Four way traffic signals will be in use on Stockport Road East junction with Redhouse Lane in Bredbury to allow a manhole frame and cover to be replaced. The work will be carried out on Sunday 10th February and the traffic signals will be in use from 8.00am to 5.00pm. For more … [Read more...]
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COUNCIL TAX BILLING INSTALLMENTS
Stockport Council is offering Council Tax Payers the opportunity to spread their Council Tax in 12 monthly instalments. To pay the bill over 12 months Council Tax Payers need to send their request to the Council before 1st March. This will allow the Council to include this arrangement on the … [Read more...]
CDL WELCOMES NEW INTAKE OF APPRENTICES
CDL is one of the UK’s leading insurance software houses, employing over 450 people at its headquarters in Stockport. CDL has taken on eight new apprentices for its service centre, creating permanent jobs for young people from the local area and opportunities for the apprentices to gain … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT FOUNDATION OPEN FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS
Following a very successful first round of grant-making, applications to the Equity Foundation are now open with a deadline of 11th March. Applications are welcome from community groups, charities and not-for-profit organisations in the communities where Equity Housing customers live. Please … [Read more...]
THE NATIONAL THEATRE HELPS TO PUT STOCKPORT ON THE MAP
A play called Port by Simon Stephens has opened on the National Theatre’s big Lyttelton stage. Set in Stockport and unfolding across thirteen years, Simon Stephens' Port is a celebration of the human spirit as Racheal looks to the future and opts for something better. Following the … [Read more...]
PROUD OF STOCKPORT AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Stockport’s outstanding and extraordinary citizens were honoured at the ‘Proud of Stockport’ awards in the Town Hall on Tuesday 5 February. The Stockport citizen awards were set up by the Council to encourage a stronger sense of pride and community spirit in the borough. … [Read more...]
RETAIL SALES ROSE IN JANUARY
UK retail sales increased in January and reported in EN Magazine - despite the big freeze which gripped parts of the country and left many places blanketed in snow. According to new figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), like-for-like retails sales were up 1.9 per cent compared with … [Read more...]
HULME HALL ROAD IN STOCKPORT CLOSED FOR 1 WEEK FROM 11th FEB
Stockport Council has commissioned repair works to be carried out to Hulme Hall Road Culvert in Cheadle Hulme. The culvert conveys a watercourse from Heathbank Road to Station Road and the work will be carried out by a contractor on the Council’s behalf. Recent investigations into … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT ROADWORKS UPDATE – BRAMHALL AND MARPLE
Below is the latest list of roadworks in Stockport: Two way traffic signals are currently in use outside number 168 Bramhall Moor Lane to allow work on a burst water main. The work is due to be completed on 5th February and the traffic signals are in use 24 hours a day. Two way traffic … [Read more...]
HELPING STOCKPORT BUSINESSES REACH OVERSEAS MARKETS
An event next month will help Stockport businesses to reach new overseas markets. The South Manchester International Trade Forum, a partnership between Stockport Council, UKTI and RBS, stage the free breakfast event in Cheadle, Stockport, on Thursday 7th March. Businesses, large and small, … [Read more...]
BUMPY START FOR GREATER MANCHESTER AS UK PLC STUMBLES
New Economy has released the February 2013 edition of the Manchester Monitor, a monthly snapshot of the economic wellbeing of Greater Manchester (GM). This month’s analysis considers the looming fears that a triple dip recession may hit UK Plc after GDP figures revealed the UK economy … [Read more...]
CHEADLE COMPANY TOPS GREATER MANCHESTER GROWTH LIST
Cheadle company The Mansion Group has been named by Insider magazine as the fastest growing company in Greater Manchester over the last five years, and the second fastest in the North West. To be considered for the list, a company has to have had positive growth over five years, and … [Read more...]