The average cost of starting a business in the UK is just £312, a new report has revealed. According to the study from freelance marketplace PeoplePerHour and published in EN magazine, this is more than £100 less than the average weekly wage. Stockport is home to 15,000 businesses … [Read more...]
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OPENING HOURS AND EXHIBITIONS AT STOCKPORT ART GALLERY
Stockport Council has agreed its summer programme of exhibitions, planned to run until 30th September 2013, and will showcase many exhibitions at Stockport Art Gallery. Between September and December 2012 the Council carried out a thorough consultation on visitor opening hours at the Council run … [Read more...]
GM AUTHORITIES SEEK SUPPLIERS FOR £400M ‘GREEN’ CONTRACT
Manchester City Council is working on behalf of the 10 local authorities in Greater Manchester, including Stockport, in seeking to appoint a panel of suppliers for an initial three year contract worth up to £400m for energy efficiency improvements at homes across the region. Reported in … [Read more...]
S&T ASSET MANAGEMENT APPOINTS NEW PARTNER
S&T Asset Management, based in Marple, Stockport, are delighted to announce the appointment of Luke Bagshaw as a partner. Luke's career in stockbroking commenced in 1995 with Fairmont Stockbrokers in Bolton, before moving to Manchester when the firm was acquired by Henry Cooke Lumsden … [Read more...]
PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST TO VISIT STOCKPORT
Alan Oliveira, the Brazilian gold medal-winning 200m runner at the London Paralympic Games, will visit Stockport on Friday 24th May. Stockport Council, together with Alan Oliveira’s interpreter Mauro Beca, have organised several events with Alan at Aquinas College. Over 150 pupils, aged … [Read more...]
TRUST EXCITES ANN SUMMERS EMPLOYEES
Stockport based Trust Brand Communications has created a new employer brand for Ann Summers. Since June 2012 Trust has been helping Ann Summers to talk to their current team and potential candidates about training, learning, and what it means to work for Ann … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF FAMILIES
Stockport Council has been working in partnership with community groups on a project to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of families. The ‘5 Ways Art Trail’ project is a local one mile walk through Lancashire Hill and Heaton Norris. The trail will be officially opened on … [Read more...]
WALKING BOOST FOR STOCKPORT SCHOOL
Pupils at a Stockport Primary School are set to benefit from additional resources encouraging them to walk to school. St Marys CE Primary School in Reddish has received class packs of incentives to inspire children to walk to school. These include passports, badges for walking to school and … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT WORDPRESS CREATOR TO BE HONOURED
Mike Little, who co-founded the blogging platform Wordpress along with US code writer Matt Mullenweg, is to be recognised for his outstanding contribution to the digital media arena. Stockport born Little will be presented with the SAScon Outstanding Contribution to Digital Award on 6-7 June 2013 … [Read more...]
SAS DANIELS PROVIDE INSIGHT – ENTERPRISE & REGULATORY REFORM ACT
Stockport based SAS Daniels is publishing a series of insight articles (three in the series), focusing on the three main objectives of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act. The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013. Many of the changes … [Read more...]
NATIONAL SHOP VACANCIES REACH A NEW HIGH
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has reported the national town centre vacancy rate in the UK was 11.9% in April 2013, up from 10.9% in January 2013, the highest rate since the survey began in July 2011.Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said: "It's a major concern … [Read more...]
VELOCITY 2025 BID INCLUDES CHEADLE & GATLEY CYCLING IMPROVEMENTS
Greater Manchester is bidding for £20 million of Government funding to provide a major boost to cycling across the area. Only one large city region will win, but if we get it we’ll see major improvements – including a lot of segregated cycle paths – built by the end of … [Read more...]