Stockport is home to many successful manufacturing businesses and this week members of Marketing Stockport, GM Chamber, Stockport Council and the Stockport Business Awards were invited to view the new Allied Bakeries site in Bredbury, Stockport. Owned by Associated British Foods, a diversified … [Read more...]
Marketing Stockport News
SUCCESS AT SAS DANIELS’ POWER OF PR EVENT
SAS Daniel's recent Business Club hosted an informative briefing and Q&A session with Mary Murtagh, Managing Director of Mary Murtagh Media, who spoke on understanding the power of PR and best practice for securing media coverage. The event, held at The Hunting Lodge at Adlington Hall on … [Read more...]
WOODLEY WALLET WATCHERS NATIONAL WINNERS AT MONEY FOR LIFE CHALLENGE
The Woodley Wallet Watchers have beaten 300 other entrants to win The Lloyds Banking Group 'Money for Life Challenge 2014' - a competition to encourage young people to develop and share ideas to promote money management skills. Over 300 teams across the UK entered with stage one of the … [Read more...]
ROBINSONS PERFECT PUB SCHEME REVEALS 9 percent SALES SWING
Since launching in June 2012, Robinsons’ unique mystery visitor programme, Perfect Pub, has recruited over 1000 customers operating as Perfect Pub ‘agents’ and has also revealed a 9% sales swing for Robinsons pubs linked directly with standards. Explains David Bremner, Director … [Read more...]
BENNETT VERBY HELPS ASPIRING ENTREPRENEUR WITH FIRST VENTURE
Accountants Bennett Verby has helped an aspiring entrepreneur realise a lifelong dream of becoming her own boss with the acquisition of her first business venture. When Bijal Rathour, who has a background in operational management, wanted a new challenge she quit her job and decided to undertake … [Read more...]
SHOPPER ANONYMOUS LAUNCH NEW CUSTOMER INITIATIVE FOR BENTS
After working with traditional mystery shopping for eight years, Bents Garden & Home has launched a new customer initiative which enables the Warrington-based centre to generate direct feedback from more than 3,600 customers per year. The team from have joined forces with Marketing Stockport … [Read more...]
HAT WORKS BRINGS HATTING HOME TO STOCKPORT
Hat Works Museum brought hatting home to Stockport with the Making Headway Catwalk Show on Saturday 17th May. A new collection of 30 couture fashion hats, created by 13 of the UK’s best emerging millinery talents, was showcased at a Paris style fashion show hosted at St. Mary’s Church … [Read more...]
NEW DEPUTY MD FOR HUGHES SAFETY SHOWERS
Stockport based Hughes Safety Showers have announced the appointment of Peter Evans as the new Deputy Managing Director to the Hughes Group Board. Hughes Safety Showers are a world-leading manufacturers of Emergency Safety Showers, Eyebaths and Decontamination Equipment for a wide range … [Read more...]
HAYS TO RUN ‘EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL’ FOR STOCKPORT BUSINESSES
Hays Office Support based in Stockport are inviting Stockport based businesses to a seminar run in conjunction with Forbes Solicitors. The event to be held on the 26th June will take the format of a mock tribunal played out by The Forbes Employment Team and Hays Specialist Recruitment and … [Read more...]
OLD ENGINES KEEP RUNNING – CUSTOMERS KEEP RETURNING
Last week MAN Diesel & Turbo's (MDT-UK) prestigious PrimeServ training Academy in Hazel Grove presented two simultaneous courses for two long-standing customers. In each case their engines have delivered many years of service. One group was from Mantos Blancos, Chile, where twelve different … [Read more...]
TECTANET WARN OF LATEST SCAM
Marketing Stockport member Graham Saul is warning of the latest scam that some of his 'Tectanet' clients have received in the post. Graham commented: "A number of our clients have received letters from a German firm headed “Publication of Companies and VAT Registration … [Read more...]
SAS DANIELS PROMOTES JAMES CLARKE TO REAL ESTATE PARTNER
James Clarke has been promoted to the position of Real Estate Partner at leading North West law firm, SAS Daniels LLP. With expertise in acting for strategic land promoters, James returned to SAS Daniels’ Stockport office in 2012 after training with the firm in 2005 and going on to spend … [Read more...]