The Government has announced that all employers with over ten workers can access home test kits as part of an expansion of the workplace coronavirus testing programme. Over 60,000 businesses have already registered for the scheme, which had previously been limited to businesses with 50 employees … [Read more...]
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Business leaders urge government to stick to reopening timetable
Businesses leaders from the across the country have called on the Prime Minister to maintain its current timetable for reopening the economy. In a letter sent by Cities Restart, a business network aimed to ensuring the economic recovery of UK cities after the pandemic, the organisation urged the … [Read more...]
Cheadle and Bramhall Santander branches to shut in latest round of closures
High street bank Santander has announced that branches in Cheadle and Bramhall are among 111 sites marked for closure. The Cheadle branch will close at 4pm on 8th July 2021, followed by the Bramhall branch at 4pm on 5th August. The two closures are part of a scaling back of Santander's … [Read more...]
Hazel Grove apartment scheme secures planning approval
Plans to build an apartment scheme of 32 one- and two-bedroom homes in Hazel Grove has been approved by Stockport Council. Kirkland Developments proposed the development to repurpose the site of the former Woodman Inn pub on the A6 in Hazel Grove, which has been closed for over eight years. The … [Read more...]
Trafford College Group students spearhead ‘register-to-vote’ campaign
Equalities Council students from the Trafford and Stockport Colleges are heading up a new register-to-vote campaign ahead of Greater Manchester's local and mayoral elections on 6th May. Students Esha Mumtaz, a health and social care student at the College’s Stockport campus, Michael Jarkowski … [Read more...]
Supportability announces return of annual charity golf day
Stockport charity, Supportability, has confirmed that it will be hold its annual charity golf day once again this year on 9th July at Heaton Moor Golf Club. The golf day is one of the most important dates in Supportability's calendar, and is the charity's biggest fundraising event in any given … [Read more...]
29th March: Coronavirus News Updates
UK NEWS & HEADLINES: UK STATISTICS Total UK Cases: 4,333,042 positive testsLatest UK daily figure: 3,862new casesNumber in UK hospital: 4,560 (296 fewer than previous day)New deaths across UK: 19Total UK deaths: 126,592England Cases per 100,000: 43 per 100,000 (daily change: 1 fewer)R … [Read more...]
Stockport Council refuses Bredbury Industrial Estate expansion
Stockport Council has rejected plans for the 1 million sq ft Bredbury Gateway industrial estate proposed on a 76 acre Green Belt site along the River Tame. In an almost two-and-a-half hour debate on the proposals in a meeting of Stockport Council's Planning & Highways Regulation Committee, … [Read more...]
Green light for St Thomas Gardens development
Stockport Council has given the green light to a proposed residential scheme, St Thomas Gardens, that will repurpose the former St Thomas Hospital in the town centre. Councillors expressed enthusiastic support for the scheme, which comprises 67 new homes and a 70-bed care facility, for its model … [Read more...]
Brompton Bike Hire scheme arrives at Stockport Exchange
Stockport Exchange, already one of the region’s most well-connected and accessible business hubs, is boosting its active travel credentials by introducing a Brompton Bike Hire dock. The new solar powered cycle dock, which launches in the summer will see eight docks and 12 cycles located outside … [Read more...]
Entries open for the 2021 Stockport Business Awards
Entries are now open for the 2021 Stockport Business Awards, the event's founders and organisers Clarke Nicklin Chartered Accountants have confirmed. There are thirteen categories businesses can enter this year, it's free to enter and multiple categories can be entered. This year’s categories … [Read more...]
Video series launches to help Greater Manchester businesses reopen safely
Ahead of the reopening of non-essential retail and outdoor hospitality from 12th April, the Greater Manchester Regulatory Centre of Excellence (GMRCE) have prepared a series of videos to share advice and best practice for local businesses to reopen safely. On 12th April, a range of businesses … [Read more...]
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