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...]
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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...]
STOCKPORT HMV STORE SAVED FROM CLOSURE
141 HMV stores, including those in Stockport and Manchester, have been saved from closure having been bought out of administration by Hilco, the specialist restructuring firm. Hilco completed the £50m purchase today (Friday) of a proportion of retailer HMV for £50m from administrators … [Read more...]
MORTGAGE SCHEME OFFERS HELP TO FIRST-TIME BUYERS
Stockport Council has approved plans to help first-time buyers and give the housing market a boost with a new mortgage scheme. On 2nd April the Council’s Executive approved the plans for the ‘Local Authority Mortgage Scheme’ (LAMS) to assist first-time buyers to get onto … [Read more...]
BUSINESSES WANTED BY BBC
The BBC is in the process of putting together a series for BBC 2 looking at the British manufacturing industry. The series focuses on a Captain of Industry giving a helping hand to small businesses. At this stage, the BBC is interested in small businesses who might be prepared to … [Read more...]
GMP FIRST FORCE TO RECORD SUBCULTURE HATE CRIMES
Greater Manchester Police are the first force in the UK to begin recording crimes against sub-culture groups in the hope that they can provide reassurance to such as goths and punks and deliver a clear public message that - 'it's OK to be different'. There will be no changes to the way such … [Read more...]
NON-FOOD PRICES RISE FOR FIRST TIME IN 15 MONTHS
The British Retail Consortium - the BRC - has reported that overall shop price inflation rose to 1.4% in March from 1.1% in February. Food inflation was unchanged at 3.5% in March. Non-food inflation rose 0.2% in March compared with a 0.4% fall in February, the highest rate and the first positive … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT FEWEST CALL OUTS FOR FORCE HELICOPTER
Figures recording the number of incidents where the Greater Manchester Police helicopter had attended have been reported for 2011 and 2012 have revealed that Stockport had the fewest call-outs. Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request by wigantoday.net revealed that in 2011 and … [Read more...]