Business

  • Solar panel farm for Astra Zeneca

    By on August 8, 2017

    A new solar panel farm installed at AstraZeneca’s Hurdsfield site is believed to be one of the largest in the North West.  Consisting of 658...

  • From school dropout to top of the watch

    By on August 2, 2017

    Local lad, Karl Massey, who having dropped out of school, went on to become a leading Patek Philippe and Rolex watch dealer. Karl’s family ran a second hand...

  • Tributes ‘flo’ as Patrick retires

    By on July 28, 2017

    Image: L-R, Paul Davies, Gareth Fry and Patrick Hurst. Macclesfield-based engineering company Statiflo has appointed a new group financial controller following the retirement of Patrick...

  • Local Plan approved

    By on July 28, 2017

    Cheshire East Council has sealed the formal adoption of its landmark Local Plan. The decision yesterday (Thursday, July 27) comes after a planning inspector last...

  • Bodycote sees upturn

    By on July 27, 2017

    Macclesfield-based Bodycote has seen half year profits increase 27% as its general industry division enjoys recovery. Group pre-tax profits for the heat-treatment and engineering company...

  • Latest news from Wake up Macc

    By on July 26, 2017

    Barracks Mill The Barracks Mill enquiry was held last week. I couldn’t get there, but I understand the arguments were pretty well balanced for and...

  • Shrigley Hall bought by private investor

    By on July 26, 2017

    Grade II-listed country house hotel, Shrigley Hall Hotel, Golf & Country Club has been acquired by a private investor. Set within 262 acres of private...

  • Worst children’s jobs in history – at Quarry Bank

    By on July 24, 2017

    Above: Kit Crane ‘caught’ a mole during a recent go at the Worst Children’s Jobs in History at Quarry Bank Keeping the children busy during...

  • Charities benefit from Sheepdog Association fundraising

    By on July 24, 2017

    Five local charities have been awarded grants totalling £1,840, thanks to the active fundraising of the Macclesfield and District Sheep Dog Trials Association. Cheques to...

  • Seals take pole in grant scheme

    By on July 22, 2017

    A community support scheme which gives charities, voluntary groups and not-for-profit organisations across Cheshire East the chance to win grants of £500 is now open....

  • Macclesfield haulier acquires rival

    By on July 22, 2017

    Macclesfield-based haulage and warehouse company Kinaxia Logistics has bought Mark Thompson Transport, a through-the-night logistics specialist. Established in 1989 in Warrington with a single van,...

  • £76,000 p.a. Chief of Staff for Police & Crime Commissioner

    By on July 21, 2017

    Peter Ashley, MBE, has been appointed Chief of Staff for the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner – a role which carries a salary...

  • £1bn airport expansion gets underway

    By on July 21, 2017

    The £1bn investment programme to double the size of Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 has started. The 10-year programme, the largest private investment in the region,...

  • RHS Tatton continues to pull in the crowds

    By on July 20, 2017

    Above: Monty Don and Joe Swift on location for BBC’s Gardener’s World tonight.  The Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Flower Show Tatton Park, which runs until Sunday 23 July),...

  • High speed trains could call at Macclesfield

    By on July 18, 2017

    Macclesfield will be served by an HS2 train to and from London each hour if new options for the controversial £50 billion railway are adopted....

  • RHS Tatton 2017 in pictures

    By on July 18, 2017

    All things horticultural, including garden design, the environment, butterflies, bees, clothes, garden ornaments, implements and furniture – plus food, fabrics, clothing, photos, paintings – and...

  • New life for Charles Roe House

    By on July 18, 2017

    Above: (left to right) Stephanie and Ian Pinches, David Rutley MP and Mayor of Macclesfield Cllr Beverley Dooley. An iconic Macclesfield heritage site has been restored and opened...

  • MP backs drive to tackle loneliness

    By on July 14, 2017

    Local MP, David Rutley, visited Age UK Cheshire East’s offices to learn more about the charity’s work with older people and its plans for the future....

  • £50bn economy for Cheshire and Warrington

    By on July 11, 2017

    The Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has unveiled a new blueprint to double the area’s economy by 2040. Cheshire and Warrington, which has...

  • Airport City could create 5000 jobs

    By on July 10, 2017

    A joint venture between property firms TPG Real Estate and Stoford Developments has completed a land acquisition deal paving the way for thousands of employment opportunities...