Marketing Stockport News

Retail sales volumes rose by 1.4% in April 2022 following a fall of 1.2% in March 2022 taking sales volumes to 4.1% above their pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) February 2020 levels. The proportion of retail sales online rose to 27.0% in April 2022 from 25.9% in March and remains substantially higher … [Read more...]

The North West is set to develop a new Net Zero Skills Charter to ensure young people in the region can benefit from the projected rapid growth in green jobs. The move is a collaboration between key organisations including Net Zero North West (NZNW), the North West Business Leadership Team … [Read more...]

Peak Translations are hosting the second in their webinar series to help new and established exporters get the most out of selling overseas. Following on from a March webinar covering market research and planning, an upcoming event in June will invite businesses to consider their market … [Read more...]

Housing provider, Stockport Homes Group, will be helping bring the community together this summer by sponsoring the Stockport Pride Market Hall as the Stockport Pride LGBTQ+ festival returns after the pandemic. The event will be the first in-person event, after the past two years saw the local … [Read more...]

UK manufacturers are set to benefit from a new data innovation hub to support SMEs to improve their productivity. The £50 million Smart Manufacturing Data Hub (SMDH) has been announced by Industry Minister Lee Rowley and will be led by Ulster University as part of the Made Smarter programme to … [Read more...]

A new has been launched by the UK's Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) to help users identify fake profiles on social media and professional networking sites. Part of the CPNI's wider 'Think Before You Link' campaign, the app aims to make it easier for users to spot fake … [Read more...]

A new rapid clinic at Stepping Hill Hospital has launched to improve access to diagnoses for people presenting with possible signs of cancer. The Stockport hospital has joined Tameside Hospital in gaining status as a Rapid Diagnostic Centre (RDC) for cancer. RDCs are designed to give patients a … [Read more...]

Sarah Walker, PR manager, at SK-area agency, FIG, explains how PR can help with levelling up your business. ”Levelling up” must surely be one of the most-used terms in the government’s lexicon this year, referring to its goal of spreading opportunity more equally throughout the UK. With the … [Read more...]