Governors for Schools, The Aspire Educational Trust and The Fallibroome Trust are holding an event to explain how to become a school governor. If you are looking for an opportunity to develop your skills and build up leadership experience, this could be an ideal solution. Governors for Schools … [Read more...]
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Event: Stockport Homes Host Residential Landlords Seminar
Stockport Homes is hosting a Residential Landlords Association seminar at their flagship Cornerstone Headquarters in Stockport. The FREE event on Thursday 29th January is open to anyone with an interest in the residential lettings sector. Light refreshments will be served. To book your place or … [Read more...]
Regional: Northern Tech Awards Celebrate Best of North West
The Northern Tech Awards, celebrating the fastest growing and most promising tech companies in the North West, is open for entries. The Northern Tech Awards have been running since 2011 and are part of the events portfolio of GP Bullhound, the leading international technology investment … [Read more...]
Local: Life Leisure Chair Supports Ambitious Growth
Stockport's Life Leisure has appointed a new Chair to support the charitable trust and not-for-profit social enterprise's ambitious plans for future growth and development. Life Leisure manages sports and leisure facilities in the North West, and delivers a wide range of sports and physical … [Read more...]
Local: SAS Daniels Property Expert Promoted to Partner
Leading Stockport law firm, SAS Daniels LLP, has promoted one of its Commercial Property Senior Associates to Partner, in one of four new moves as the business continues to grow in 2019. Scott Tams, previously a Senior Associate in the commercial property team is now Partner at SAS Daniels … [Read more...]
What is a Company Voluntary Arrangement – CVA
With stories of struggling retailers dominating the news, Stockport based Bennett Verby take a look at a common route for insolvent businesses and answer the question: what is a Company Voluntary Arrangement ? So what is a Company Voluntary Agreement or CVA? The CVA was originally designed as a … [Read more...]
National: New Taskforce to Tackle Economic Crime
The Government has announced a new Taskforce, including senior figures from the UK financial sector, which will work to tackle economic crime. The scale of this type of crime – which includes fraud, bribery, corruption and money laundering – is estimated to be at least £14.4 billion per … [Read more...]
Regional: Record Year for Passenger Numbers at Manchester Airport
Celebrating its busiest ever festive period helped the UK's Northern gateway to report a record year for passenger numbers at Manchester Airport in 2018. More than 28.2 million passengers passed through the UK’s third largest airport in the last 12 months. Popular holiday hot spots included … [Read more...]
Local: Hallidays client Didsbury Gin secure Dragon’s Den investment
Didsbury Gin owners Liam Manton and Mark Smallwood delivered an impressive pitch which secured £67,500 for 30% of the business from British entrepreneur and Dragon's Den investor, Jenny Campbell. Jenny (a lover of gin, who also has her own gin bar) will bring a wealth of experience to help Didsbury … [Read more...]
Local: Mayoral Powers Could Regenerate Stockport Town Centre West
The transformation of Stockport Town Centre could be taken to the next level after Greater Manchester leaders gave the go-ahead to consult on creating a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) to lead the regeneration of the Town Centre West area. Stockport Council's ambition is for Town Centre West … [Read more...]
Local: Platform81 Achieves Cyber Essentials Plus Certification
Stockport based Platform81 is supporting Cyber Essentials, a simple but effective scheme that helps businesses to protect their organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber-attacks. The Cyber Essentials Government-backed scheme has grown a lot since its first … [Read more...]
139 New Care home beds for Bramhall & Cheadle
Leading development-led care home operator New Care has received planning consent for two new £15million care centres in Stockport. Helping to address the increasing shortage of beds in the area, the award-winning Cheshire-based operator New Care has received approval for a state-of-the-art 71-bed … [Read more...]