This week Stockport’s Merseyway Shopping Centre danced into the Christmas season with a host of celebrity guests lined up to mark the annual Christmas Lights switch on. Throughout the day excited Stopfordian’s cheered on a host of performances and celebrity guests including; X … [Read more...]
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MANCHESTER AIRPORT AND MONARCH IN PLAN TO EXPAND ROUTES
Manchester Airports Group and Monarch have agreed a plan to extend their routes and grow passenger numbers affecting flights at both Manchester and East Midlands airports. The plan is expected to run for three years from Manchester beginning in May with an extension to its summer 2014 flying … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT SUPPORTS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WEEK
The Safer Stockport Partnership (SSP), which includes Stockport Council and the Police, is showing its support for Restorative Justice with a new campaign, being launched during Restorative Justice Week (17th- 24th November). By facilitating contact between a victim and the offender in a … [Read more...]
FAMILY REMEMBER HEALD GREEN BOOKMAKER
It is a safe bet that the family of racecourse bookmaker Gus Oppenheim will be honouring his memory again this Christmas. Daughters Julie Aikenhead and Jo Samuels like to support the Light Up A Life appeal run by St Ann’s Hospice as a way of remembering Gus, from Heald Green, who died … [Read more...]
ROADWORKS UPDATE FOR CHEADLE THIS WEEKEND
Stockport Council have issued the latest news with regards to planned roadworks in and around the Stockport area for the next few days. Cheadle - Sunday 17th November: Contractors working on behalf of Network Rail will undertaking an examination of the railway bridge on Manchester Road in … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT EXPRESS – OUT NOW & LATEST BUSINESS NEWS
This weeks Stockport Express is out now ! A packed edition with local and business news from around the borough … [Read more...]
PROSPECTS ‘OPTIMISTIC’ AS UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS AGAIN
Latest figures show that the unemployment rate has also fallen to 7.6%, 2.47 million, down 0.2%. The figures show that 30 million are in work and unemployment has fallen by 48,000 in the last year, while long term unemployment has dropped by 19,000 in the last three months. o The figures … [Read more...]
SAS DANIELS DELIVERS RECORD PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH IN HALF YEAR RESULTS
Cheshire law firm SAS Daniels LLP recorded its highest ever monthly fees in October 2013, billing £680,000, an increase of 13 per cent on the previous highest month, November 2012. This contributed to the firm’s £3.4 million fees in the half year ending 31st October 2013, … [Read more...]
HALLIDAYS’ GREAT WALL OF CHINA TEAM RETURN VICTORIOUS!
5 Hallidays (Stockport) team members have returned to the UK having raised over £5,500 for the Seashell Trust by walking the Great Wall of China. Each team member completed the whole of the trek, walking over 62km each over 5 days. They encountered rocky terrain, scrub forest and steep … [Read more...]
GROUNDWORK – PURE GOLD AS THEY MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT!
As the pressure on public funding continues, environmental charity Groundwork is making a measurable difference difference to people and places across Britain, its latest Impact Report reveals. Partnerships with major private and public sector organisations have … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT LAUNCHES CHRISTMAS DRINK DRIVE CAMPAIGN
‘None For The Road’ – this is the message of this year’s Christmas Drink Drive campaign as Stockport motorists are warned about the consequences of being caught driving over the limit. Stockport Council’s Road Safety Team is launching its campaign on Saturday 23rd … [Read more...]
COUNCIL WINS NATIONAL AWARD FOR ADOPTION CAMPAIGN
Stockport Council has scooped a much sought after adoption award for their collaborative work with three other local authorities. The Council teamed up with three neighbouring authorities for the Four4Adoption campaign to recruit more adopters for children and to improve the adoption … [Read more...]