Shoppers and visitors to Stockport town centre will benefit from improved facilities in one of the borough’s major car parks. Stockport Council, UK Asset Resolution - the landlord of Merseyway shopping centre - and Merseyway itself have jointly invested £1.84m to refurbish the … [Read more...]
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STAIRCASE HOUSE RECEIVES SANDFORD AWARD
Staircase House has received a prestigious Sandford Award for its Heritage Education programmes. The award is an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes at heritage sites, museums, archives and collections across the country. It focuses on formal, … [Read more...]
10th YEAR CELEBRATIONS AT THE SEASHELL TRUST
An award-winning sports club is celebrating this week a decade of giving children the chance to play together – whatever their ability or disability. Some 6,000 young people, aged from five to 16, have taken part in the Seashell Trust-run CADS programme, enjoying over 30 different sports … [Read more...]
FANTASTIC GCSE RESULTS IN STOCKPORT
It is another fantastic year in Stockport following the publication of the 2013 GCSE results for all the borough’s secondary schools. The percentage of pupils gaining five or more passes at A*- C grade, including English and maths, is provisionally 65.1%. Councillor Shan Alexander, … [Read more...]
BREWERY TO HOST COFFEE MORNING
Stockport based Robinsons Brewery are to host a coffee morning in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. Since the first "National World's Biggest Coffee Morning" held back in 1999, over £75 million has been raised for Macmillan Cancer Support through cup cakes and cups of tea. The … [Read more...]
WINDMILL TAPES & LABELS INVESTING IN NEW DIGITAL KIT
Windmill Tapes & Labels is continuing to secure its future success and has invested in an HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press to increase its digital label production capabilities, improve quality and migrate work from conventional printing. Windmill produced adhesive tapes exclusively from its … [Read more...]
INNOVATION IN STOCKPORT BUSINESSES
Innovation is abundant in Stockport, and this is obvious in the shortlist for the Innovation & Design category at this year’s Stockport Business Awards. The finalists in this category are Cami Confidential, Dyer Environmental Controls and Frederic Robinsons. MAN Diesel & Turbo UK … [Read more...]
SAS DANIELS – NEW YEAR AND NEW STRUCTURE SUCCESS
A new year and a new structure at SAS Daniels has proved a great success as the Stockport based legal practice reports Q1 fee growth. The North West law firm has announced a seven per cent fee rise for its first quarter of 2013 to 31st July, up £110,000 to £1.629 million (against … [Read more...]
MANCHESTER AIRPORT – BUSIEST SUMMER IN 5 YEARS!
Manchester Airport is having its busiest summer since 2008. Last month, July's passenger numbers increased for the 14th consecutive month, with over 2.2m people passing through the UK's 3rd largest airport. The figure represents a 4.4% increase year on year compared to July 2012, and demonstrates … [Read more...]
FAIRHURST FIND CREATIVE SOLUTION TO EMPTY PREMISES
Fairhurst Estates Limited (FEL) are solution providers, working hard to turn property problems and issues into solutions and positive outcomes. They have recently seen examples of the feel good factor returning to the property sector and not just in London and the South East; in the North West there … [Read more...]
AVT STOCKPORT BEGINS INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
Leading Stockport engineering firm, AV Technology, has expanded its operations in to South Africa and Ireland as part of its ambitious international growth plans. The Cheadle Hulme-based consultancy, which specialises in condition-based maintenance services, was acquired by AES Engineering Group … [Read more...]
APPRENTICESHIPS SCORE TOP MARKS ALL ROUND
Apprenticeships have been highly praised by both apprentices and businesses in a new survey, with nearly 8 out of 10 (78%) apprentices and 8 out of 10 (81%) businesses saying they would recommend them to friends or other employers. 8 out of 10 (83%) apprentices say Apprenticeship boosted … [Read more...]