According to the latest report published between the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielson, the BRC-NIELSEN SHOP PRICE INDEX JANUARY 2014, overall shop prices reported deflation for the ninth consecutive month in January, accelerating to 1.0% from 0.8% in December. This is the deepest level of … [Read more...]
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CHANCELLOR LAUNCHES 1st PHASE OF £600m NORTHERN HUB RAIL PROJECT
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has officially launched a £600m investment programme which will transform the railway and boost the economy in the north of England. George Osborne MP marked the start of construction of a fourth platform at Manchester Airport station today (7 February), the … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT CHAMBER PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES HEADLINE SPEAKERS
Recently elected Stockport Chamber president Sue Souter, managing Director of Souter PR, is urging buinesses to attend two outstanding events coming up in 2014. The first is the Great Manchester Business Conference, which is being organised by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and … [Read more...]
LATEST – ROADWORKS UPDATE FOR STOCKPORT
Below is a list of the latest road works in Stockport: The Council will be resurfacing part of the carriageway on St Aldates, between approximately Highfield Avenue and number 1 St Aldates. The work is due to start on 12th February and is expected to take up to 5 days to complete. … [Read more...]
AVENSURE ADVISE ON NEW HEALTH & SAFETY POSTER LEGISLATION
Avensure are advising businesses that as from April 6th 2014, employers have a legal obligation to display the newer 2009 Health & Safety Posters prominently in their workplace. Stockport based Health & Safety and Employment Advisors Avensure are warning that failure to comply is a breach … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT COMPANY TAKES A ‘FRESH’ APPROACH FOR DFS
Following a nationwide, competitive pitch, Stockport based full-service communications agency, The fresh Group, was appointed to deliver retail furniture giant dfs’ annual company conference. Taking place on the grounds of the famous, former First and Second World War airfield, the … [Read more...]
CLOTHING COMPANY SELECT BROADSTONE MILL FOR EUROPEAN HQ
Home to many businesses, Broadstone Mill has recently welcomed a new tenant, Chilli Apparel who are a global clothing distributor. Once the largest Cotton Mill in Europe the large red brick building that is Broadstone Mill has been a landmark in Stockport for over 100 … [Read more...]
EQUITY FOUNDATION 1ST YEAR ANNIVERSARY
On Tuesday 4th February, the Equity Foundation invited its friends, partners and colleagues to join them in celebrating its first year of serving as a community foundation. Covering South Manchester, Trafford & Stockport; the Equity Foundation has managed to invest over £165,000 in … [Read more...]
HUGHES PROVIDE HARD SHELTER FOR THE METROPOLITAN POLICE
A Hughes Safety Showers portable HARD shelter featured in the national press recently when it was used to protect an extensive excavation by police scene examiners. The Stockport based company's shelter was used as the police worked throughout the night under portable flood lights to dig up a … [Read more...]
DJS RESEARCH LAUNCH NEW PROFILING TOOL
DJS Research Ltd, a full service market research agency based in Stockport, Cheshire, has launched a new consumer profiling and segmentation tool: Localise. The agency, which works across the UK and internationally, describes the tool as a 'local- and regional-level population profiling and … [Read more...]
LATEST STOCKPORT EXPRESS OUT NOW
This weeks Stockport Express is out now at your local newsagent. Two pages on business news including a story on Stockport based and international brand Canterbury of New Zealand, who have been announced as the new kit supplier to the Irish Rugby Football Union. Plus students get jobs at Manchester … [Read more...]
ROBINSONS PUB NOMINATED FOR ‘TOURISM PUB of the YEAR’
Frederic Robinson, Stockport based brewers and pub owners, are delighted that one of their pubs, the family run George and Dragon in Holmes Chapel, has been nominated for a prestigious award. Marketing Cheshire has put the pub forward for the title of the ‘Tourism Pub of the Year’ in … [Read more...]