residents living with dementia are set to benefit from improved care environments thanks to a funding boost. Stockport Council in partnership with Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been awarded £755,000 from the Department of Health’s Dementia … [Read more...]