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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust receives visit from CQC Chair

Stepping Hill Hospital, part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, received a recent visit from Peter Wyman CBE DL, Chair of the Care Quality Commission for a view of progress at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital and community services in Stockport. Peter met with the trust’s … [Read more...]

Stockport saddles up for ‘Cycle to Work Day’

Promoted by Transport for Greater Manchester - TfGM - Stockport businesses are being encouraged support 'Cycle to Work Day' - to get on their bikes on Thursday August 8th. The UK's biggest community cycling event, Cycle to Work Day is for everyone. It doesn't matter if you haven't cycled in years … [Read more...]

Stockport organisations unite to help communities thrive

Local Stockport organisations - businesses, community and voluntary organisations and charities joined forces recently to support one another and help improve the lives of people across our borough. Over 50 Stockport organisations took park in the ‘Sector Connector’ event – which was delivered in … [Read more...]

Fig Creative play their Ace Card

B2B Marketing & Communications agency, FIG, has bolstered its Marketing Partner Programme portfolio after being appointed by national Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) & Assistive Technology charity, Ace Centre. The High Peak (SK13) based integrated agency is working … [Read more...]

Stockport to benefit from locally funded skills training

Stockport adults will join thousands more across Greater Manchester to benefit from locally funded skills training as devolution of the £92 million Adult Education Budget (AEB) moves a step closer.  The AEB, which will transfer from central government to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority … [Read more...]

Stockport firm one of UK’s Best Workplaces for women

Stockport based Rowlinson Knitwear recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Women Stockport-based Rowlinson Knitwear has been recognised this week as the UK’s 5th Best Workplaces for Women in the small business category of the Great Place to Work® Programme, joining an elite group of … [Read more...]

Stockport WFEL Military engineering firm plans expansion

Stockport based military and disaster relief engineering company WFEL has advanced plans to expand its UK base in Heaton Chapel, adding 65,000 sq ft to its existing headquarters, as reported by Place North West The company employs 200 engineers at its site on Sir Richard Fairey Road, next to … [Read more...]

Hallidays get on their bike for Francis House

Hallidays team members Lizzi Rutter and Chelsea Peacock, both from Stockport, took to the saddle to support Francis House and completed the 'Christie Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride'. Supporting Hallidays new chosen charity, Francis House Children’s Hospice, they kickstarted their fundraising … [Read more...]

Stockport shortlisted in Future High Streets Fund

Stockport is one of 51 UK towns to be shortlisted to present a business case for a share of the £675m Future High Streets Fund. There were more than 300 bids to the Future High Street Fund, which was open to all 326 councils with planning powers – so at least 249 councils (83%) were … [Read more...]

Northern Powerhouse: Five years on

It’s been five years since George Osborne’s speech in Manchester coined the now often-used phrase ‘the Northern Powerhouse’. Loved and loathed in equal measures, it’s become the go-to shorthand for the mission to reinvigorate the North’s economies. A bid for the North to become greater than the sum … [Read more...]

Fairhurst retained to seek NTS sites across the UK

Stockport based Fairhurst Estates is on the lookout for either freehold or leasehold sites on behalf of their client, NTS. NTS, whose Head Office is in Regent House on Heaton Lane in Stockport town centre, is looking to expand its successful roadside operation and has asked Fairhurst Estates to … [Read more...]

New virtual reality centre X-Gen VR opens in Stockport

New virtual reality centre, X-Gen VR, has opened its doors at Merseyway Shopping Centre with a range of state-of-the-art virtual reality games and experiences. Located on Deanery Way, the futuristic attraction will take virtual reality to the next level, offering the latest technology for gamers … [Read more...]