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UK: Kier to sell house building business

UK construction firm Kier has announced it is to sell its house building business, Kier Living, and will close down its recycling and rubbish processing units saving £55m. The decision confirmed earlier today is likely to result in the loss of 1,200 jobs in a two-stage process as the firm looks … [Read more...]

Millie’s Trust launch First Aid gold standard in Scotland

Millie's Trust has crossed the border as Children’s Minister Maree Todd MSP has launched Millie's Mark, a new paediatric first aid accreditation for childcarers across Scotland. The Minister visited The Orchard Nursery in Edinburgh, one of the first nurseries to sign up for Millie’s Mark, a gold … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways increases flight frequency from Manchester Airport

Qatar Airways, the multiple award-winning airline, is increasing its flight frequency from Manchester Airport to three flights per day from 14th June in another show of confidence in the UK market. The route launched in April 2003 and went double-daily in February 2011. The move to the triple … [Read more...]

6-months until end of support for Windows 7

A reminder for those still using the Windows 7 Operating System, you 6-months until Microsoft ends its extended support for this operating system.   Microsoft used automatic updates to deploy security patches to your PC.  The security patches were an essential way of helping to … [Read more...]

Stockport College Nails an Award!

Stockport College has won the best nail work in the North West and Wales in the qualifying heats of WorldSkills inter-college competition - thanks to top tuition from a UK industry expert. Level 3 Nail Services students Alison Leech and Laura Wilkinson came first and second, respectively, in the … [Read more...]

Stockport business owner honoured at national awards

Russell Brown, owner of Heaton Moor based property search and report company, X-Press Legal Services Greater Manchester & Cheshire, has been named Franchisee of the year.  The top award was presented to Russell, a Stockport local, at a ceremony which took place at Rookery Hall in … [Read more...]

Expert Opinion: Why You Should Outsource Facilities Management

Anyone who manages Facilities Management and has run a business understands how taking the entrepreneurial path leads to you becoming a jack-of-all-trades, whether you like it or not. At one point or another, whatever your particular skills and background, you are bound to get your hands dirty … [Read more...]

Egan Reid Stockport take steps to further growth

UK independent and Stockport HQ based Egan Reid has made its fourth external growth investment in the past seven years. The latest deal involves taking a majority stake in TODDS Group, a Lincoln-based office supplies, furniture and fit-out specialist. Egan Reid said the transaction represented … [Read more...]