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Vernon Building Society makes key appointments

Stockport based Vernon Building Society has made two new key appointments. Tom Gurrie is the mutual society’s new Intermediary Sales Manager, while Rosie Grant has taken up the position of Operations Manager. Tom has worked in the mortgage industry for more than 35 years, many of them as … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport passenger numbers up 17%

Manchester Airport passenger numbers rose by 17% in April as more than 2.25m people jetted off. With Easter falling in the middle of April this year, the UK’s third largest airport saw families from across the North took advantage of the holidays to get away to sunnier climes. More than 84,000 … [Read more...]

What is GDPR and how does it matter to me ?

From May 2018 onwards, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will apply in the UK. For businesses who rely on cloud management services which involve personal data, action must be taken to ensure that they meet the regulation. Failure to do so will result in significant fines of 20 … [Read more...]

Apprenticeship Levy event for Stockport employers

Stockport Council is hosting an Employer Apprenticeships briefing to help local employers understand the new Apprenticeship Levy. The event is taking place on Monday 19th June 2017 between 8:30am and 10am at the Apprenticeships Store, Stockport. Attendees to the event will be able to find out … [Read more...]

On the Beach to acquire online travel agent for £12m

Stockport based On the Beach Group plc has today announced a multi-million pound deal to purchase online UK travel agent Sunshine.co.uk Limited. On the Beach Travel Ltd, the online beach holiday retailer subsidiary of On the Beach Group plc, agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Sunshine … [Read more...]

Awareness Software takes last unit at Rhino Court

IT company Awareness Software has bought the final unit at Rhino Court in Hazel Grove, Stockport from Manchester based property investor MCR. Awareness Software Ltd, a provider of outsourced IT services to SMEs, has bought the 8,274 sq ft unit five, the last available office on the scheme … [Read more...]

New sponsor for Stockport Business Awards 2017

Stockport Business Awards are now in their 6th year, bigger and better than ever the awards celebrate business success in the borough and are now established as one of the best nights in the Stockport Business calendar. The awards have always been supported by local businesses and this year … [Read more...]

Manchester City Veterans celebrity match at Edgeley Park

Manchester City Veterans are celebrating 40 years with an anniversary game at Stockport County's Edgeley Park ground. Established in 1977, Manchester City Veterans anniversary game will feature a variety of former Manchester City players from the 70s through to the new century and a host of … [Read more...]

Trust riding high with ECTA Racing

Trust have pledged their support to ECTA Racing and their brilliant, brave and talented Isle of Man TT road race rider Mark Purslow.  ECTA Racing is the passion project of Stockport business ECTA Training. ECTA Training is based on Lancashire Hill and provide training to the utilities industry. … [Read more...]

Aqua design provides fluid thinking to IT Marketing

Aqua Design Group has strengthened their working relationship with fellow Stockport business Amshire Solutions in providing for their design, print and marketing needs to promote their IT business. Initially designing and printing a new leaflet to give out to their clients to give an overview of … [Read more...]

Private housing drives construction starts

A rise in private housing activity is driving construction starts – up 6% higher on last year in the three months to April. The latest GleniganIndex shows residential starts are as much as were 26% higher than a year ago, again growth driven by a sharp rise in private housing starts. By … [Read more...]

Peak Translations forms safe partnership with HS Direct

Peak Translations and HS Direct have formed a partnership to provide essential health and safety documents in a variety of languages. Helen Provart, Managing Director of Peak Translations and James Murphy, Director of HS Direct have joined forces to provide an added value service to the benefit … [Read more...]