Stockport County Community Trust has completed another programme of its free school holiday provision. Funded by Great Places Housing Group, the project provided free healthy food and activity to young people in the borough in receipt of free school meals, with 30 children attending activities at … [Read more...]
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Expert Opinion: Selling Your Business? Why planning ahead matters
The team from Stockport-based accountancy practice, IN Accountancy, explain some of the tax implications to consider when selling and exiting from your business. Let’s face it, if you’ve spent years of your life, and taken risk after risk, to launch and scale your small business, which has become … [Read more...]
Region’s Mayors call out “unacceptable” service levels on Northern
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and other metro mayors in the North of England have written to the Chancellor and Secretary of State of Transport calling for support to address poor service levels being delivered by Northern. The letter follows an emergency meeting of the Rail North … [Read more...]
New Bee Network buses assembled as Greater Manchester prepares to take control of full network
A fleet of new yellow buses is set to take to the streets on 5 January when the Bee Network takes control of routes in Stockport and other remaining areas of Greater Manchester. The first of 140 new buses, built in the UK, have now started to arrive at six Ministry of Defence (MOD) sites that … [Read more...]
Stockport Council and partners win national award for work to address poverty
Stockport Council and partner organisations have won a national award for their efforts to address poverty in the borough. The One Stockport collaborative approach to supporting residents with the cost of living in the town scooped top prize in the maximising financial resources available to … [Read more...]
Build inclusive businesses at Stockport’s Proper Good Business Conference 2024
Stockport businesses looking to add purpose to their activities are invited to attend Stockport’s Proper Good Business Conference 2024 on Thursday 21st November. Promising thought-provoking workshops, meaningful networking opportunities and a jolly good time, the conference at Stockport … [Read more...]
Chancellor promises to “rebuild Britain” in first Budget
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, presented her first Budget since taking office to the House of Commons on 30th October 2024. The first Budget to ever be delivered by a woman, and the first of a Labour government since 2010, Reeves set out plans to increase day-to-day departmental … [Read more...]
Stockport MDC intends to triple in size and double housing ambitions, as team celebrates five years
Stockport’s ambitious regeneration plans look to scale new heights as Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) announces intentions to expand its boundary threefold to include the 280-acre Town Centre East site. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, confirmed the Greater Manchester … [Read more...]
Stockport Council launches measures to become an age-friendly borough
Stockport Council has announced new initiatives to support health and wellbeing as part of efforts to become an age-friendly borough. Part of the borough's One Stockport Local plan, work aims to promote the health and wellbeing of residents, and support people to live independently in their homes … [Read more...]
Stepping Hill Hospital named among UK’s safest for abdominal surgery
A new report has found Stepping Hill Hospital to be one of the safest in the country for emergency abdominal surgery. The 9th annual National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) report has been published nationally which looks independently at the outcomes from major emergency abdominal … [Read more...]
National Living Wage to rise 6.7%
The National Living Wage is to rise 6.7% in April 2025 to an hourly rate of £12.21, the Chancellor has confirmed ahead of her first Budget. National Living Wage, currently £11.44 per hour, is the minimum rate of pay for workers aged 21 and over. The National Minimum Wage for those aged 18-20 is … [Read more...]
Andy Burnham confirms commitment to £2 bus fare cap
Following the government announcement that the price of capped bus fares would rise to £3 across England, Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, has issued a statement confirming single fares in the city-region will stay at their current £2 cap. In his statement, he clarified that the … [Read more...]
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