Robinsons has announced plans to launch a series of apprenticeships, in partnership with Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and quality assured professional training providers Charnwood, to meet the needs of modern retailing. The scheme is fully … [Read more...]
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NAIL BAR SUCCESS AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT
Cloud Nails are celebrating a successful six months at Manchester Airport’s Terminal 1 – by opening a second nail bar in Terminal 2. Cloud Nails have preened and polished 4,550 sets of nails at the airport since opening in April – including 45 men. Almost 60% of customers opted … [Read more...]
RETAIL SALES SLOW IN SEPTEMBER
Latest data from the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor for September reveals a 0.7% increase in like-for-like sales on the previous year. On a total basis, sales were up 2.4%, against a 3.4% increase in September 2012 and in line with the 12-month moving average. The British Retail Consortium … [Read more...]
MERSEYWAY SHOPPING CENTRE SHORTLISTED FOR NATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
A riverside bat colony and recycled vehicle have boosted Stockport shopping centre’s Green bid. Stockport shopping centre Merseyway has been short-listed for the British Council for Shopping Centres’ Gold Award for Sustainability. Merseyway impressed industry judges at the British … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT MP PRAISES COMMUNITY STORE
An exciting new concept of a community store based in Hanover Towers, Lancashire Hill, called Penny Lane Pantry has been praised by a local MP. Ann Coffey MP was shown around the pantry and met volunteers Leanne Benfold and Agnes Harrison, along with Anna Jones, Stockport Homes' Food … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT BROTHERS URGE TEENAGERS TO CASH IN ON MARKETS
Teenagers across the country are hitting back at a reputation for lie-ins and laziness by launching businesses, thanks to a scheme masterminded by two brothers from Stockport. The Teenage Market, a free initiative that enables youngsters to showcase their talents, has been given the go-ahead … [Read more...]
RETAIL FINANCE DIRECTORS BULLISH ABOUT ECONOMIC RECOVERY
High Streets are still suffering and town centres recognise the need to re-invent themselves, hence such as the Mary Portas initiative Bill Grimsey's review and yet an overwhelming majority of retail sector financial directors expect their business to grow over the next 12 months, according to new … [Read more...]
BRC REPORTS AUGUST HIGH STREET FOOTFALL DOWN BUT OUTLOOK POSITIVE
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) have reported that the August footfall was down but the outlook for British Retailers is still positive, including in the North which showed an increase of 0.1%. According to the report issued on 16th September, the North & Yorkshire was the only … [Read more...]
ROBINSONS TO INVEST £3m IN PUB ESTATE
This month marks 175 years since birthday brewer Robinsons bought their very first pub on Lower Hillgate, Stockport, back in 1838. Now, Cheshire family brewers Robinsons are on course to deliver a planned spend of £3.5m on pub refurbishments in 2013, and have already committed to the same for … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT RETAILER PLEADS GUILTY TO UNDERAGE SALES
A Stockport trader pleaded guilty to selling alcohol to a person under the age of 18 at Stockport Magistrates Court on Wednesday 11th September. Mr Mushtaq Hussain, aged 55, who was Designated Premises Supervisor and Premises Licence Holder at Londis, Keswick Road in Heaton Chapel pleaded … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT’S MERSEYWAY SUPPORTS MACMILLAN’S ‘WORLD BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING’
Merseyway shopping centre in Stockport is proud to be supporting the Macmillan charity and their biggest fundraising event, the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on September 27th, by hosting their own ‘Coffee Morning.’ Visitors to the centre will be able to take part in a raffle … [Read more...]
HIGH STREETS STILL SUFFERING EMPTY SHOPS
Despite the efforts of initiatives such as Stockport’s Portas Pilot scheme, designed to address the issue of our ‘dying’ High Streets, the North West of England has the highest vacancy rate of shops in the UK at 20.1% with one in every five shops empty. In a report from The … [Read more...]
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