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Marketing Stockport member gives Pro bono work to Together Trust

Sallyann Betts from the Rowan Consultancy has given 3 days Pro Bono work to fellow Marketing Stockport member Together Trust to help set up and launch their work-ready initiatives for the children at their Inscape School. The Cheadle based charity are focusing on developing a range of ‘in’ … [Read more...]

Holy cycles! From Manchester Cathedral to The Vatican

Former Stockport’s Paragon print company owners, Nadene & Alan Marshall, have swapped the printing press for a rather more pressing cycle ride to raise funds for ‘Children with Cancer UK’. The Marshall’s are about to undertake the ‘holy’ cycle challenge of their lives, from Manchester … [Read more...]

Stockport Council agrees to buy Merseyway shopping centre

Following an extensive period of negotiation, Stockport Council have exchanged contracts for the purchase of Merseyway Shopping Centre. The council have agreed to purchase the shopping centre, placed into Administration in 2009, with the intention of making significant investment to improve its … [Read more...]

Are you Stockport’s Business of the Year?

Entries are now open for the 5th Stockport Business Awards 2016 and organisers Clarke Nicklin are looking to award 3 businesses with the prestigious ‘Business of the Year’ title. The Business of the Year categories are split into three turnover sizes: £5m+, sponsored by Natwest; £1-5m, sponsored … [Read more...]

Stockport brewery push on with pub investment programme

Robinsons brewery are powering on with their pub refurbishment and restored another popular pub to its former glory. The Holly Bush, a hidden gem in the heart of Bollington, was originally built in 1935, a rare example of a ‘Brewer's Tudor’ style pub from this period and a Grade II listed … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport and GMP standing together against hatred

The Chaplaincy team at Manchester Airport are joining forces with Greater Manchester Police to promote diversity and respect within multi-cultural communities. Part of a national community led initiative, ‘We stand together’ celebrates differences, promotes respect and tolerance and builds a … [Read more...]

Stockport medics praised for lifesaving action on and off duty

A Stepping Hill Hospital A&E sister and her paramedic husband have been praised for helping save the life of a heart attack victim – not at hospital but in a department store car park.  Senior A&E sister Clare and her husband John Carrie, a senior paramedic for the North West Ambulance … [Read more...]

Stockport company rebrands leading national field services firm

Stockport-based Inness Design have completed a major rebranding and web design project for Engage a national field services business. Formerly operating as Chase Solutions, Engage conduct over 25,000 visits to people and property every month on behalf of a broad cross section of industry clients. … [Read more...]

Report shows legal sector lags behind in Customer Service

Research, carried out by mystery shopping and sales experts Shopper Anonymous, has shown that the legal sector is falling behind in customer service. A recent study showed that, when compared with the retail, optical and restaurant sectors, legal lagged behind on customer service and selling … [Read more...]

Pure Pension talk from Clarke Nicklin’s Scott Herbert

Scott Herbert, Partner and IFA of South Manchester firm Clarke Nicklin Financial Planning, used Pure airwaves to explain the different options for savers in an interview with ‘Stockport Reports’ Simon Kelsey on Pure FM. Pensions, saving options and interest rates have dominated headlines … [Read more...]

Vernon Building Society shortlisted in Moneyfacts awards

For the second year running, Vernon Building Society has been shortlisted as a finalist for the ‘Regional Lending Provider of the Year’ Award by independent financial comparison site, Moneyfacts. Kevin Baggs, mortgage manager at the Vernon, said: “We apply a commonsense approach to mortgage … [Read more...]

One personal allowance effective in 2016/17 tax year

Among the changes effective in the new tax year, reported in Hallidays April newswire, are the introduction of one personal allowance, regardless of age, and the new national minimum wage from October this year.  National Minimum Wage rises The National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates will increase … [Read more...]