Cheadle-based specialist lender, Together, has announced the appointment of Joanne Fletcher as National Development Director at the business. Joanne joined the lender in April and will support the company's ambitious national growth plans, as it looks to grow its loan book to £5 billion over the … [Read more...]
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Four Stockport stations named among Cheshire’s Best Kept
Four railway stations in the borough, Rose Hill, Heaton Chapel, Woodsmoor and Romiley, have been named winners at Cheshire’s Best Kept Stations awards evening. Station groups picked up the awards at an event held at the Grange Theatre in Northwich in April 2022. Rose Hill Station in Marple won … [Read more...]
Skills Bill to update post-16 education and training becomes law
A new bill has been passed to update and transform post-16 education and adult skills training in England. The Skills and Post-16 Education Act aims to promote training in sectors with skills gaps, including health and social care, engineering, digital, green energy and manufacturing. Included … [Read more...]
Stockport business centre looking for entrepreneurs with ideas to benefit both the local economy and environment
Stockport Business and Innovation Centre's (SBIC) Pioneer10 competition is searching for ambitious entrepreneurs and businesses in the borough who can be true pioneers and make a difference to the local economy and the environment too. The free-to-enter Pioneer10 competition is SBIC's business … [Read more...]
Energy efficient heating specialist targets £1.3 million revenue
A Cheadle Heath based business is targeting revenues of £1.3 million as it launches a new more energy efficient heating product for our homes. Stockport-based Enviroheat HET are set to launch a new hot water cylinder design, the EconoCylinder, that reduced the electricity needed to heat water in … [Read more...]
Sustainability and conservation drive new appointments at Stockport architects
New hires and promotions at Stockport based BTP Architects have grown the sustainability and conservation expertise at the practice. Andy (Kwok) Wan joined BTP Architects just over a year ago, and has named him an Associate following recent successes on large affordable housing and conservation … [Read more...]
One Stockport Hub vaccination clinic extended into May
The walk-in Covid-19 vaccination clinic at the One Stockport Hub on Mersey Square in the town centre will continue to offer the jab throughout May. The clinic will offer Spring Booster vaccine doses to anyone aged 75 or over, or with a weakened immune system, provided it has been six months since … [Read more...]
Rising costs hits manufacturing sector optimism
The manufacturing sector has seen business optimism fall sharply, citing rising costs and depressed growth according to the latest Quarterly Industrial Trends Survey from the CBI. The quarterly survey, sponsored by Accenture, found that business optimism fell in April by 9%, the sharpest decline … [Read more...]
Pandemic drove UK advertising spending to record high
Advertising spending in the UK reached a record high of £31.9 billion in 2021 as businesses sought to reach customers online following the coronavirus pandemic. The latest figures published in the Advertising Association's UK Advertising’s Adspend Review: The Pandemic Effect report showed the … [Read more...]
Electricity network operator appoints new CEO
Stockport and Warrington-based Electricity North West has appointed Ian Smyth (pictured) as new CEO, joining the business from UK Power Networks. The appointment follows outgoing CEO Peter Emery's announcement of his intention to step down earlier this year. Ian Smyth will take over the role of … [Read more...]
Stockport shoppers raise £1,500 and counting for Ukrainian refugees
Stockport shoppers contributing to Merseyway's Giving Tree appeal have so far raised over £1,500 to support Ukrainian refugees arriving in the borough, the shopping centre has revealed. Donations will be used to provide shopping vouchers to thirty families arriving in Stockport to escape conflict … [Read more...]
New authority announced to recover government money lost to fraud during pandemic
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced the creation of a new 'fraud squad' to recover money lost to fraudulent Covid support claims and other criminal targeting public funds. The Public Sector Fraud Authority is expected to launch in July, bringing together data analytics experts … [Read more...]
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