A major project to cut energy use at Rochdale Exchange shopping centre, including a £180,000 investment in brighter and safer LED lighting, has won a top environmental award. Shopping Centre bosses were presented with a prestigious Green Apple award after a raft of eco-friendly changes, also including the introduction of faster ticketless parking. The shopping centre’s […]
A NEW shop which allows customers to create bespoke gifts with their own slogans and designs has opened at Crompton Place shopping centre, creating three new jobs. The venture, called Personalised Gifts, is an expansion for businessman Nick Wood, who has run the Card & Party Centre at the mall in Bolton, for the last […]
AN optician at Stretford Mall is putting road safety in the frame by donating almost 200 high-visibility vests to local schoolchildren. Steve Arran, store director at Specsavers in Stretford Mall, has provided English Martyrs’ Roman Catholic Primary School in Urmston with 120 vests. A further 45 vests are being donated to Forest Gate Academy in […]
A Wirral garden centre has struck a new partnership with a Welsh centre of excellence for food. Gordale Garden Centre in Burton has joined forces with Bodnant Welsh Food Centre to stock its range of specialist meat cuts, award-winning burgers, BBQ range and bangers. Welsh Retailer of the Year 2015, Bodnant is also seeking to […]
Youngsters can grab an Elfie photo with Santa at Warrington’s Golden Square Shopping Centre this Christmas. Santa’s sleigh, driven by his Elf Chauffeur, will be touring the centre from December 5 and every weekend throughout the month, then up until December 23. The sleigh will stop outside Debenhams, where youngsters can hop aboard to have […]
Santa’s Elves are heading to St Helens to bring some Christmas fun to Church Square Shopping Centre. The mischievous Elves will be in the centre on Saturday December 5 from 11am to 4pm, and again on December 12 and December 19 to lend a helping hand to shoppers – all for free. They will be […]
X Factor heartthrob Josh Daniel spread festive cheer when he helped light up Keighley for Christmas. Hundreds of fans gathered at the town’s Airedale Shopping Centre to hear him perform new tracks and carry out his official duties with Santa and the town’s Mayor, Cllr Javaid Akhtar. The singer, who shot to fame after moving judge […]
