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Headline sponsors geared up for Stockport Business Awards 2018

The Stockport Business Awards, organised by Clarke Nicklin Chartered Accountants, is once again joined by headline sponsors Gorvins Solicitors and Orbit Developments. Both businesses have been headline sponsors since Clarke Nicklin founded the event back in 2012. The event has gone from strength … [Read more...]

Vernon Building Society 2019 calendar – entries open

Entries are now open for the best photographs taken in and around Stockport to be considered for the Vernon Building Society 2019 calendar. Running for its seventh year, this competition engages with local people in a unique way and gives the local community the opportunity to have their photos … [Read more...]

TfGM launch Learn to Ride in Stockport

Transport for Greater Manchester - TfGM - are launching a Learn to Ride scheme in Stockport to help anyone is is keen to get peddling across the borough.  The Learn to Ride friendly cycling training sessions are open to anyone over 12 years old who would like to learn to ride a bike, to get out on … [Read more...]

GMCA awarded £1.1M to support children in Greater Manchester

More than £1.1 million has been awarded to fund a new project in Greater Manchester aimed at supporting children and young people at risk of exploitation or abuse. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) successfully applied for money from the Government’s Trusted Relationship Fund to … [Read more...]

Stockport defends £45m Redrock leisure complex

News that Redrock Stockport has been shortlisted by Business Design magazine for The Carbuncle Cup has been dismissed by many Stockport residents who welcome the new leisure complex as part of Stockport's £1bn investment programme.  Prior to opening, Councillors said Redrock, which has a 10-screen … [Read more...]

£300 start up grant for careers in childminding

People looking for careers in childminding need look no further than in Stockport where help is available to get started.  If you like working with children and want a career that offers the flexibility to fit work around your family’s needs then looking at careers in childminding could be the … [Read more...]

Clarke Nicklin welcome new pension fraud campaign

Stockport based advisory firm Clarke Nicklin Financial Planning have welcomed the pension regulators regulators new pension fraud campaign. Pension fraud has hit the headlines once more as latest figures reveal that victims of pension scammers lost an average of £91,000 each in 2017. This has … [Read more...]

Robinsons Alvanley Arms hosting fun weekend

This weekend, 1st – 2nd September, the Alvanley Arms – Robinson Brewery’s 400-year-old pub situated in Cotebrook - will be hosting a family fun weekend, all in aid of charity. Last year, the community pub raised over £15,100 for ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ - a charity which raises money to grant … [Read more...]

Charity launched in memory of Bramhall girl

A charity to help those who are grieving has been formed out of the tragic loss of Hannah, aged 23, from Bramhall. The Hannah Whitley Foundation was set up to keep Hannah’s spirit alive after her passing in December 2017. Hannah was travelling in India when a fatal road incident suddenly and … [Read more...]

Lynx Taxis join Stockport clean air initiative

Stockport based Lynx Taxis has joined together with Stockport Council and Electric Blue UK to demonstrate the benefits of going electric to private hire drivers. Fifty Stockport licensed private hire vehicles driven by Lynx drivers are being fitted with telematic devices which measure emissions … [Read more...]

Apprenticeship with GMP for Pure Student

A student from Stockport based Pure Innovations has been awarded an apprenticeship with GMP. Blind from birth, Bilal struggled to find employment. He discovered that employers had too many negative preconceptions about his abilities and so he was never offered an interview. Now Bilal’s Supported … [Read more...]