Business

Young entrepreneurs showcase their record recycling business at Stretford Mall pop-up market

A TEAM of young entrepreneurs have been getting into the groove for a record-breaking future by setting up a business turning old vinyl discs into useful household objects. The Year 12 students from Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College in Altrincham, who are running a company called Vinyl Mash Ups, were among a group of budding […]

Artistic youngsters have designs on a great Christmas

Artistic children created snowy hillsides, sparkly Christmas trees and glittery gifts when they designed their own festive cards during a special event at a Keighley shopping centre. Youngsters flocked to the Airedale shopping centre to take part in the competition organised by Pulse 1 radio station and to be in with a chance of winning […]

Top North Wales builder to build 700 flats in Liverpool

Award-winning North Wales builders Anwyl Construction have announced two major ventures in Liverpool as part of a programme of more than £30 million in new building projects during 2016. Anwyl will start work next year on a 15-storey block of 430 student flats on the Norton Street site of the former National Express coach station. […]

Husband and wife team up to offer bags of style at new Crompton Place store in Bolton

A HUSBAND and wife team are hoping for bags of success after launching a new fashion accessories store at Bolton’s Crompton Place Shopping Centre. #Bag has opened its doors at the mall selling handbags, scarves and hats, owners Tony and Jackie Singh say so far sales are going brilliantly. Now in the midst of a […]

Gran’s sweet fund-raising scheme to help Charlotte undergo pioneering surgery

A Keighley gran will be using the power of chocolate to help raise funds to send her disabled nine-year-old granddaughter to the Czech Republic for pioneering surgery. Charlotte Wormald has severe cerebral palsy, following health problems when she was just days old – she and twin sister were born 14 weeks early, each weighing less […]

Volunteer of the Year Midge backs grotto for Macclesfield hospice

A CHARITY champion is urging shoppers help raise funds for a Macclesfield hospice by dropping in to see Santa at the Grosvenor Shopping Centre. Midge Barber was crowned the town’s Volunteer of the Year by local radio company Silk FM for her tireless efforts promoting and raising funds for the East Cheshire Hospice. The 70-year-old […]

Wirral volunteers in life-saving mission to Uganda

Thirty young volunteers from the Wirral on a medical mercy mission to Uganda have helped save the lives of malaria victims, treated over 2,000 people and handed out over 1800 toothbrushes. They were in Africa as part of a project led by surgeon Stephen Blair, who works at Heswall’s Spire’s Murrayfield Hospital, and his wife […]

Antlers all the rage as reindeer fashion takes over at Crompton Place

ANTLERS were all the rage at Crompton Place shopping centre as children got lessons in reindeer fashion. The Big Reindeer weekend launched the Christmas season at the Bolton mall, with special appearances by Santa and Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Festive family activities included storytelling sessions, a glitter tattoo parlour and reindeer face painting, as […]