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TfGM offer advice as travel disruption hits Manchester

Transport for Greater Manchester - TfGM - expects trams, trains, buses and roads across the region to be extremely busy between Sunday 1 October and Wednesday 4 October as The Conservative Party Conference returns to Manchester. The Conference, which is likely to attract around 10,000 … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester Mayor refocuses greenbelt debate

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is refocusing the planning debate on town centres and infrastructure led development in response to public concerns, especially concerning greenbelt, expressed in the first consultation on the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework. The first step in the next … [Read more...]

£50,000 investment at South Manchester packaging firm

A £50,000 capital investment is enabling a South Manchester Packaging firm to increase its stretch wrap capacity by 25%, reducing lead times for the region’s warehouse, logistics, distribution and food supply sectors by 70%. Clingfoil’s new CG Automatic Converting Equipment 220 Fully Automatic … [Read more...]

BBC Question Time comes to Stockport

David Dimbleby and his BBC Question Time team will be paying a visit to Stockport on Thursday 5th October when the popular programme is broadcast from the Town Hall. Travelling the length and breadth of the country, BBC Question Time gives audiences the chance to ask their questions to a panel of … [Read more...]

World first for Solo Containment

Solo Containment have supplied an aseptic filling enclosure that has permitted Amatsi Group’s Disposable Lab facility in France to produce the worlds’ first clinical batch in a low cost single use flexible film isolator. The system, developed by Poynton based Solo Containment, comprises 2 … [Read more...]

30% Jobs Boost for Stockport Recruitment Firm

As the local jobs boom continues, a Stockport Recruitment firm has seen 30% more employer enquiries and a doubling of applications.  Grassroots Recruitment, based in the centre of Stockport, is having to take on more staff and move into bigger offices as Stockport’s jobs boom continues to gather … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester Tough tribe triumphs in Stockport

More than 500 runners and obstacle race enthusiasts– some from far away as Brighton – took part in the first-ever Greater Manchester Tough Tribe event.   Five hundred and seventy athletes packed Stockport Sports Village (SSV) to capacity for ‘Tough Tribe’, a mixed terrain obstacle race with 5K and … [Read more...]

TV presenter hosts Golf Day for Seashell Trust

TV presenter and actress Denise van Outen hosted a golf day which raised £52,630 for Seashell Trust. Some 20 teams played the inaugural Cardinal Maritime and SAMBRO golf day at The Mere Golf & Spa resort near Knutsford. Seashell Trust is an Outstanding (Ofsted 2016) national centre of … [Read more...]

Clarke Nicklin commend new cold calling measures

Tough new cold calling measures that have recently been announced by the Government have been commended by Independent Financial Planning firm Clarke Nicklin Financial Planning. The new cold calling measures, which will mean cold calling to sell pensions (including emails and texts) will be banned, … [Read more...]

Vernon launch new retirement mortgages

The Vernon's two new retirement mortgages have initial rates of 1.25% and 0.50% below the standard variable rate for the first five years with no arrangement fees. There are no age restrictions or maximum term, and the mortgages can be on either repayment or interest-only terms. Tom Gurrie, … [Read more...]

Stockport business attracts quality employees

Wrightsure Insurance Group – one of the largest privately-owned insurance brokers in the UK – has opened a new office to serve the Greater Manchester area, based in Orbit Development’s flagship Regent House property in Stockport town centre. The new office will complement a well-established … [Read more...]

The Great Macmillan Midshire Bake-Off

Staff at office technology provider Midshire® are hosting a cake and coffee event at their Bredbury office on Friday 29th September to raise money for cancer charity Macmillan.  Coinciding with Midshire’s ‘Fizzy Friday’ drinks that take place on the last Friday of each month, the event will begin … [Read more...]