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Gorvins solicitor takes on epic trek for cancer charity

A solicitor is taking on an epic walking challenge in memory of a colleague who died from cancer. David Walton, a partner at Gorvins Solicitors in Stockport, is aiming to walk 214 Wainwright peaks in the Lake District inside a year. David, 43, is raising money for Cancer Research UK in memory … [Read more...]

Borough Care select Queen Bee for comms project

Borough Care Ltd, the largest care home provider in Stockport, has appointed PA and Marketing specialists, Queen Bee, to manage communications for its Vision 2020 project. The brief included developing a communications strategy, planning and fulfilment to support the £20 million investment by … [Read more...]

Switch and save, for a brighter business

Light emitting diodes, better known as LEDs are all the rage in interior design, mainly thanks to their low cost, but they can also help businesses to increase profits. Over the full lifetime of an LED bulb, the amount of electricity that it will use will be around 75 per cent less energy than a … [Read more...]

Marketing Stockport Breakfast: Focus on customer service

Marketing Stockport's May members' meeting focused on customer service following a mystery shopping exercise on six lucky members! Hosted by Gold member Orbit Developments, Stockport's largest commercial landlord, a packed audience filled the 2nd floor at their town centre located Applicon House … [Read more...]

Teenagers to take over Stockport Market

The Teenage Market, the now national initiative that supports young entrepreneurs and performers, returns to its original home in Stockport Market on Sunday 22nd May as part of the ‘Love Your Local Market’ fortnight. The event which is sponsored by The Federation of Small Businesses, runs from … [Read more...]

Young people pitch ideas at Dragons’ Den-style event

Young people from the Together Trust recently pitched their ideas on how to improve the charity’s facilities in a Dragons’ Den style event. The event saw contestants who are supported by the charity pitch their ideas to a panel of judges, in the hope of winning £30,000 of voluntary income to help … [Read more...]

Charity partner selected for 2016 Stockport Business Awards

Stockport Business Awards, organised by Clarke Nicklin, have announced that funds raised from this year's awards will go to Francis House Children's Hospice.  Francis House is a very special hospice caring for children with a short life expectancy. All children that go to the hospice have been … [Read more...]

Bellyflop take a 360° tour of Stockport’s town hall

Bellyflop TV have completed a Street View Tour of Stockport Town Hall, taking visitors on a virtual tour of this iconic 'wedding cake' building. The tour can be viewed here: https://goo.gl/maps/jfvvZ9NXZm42 As a goodwill gesture to Stockport Council, Bellyflop's Jonathan Robinson offered to do … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport reports 25th consecutive month of growth

Manchester Airport celebrated its 25th month of consecutive growth as a host of new services drove passenger numbers close to the two-million mark.  A total of 1,920,084 people who passed through the UK's third busiest gateway in April - an 11% year-on-year increase on last year and sees the … [Read more...]

Robinsons Brewery wins two awards for ‘mobile-first’ website

Robinsons Brewery have been awarded two prizes at the Sitecore Experience Awards for their website created with Mando Group. Robinsons won ‘Best Use of Commerce’ and were also awarded the most coveted prize of ‘Website of the Year’ for www.robinsonsbrewery.com. The awards were judged by … [Read more...]

Solutions SK winners on election night

Solutions SK were winners on the biggest night of the year as they played their part to ensure all ran smoothly at last Thursday's local elections.   Planned over several months, their business areas worked together behind the scenes. Karen Randles from Stockport Council's Election team … [Read more...]

Salaries for small building firms set to soar, says FMB

Salaries for small building firms are soaring as a result of the growing skills shortage, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Commenting on the results of the FMB’s State of Trade Survey for Q1 2016, Brian Berry, chief executive of the FMB, says small firms are struggling to … [Read more...]