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Northern Powerhouse Partnership expands its Board

Northern Powerhouse Partnership has welcomed Lord Jim O’Neill and John Cridland CBE to its Board with the first Board meeting taking place today in Sheffield. The Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP), an independent body established by the Rt Hon George Osborne MP to represent the voice of major … [Read more...]

Midshire Stockport Opens its Doors to Google

Midshire Stockport, office technology sales and service provider, has opened its doors to Google, with the help of fellow local video production company Bellyflop TV. Fellow Marketing Stockport member Jonathan Robinson's production company provides an extension of Google’s Street View technology, … [Read more...]

Finance group Together colleagues celebrate a century of service

Finance group Together hosted a momentous long service awards evening on Tuesday (15th) for a group of colleagues whose service milestones surpassed 100 years collectively.    The group of 14 colleagues have worked at the company for a combined 105 years, with eight employees reaching their … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport taking off on trade tour

Manchester Airport's trade tour is set to showcase the UK's 3rd largest airport to the travel people of Birmingham.  Running from 6-9pm on 7th February 2017, more than 20 airlines and tourist boards are lined up to attend where amazing raffle prizes can be won, including flights!  Due to popular … [Read more...]

Cheadle Hulme High School students reach national business final

Business-savvy students from Cheadle Hulme High School Sixth Form beat off competition from 17 other local teams to win the Manchester heat of ICAEW’s national business and accounting competition, BASE.  Over 100 local students attended the AJ Bell stadium in Salford where they found out what it … [Read more...]

Stockport gritters ready for snow

Stockport gritters were out in force last night and this morning as snow hit the region for the second time this winter. During last winter over 2000 tonnes of rock salt was used during 55 gritting operations. Salt levels are closely monitored and maintained throughout the winter and Stockport … [Read more...]

UK employment rate at a record high

The UK employment rate is at a record high as unemployment dropped to an 11-year low of just 4.8% – down by more than 900,000 since 2010 – according to figures out today. The Office for National Statistics has confirmed that UK employment continues to run at a record high rate of 74.5%, with 31.8 … [Read more...]

Huge growth in exports at Manchester Airport

Huge growth in exports at Manchester Airport has delivered a huge trade boost for the region as half year cargo figures show export values up £56m. The year on year increase of 10.5% saw Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha the top three performing cargo routes in H1 2016. Exports at Manchester Airport saw … [Read more...]

GMP warn – Don’t drive and text and don’t drive and dial!

"Don't drive and text" and "don't drive and dial" - that is the message from the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police.   Using a mobile phone when driving is the same as drink driving and must be stopped now, according to the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police. Chief Constable … [Read more...]

NK Theatre use drama to keep safe online

Keep safe online. That was the lesson that pupils at Stockport School were given when actors from NK Theatre Arts visited the school last week.  Pupils in Years 7&8 were shown a performance of “The Net” which highlights the very real dangers that young people are exposed to by forming … [Read more...]