Ahead of their Business AM seminar on 1st February, Stockport accountants Hallidays and Stuart Bradley (pictured), founder of creative problem solving consultancy, Dos Dedos, share how branding and marketing are key to helping your business grow. If you’re reading this then you want your business … [Read more...]
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Monday 17th January – Coronavirus News Updates
Stockport Business Rates Related Schemes: Omicron Hospitality and Leisure grant: The Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant is a one-off grant to support businesses that offer in-person services in a fixed rate-paying premises.Businesses that were trading on 30 December 2021 may be eligible to … [Read more...]
Investor plans to build on successful 2021 of North-west deals
Capital growth investor, BGF, has pledged further investment in the North-west this year, after a record year of deals in 2021. In 2021, BGF invested £70 million to support the rapid growth of businesses in the region. The investor also successfully exited from a record number of enterprises … [Read more...]
Teenager makes a big impression at Belle Vue
A teenager is on the road to fulfilling his career dreams after impressing bosses at bus and coach hire company Belle Vue Manchester while working there in the evenings after school. Tobi Dekker, aged 17 (picutured), travelled to and from Marple Hall School in Stockport on a Belle Vue bus, and … [Read more...]
Manchester Airports Group to host return of CAPA Airline Leader Summit
CAPA – Centre for Aviation (CAPA) has announced that it will resume its cornerstone CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Airlines in Transition event, with Manchester Airports Group (MAG) to host the industry summit on 7-8th March. The event, to be held at the Carden Park Hotel Golf Resort & Spa near … [Read more...]
Stockport retail group launches management development scheme
Employee-owned wholesaler and retail group, Stockport-based Parfetts, has launched a management development scheme to support the business' next generation of talent. The first four trainees to take part in the scheme will go through a structured programme and work 16 weeks in different key … [Read more...]
Director of Public Health outlines new self-isolation rules
Stockport's Director of Public Health, Jennifer Connolly, has used her weekly statement on the coronavirus to outline the changes to self-isolation rules that have come into effect from today (Monday 17th January). In her statement, she said: From Monday 17 January, people whether vaccinated … [Read more...]
New intake of international nurses delivering patient care at Stepping Hill Hospital
25 new nurses from overseas joined colleagues delivering care at Stepping Hill Hospital at the end of 2021. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital and community healthcare services in the borough, has made a commitment to recruit a further 110 nurses during the new year of … [Read more...]
Friday 14th January – Coronavirus News Updates
Stockport Business Rates Related Schemes: Omicron Hospitality and Leisure grant: The Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant is a one-off grant to support businesses that offer in-person services in a fixed rate-paying premises.Businesses that were trading on 30 December 2021 may be eligible to … [Read more...]
Andy Burnham and GMCA Clear Air Lead comment on plans to review parts of Clean Air Zone
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Clean Air Lead Cllr Andrew Western have commented further on plans to write to government to ask to review and amend the Clean Air Zone, which will see the most polluting commercial vehicles charged to use roads (excluding motorways) in the … [Read more...]
Final decision on Stockroom library move to be made in February
Stockport Council's Cabinet is to have the final say in February on moving town centre library services to Stockroom, a new 21st Century facility planned for the Merseyway Shopping Centre. During a Full Council meeting on Thursday 13th January, a motion was passed to refer the decision back to … [Read more...]
New report reveals impact of efforts to tackle digital exclusion in Greater Manchester
A new report, published by GMCA and Virgin Media Business, has highlighted the positive effects of ongoing efforts and investment to tackle digital exclusion in Greater Manchester. The ‘Tackling digital inequality in Greater Manchester’ report highlighted the social value impact of Virgin Media … [Read more...]