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“Any of Us” – a powerful fostering short film to encourage people from all backgrounds to consider becoming a foster carer for their local authority has picked up two prestigious awards. “Any of Us” is the fifth – and most well-supported – film in all to be produced in collaboration with Stockport Council and a growing partnership of 87 councils across the UK to promote local authority fostering. “Any of Us” fostering film won the “Best Collaboration” and “Best Creative Comms” categories at the comms2point0 UnAwards which recognises excellence in public sector communications at a ceremony held in Birmingham. The [...]

Stockport’s renaissance continues with 2024 promising to be even bigger and better for the borough with the completion of several developments and the start of the next wave of even more large-scale events lined up for the year ahead with Stockport continuing  as the Greater Manchester Town of Culture. Last year was a fantastic year for Stockport, with the borough being hailed by the national press as a fantastic place to live and work - being lauded as a great place to put down roots after consumer group  Which? recognised Stockport as one of the 12 best places in the UK [...]

Stockport shoppers and businesses have put in a tree-mendous effort this Christmas as Merseyway’s annual Giving Tree exceeds expectations and provides £85,000 worth of gifts to less fortunate children across the borough. Organised by the Centre Management team at Merseyway Shopping Centre, the annual Giving Tree invites individuals, businesses, and community groups to participate in fulfilling Christmas gift wishes, by selecting a red tag from a giant white Christmas tree located in the shopping centre, detailing the age, gender, and gift for a local child. Members of the public were then able to purchase the bespoke gifts and drop them [...]

Metrolink’s next stop could soon be confirmed as Stockport. It comes as a group of senior politicians and leaders from the business and transport industry, from Stockport and Greater Manchester, met this week to discuss the borough’s ambitious plans for Metrolink, the redevelopment of Stockport railway station and creation of a clean, green sustainable public transport network. A round table event, centred on the ‘Next Stop Stockport’ campaign, was held in the offices of Music Magpie, in Stockport Exchange, overlooking the town’s railway hub, which is the third busiest in the North West with five million passengers a year. The meeting [...]

Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) and the English Cities Fund (ECF) – a joint venture between Homes England, Muse and Legal & General – have announced that a first community conversation on the £250million plans to create an exciting mixed-use neighbourhood to the west of Stockport town centre, will launch in January 2024. Currently known as Stockport 8, the scheme is part of one of the largest town centre regeneration projects in the UK which will see a diverse mix of up to 1,200 new homes for the people of Stockport, spaces for independent businesses and green spaces to meet, [...]

Bus users in Stockport travelling to and from stops in Mersey Square are being urged to check if they are impacted by upcoming pedestrianisation work ahead of the launch of the town’s new multi-million pound transport interchange.     The road through Mersey Square, that sits in front of the Merseyway shopping centre is to close for highway and pedestrianisation works from January 8, 2024.      Currently used by buses, the section from Port Street will close to vehicles and the area between Merseyway Shopping Centre and Wellington Rd (A6) will subsequently become a pedestrianised zone. People will still be able to walk [...]

Rhode Island Coffee, the award-winning independent coffee group founded in the Northwest, is delighted to announce the reopening of our store in the historic market town of Stockport, after a major refurbishment. Navendu Mishra, Stockport MP, will visit the new look coffee shop on Wednesday 20th December at 2pm. Raj Ruia, Owner and founder of Rhode Island Coffee, said: “We were one of the first independent coffee shops to come to Stockport town and we have been trading since 2008.  "The warm reception from our customers and the enthusiastic support of the community have been instrumental in our achievement. This [...]

Stockport’s new town centre park needs a name – and residents will be able to have their say when voting stations are launched this week. The new two-acre park, which sits on top of the Interchange, will open in Spring next year as part of the multi-million-pound development. The Interchange will be a new hub for bus arrivals and departures in the borough, and also includes a 196-home apartment block, delivered in partnership with CityRise. Work has been progressing quickly on site at the town’s newest greenspace, with turf being laid and planting taking place, but the park will need [...]

There were smiles all round as Stockport was hailed as one of the happiest places to live in the North West by online property platform Rightmove. Each year the website asks people across Great Britain how they feel about where they live and this year’s Happy at Home survey placed Stockport as the ninth happiest place in the region and 98th nationally. The borough, which has previously garnered praise from the Times newspaper and consumer group Which? for being a great place both for first time buyers and retirees to put down roots, was also joined in the top 10 in the North West by [...]

7 months after the success of their first stint in the town centre’s iconic outlet, Pure Pop-Up returns with a medley of gifts, hand-made creations and beautiful produce just in time for Christmas. The shop will open its doors on Monday 18th December. Over the past couple of months, clients at Pure’s Creative Hub projects have been using their creative flair to produce a range of fabulous creations to fill your stockings or celebrate the arrival of a new year. The same is true of clients at the Ceramics and Lego projects, who have been working equally hard make sure their [...]