Stockport residents are being encouraged to make positive lifestyle changes to improve their health in 2014. To help people become healthier, Stockport Council and partners are launching the ‘Get Involved in a Healthier Stockport’ campaign this January. The campaign looks to … [Read more...]
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STOCKPORT BUSINESS AND RESIDENTS URGED TO RECYCLE AT CHRISTMAS
Stockport businesses and residents are being encouraged to recycle as much as possible over the festive season as part of its ‘Get Involved - Right Thing, Right Bin’ campaign. With households alone across the UK producing an extra three million tonnes of waste over the Christmas … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT’S SUCCESSFUL YOUNG APPRENTICE EVENT
Students from across the borough took part in Stockport's 'Young Apprentice' event, held at Edgeley Park giving pupils the chance to show their entrepreneurial, team working and enterprise skills. Following full and enterprising sessions, the winning Schools team was from Priestnall School and … [Read more...]
HEALTHY EATING GIVES CASH BOOST TO CHILDREN’S CHARITY
Solutions SK's award-winning School Meals Team have been working with a food supplier to raise more than £550 for Wallace and Gromit’s Children’s Charity. The team worked with Pasta King on a charity initiative in primary schools across the borough, to encourage children to eat … [Read more...]
LEISURE PLANS FOR BRIDGEFIELD APPROVED
Stockport Council’s Executive has approved plans for a major leisure development in Stockport town centre, known as Bridgefield. Plans for the site - which is located between Merseyway Shopping centre and the M60 - include a nine-screen cinema, food and drink outlets, shops and a new … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT’S HILLGATE CLOSED TO MAKE BUILDING SAFE
Hillgate in Stockport will be closed with immediate effect until Monday 23rd December to allow a dangerous building to be made safe. Following an examination of the building by both Stockport Council and the building owners’ structural engineer it was agreed that immediate measures were … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT CAROL SERVICE RINGS OUT FOR CHARITY
Some of Stockport's finest voices joined together in a Carol Service to bring together the business community in celebration of Christmas and to raise funds for Mellor Country House. The Carol Service, arranged for local businesses by Marketing Stockport, was held in the splendour … [Read more...]
ROBINSONS BREWERY HOST MAN V FOOD
The American cult culinary TV series, ‘Man V Food’, has fast become a worldwide cultural touchstone, but how did local contestants cope with the mammoth meat feat dished up by Robinsons Visitors Centre in Stockport?!? On Tuesday the 17th December, Celebrity Chef Simon Rimmer put his … [Read more...]
THE FRESH GROUP JOINS UP WITH THE SKILLS SHOW
Following a highly successful event in 2012, full service creative communications agency The fresh Group was appointed to deliver the Special Events programme at The Skills Show for the second year. Taking place at The NEC Birmingham in November, The Skills Show is the UK’s largest skills and … [Read more...]
TRUST DIVES INTO DIVERSITY PROJECT FOR RIVERSIDE
Stockport-based Trust has dived into a new project for housing assciation Riverside and developed a range of posters that would appeal to the diverse range of Riverside communities. As well as being a housing association, Riverside offers volunteering opportunities that help their residents to … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK’S STOCKPORT EXPRESS – BUSINESS NEWS
In this weeks business section - Doggy Daycare success moves to Stockport; England's 4 millionth affordable home opens in Marple; UK POS raises money for charity in 'Movember'; a Stockport Plant Hire firm hopes that its latest acquisition will lift sales and Marketing Stockport believes the … [Read more...]
BUSINESSES RAISE £1000s FOR CHARITY
A business networking group has pulled together to arrange a festive fundraiser for a local charity. The event, organised by The Social, an invitation-only networking group for those in the property & construction sectors, took place at the Castlefield Rooms in Manchester and raised thousands … [Read more...]