Shops at Stretford Mall are gearing up for their busiest day of the year so far – Black Friday. Retailers across the busy centre are set to unveil a host of offers ready for the expected avalanche of shoppers as footfall goes through the roof on Friday, November 24. The discount day, renowned for massive […]
A seamstress whose skill at embroidering vestments for Catholic priests and church altar cloths is in such demand that she’s created a special sewing oasis in her garden. Dorothy McCarthy says the outdoor room will enable her to continue her passion for sewing and embroidery, supplying clergy and churches, without cluttering up her home in […]
Family firm Astley Hire is helping Olympic hopefuls reach new heights after donating a scissor lift to help build the GB Climbing Team’s first ever dedicated training wall. The Hub has just opened at the Rock Over Climbing centre in Manchester, which is the first of its kind in the UK, and will also be […]
A mum who was inspired to open a nursery after having a daughter through IVF is celebrating two years in business – and has taken on another five mums as staff. Haylea Osborne now employs 14 staff including five women whose children all go to her Fleximinder nursery which has just moved into a modern […]
WASTE wood left over from the creation of children’s playgrounds is being donated to a new wildlife charity project which aims to reach out to lonely older people and provide a vital training hub for young people. Chester-based family firm, Creative Play, which specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of top quality children’s playgrounds, […]
A ping pong prodigy who developed a passion for the sport by accident is urging other youngsters to try the sport for free, at Stretford Mall this half term. Ibrahim Abdullah may only be 11, but since picking up a bat less than a year ago, his potential has been recognised by former Scottish international […]
A NEW pirate ship playground at a refurbished Sale pub has scored highly with a team of young footballers. Members of Brooklands Dragons JFC had a ball when they helped unveil the £12,000 pirate ship-style play area at Jackson’s Boat Pub which was designed, manufactured and installed by family firm Creative Play. Pub manager Dionne […]
A leading timber company have answered an appeal from gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh to help transform the garden of a couple of Chester Good Samaritans for his new TV series. Love Your Home and Garden is a follow-up to Britain’s most popular gardening programme, Love Your Garden, and its first episode aired this month with […]
A motorsport fan has had a dream start to his career after being taken on by the firm which first recognised his potential as a work experience student aged 14. Danny Martin, now 20, has just celebrated recruitment into a full time post with the Leigh family firm, Astley Hire whose bosses have long been […]
Award-winning builder Anwyl Construction is in the running for affordable housing contracts across the North of England worth over a third of a billion pounds over the next four years. The Ewloe-based firm is on the list of approved builders for the JV North consortium of ten housing associations which has announced a £335 million, […]
