The British Retail Consortium are this morning reporting UK retail sales values are up nearly 2% on this time last year and overall encouraging results for the first quarter. But not all sectors are celebrating; the prolonged spell of cold weather persuaded shoppers to spend more on 'comfort' … [Read more...]
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NEW FUNDS AVAILABLE TO NORTH WEST SMEs
A £24m loan fund aimed at Greater Manchester small and medium-sized businesses was launched today as reported at MEN online this morning. Over 60% of Greater Manchester businesses are SMEs (with upto 250 employees) and are eligible to apply with loans of up to £500,000 available. … [Read more...]
MEMORIES OF MARGARET THATCHER IN STOCKPORT
Baroness Margaret Thatcher, who died yesterday at the age of 87, visited Stockport on many occasions. Amusing accounts of her many visits to the North West are documented at http://www.margaretthatcher.org including a visit to Robinsons Brewery in Stockport in June 1983: "The bedlam of the … [Read more...]
MOTORISTS ADVISED OF SUMMER CLOSURES IN BIRMINGHAM
The Road Haulage Association are advising drivers from the North west of potential distruption this summer if they are travelling south through Birmingam. Motorist & Businesses along with residents are being given notice of tunnel closures affecting the town centre. The A38 tunnels through … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT COLLEGE LAUNCHES CONSTRUCTION TRADE NETWORK EVENT
Stockport College are running the first Construction networking event at Robinsons Brewery new visitor centre on Thursday 18th April, sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland. See below for details. … [Read more...]
LAST DAY TO JOIN FAIR ENERGY AUCTION
The second of three Greater Manchester Energy Switch auctions closes at midnight tonight. Stockport residents are being urged to potentially save hundreds of pounds from their fuel bills and become part of an energy switching scheme before it closes at midnight. The ground … [Read more...]
CDL & MUSTARD TREE ‘RENEWABLE’ TECHNOLOGY
Stockport based technology firm, CDL, has donated 28 laptops and 11 PCs to ‘Mustard Tree’, an organisation based in Ancoats that exists to serve people across Greater Manchester that find themselves without home, food, dignity or hope. The computers will be used for IT classes and … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT COMMUNITY GROUPS AWARDED OVER £500K
Over the last four years 324 community groups have been awarded funding through Stockport Council’s ‘You Say We Pay’ events. The Council have organised 18 ‘You Say We Pay’ events, the first was held in March 2009. These events give residents the chance to decide … [Read more...]
OVERNIGHT RUNWAY CLOSURES AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT
Manchester Airport will be closing Runway 1 overnight for routine maintenance this week, from today Monday 8th to Friday 12th April 2013. As a result, Runway 2 will be used as the sole runway from 9.30pm to 6am until the work is completed. The prevailing weather conditions will determine which … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT WFEL GOING FOR GOLD
Stockport based business WFEL have achieved Bronze and Silver Environmental Business Pledge awards and are set to go for Gold! Heaton Chapel based WFEL, a world leader in the manufacture, repair and distribution of tactical military and disaster relief bridges for over 39 countries including the … [Read more...]
ROBINSONS VISITOR CENTRE AND BREWERY TOUR NOW OPEN
The brand new Robinsons Visitor Centre and Brewery Tour is open for business and available to book online at www.robinsonsvisitorscentre.co.uk Located in the centre of Stockport, the centre is open to visitors from Tuesday to Sunday every week with daily tours taking place at the Brewery where … [Read more...]
EMAIL DELIVERS STRONG ROI
Two-thirds of marketers (66%) state that email delivers an ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ ROI, with 8% of businesses achieving more than half of their sales through this channel. The findings come from the new Econsultancy/Adestra Email Marketing Industry Census 2013, which … [Read more...]