Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have made renewed calls for the government to commit to funding the city-region’s Clean Air Plan. The call comes following the announcement of a new Environment Bill in the Queen’s Speech that will increase powers for local authorities. Greater … [Read more...]
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Northern Mayors make joint statement on rail company performance
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and Metro Mayor of Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotherham, have made a joint statement on the performance of rail services in Northern England. The Department for Transport is now considering options of bringing the Northern franchise under greater … [Read more...]
Stockport Homes Group and B4Box partnership shortlisted for Building Communities Award
Stockport Homes Group have been shortlisted for Partnership of the Year at the 2020 Building Communities Awards for their work with construction training provider, B4Box Stockport Homes Group entered the partnership with B4Box to tackle a need to support their most disadvantaged tenants, who face … [Read more...]
Santa delivers stress and sick leave to UK workers
According to research by Benenden Health, the pressures of juggling family, health and care demands are a major cause of stress and unplanned absences from work in the run-up to the festive period, with one in eight UK workers taking sick leave at Christmas. One in seven businesses reported … [Read more...]
Transport for the North connecting the open data dots
Phase 2 of the Transport for the North Integrated and Smart Travel (IST) programme is facilitating new open data sets that will help make planning how to travel from A to B much easier for bus and light rail passengers across the North. High-quality, accessible and trusted customer information is … [Read more...]
Unanimous approval for new homes in Handforth
A development by Anwyl Homes has achieved unanimous approval for its proposed new homes in Handforth, Cheshire. The planning application for 224 new homes in Handforth on land located off Hampson Crescent was unanimously approved by Cheshire East Council at planning committee on 18th December … [Read more...]
Love affair with Windows 7 must end!
Support for Microsoft Windows 7, a much-loved computer operating system for the last 10 years, where it served businesses and homes all over the world, is about to end. Windows 7 surpassed adoption of later operating systems such as Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 but, unfortunately, this love affair … [Read more...]
NHS in Stockport remind residents to have medication ready over Christmas
With all the town's GP practices closed over the Christmas and New Year bank holidays, NHS Stockport CCG are reminding residents to ensure their medicine cabinet is stocked as part of their Christmas preparations. Stockport GP practices are urging patients to get their repeat prescription … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas and a very happy and healthy new year!
The team here at Marketing Stockport would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year and than you for your support. We are proud to support, promote and connect Stockport's vibrant business community, especially at a time when Stockport is attracting major investment and … [Read more...]
Devolved Adult Education Budget supports 29,000 Greater Manchester residents
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s (GMCA) Adult Education Budget has supported over 29,000 Greater Manchester residents since launching in August 2019. The Adult Education Budget is a pot of £92 million which the GMCA has used to support Greater Manchester residents to access education … [Read more...]
Airfield re-designated as part of Manchester Airport’s £1 billion transformation plans
As part of Manchester Airport’s £1 billion transformation programme, the airport has re-designated its airfield to build a dual taxiway system to improve the efficiencies of operations. The UK’s third largest airport is currently building a dual taxiway system to improve access from its runways … [Read more...]
Cheadle online retailer CurrentBody reaches £10 million funding milestone
Cheadle-based online beauty retailer, CurrentBody, has generated a total of £10 million in funding following backing from BGF and NVM Private Equity. CurrentBody has doubled revenues year-on-year over the last five years of growth, and claims to be the world’s largest supplier of beauty devices, … [Read more...]
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