A foodbank which has handed out a record 11,628 meals so far this year has launched a new collection point at Stretford Mall to meet soaring levels of demand. Trafford Mayor Cllr Tom Ross joined volunteers from Stretford Foodbank to launch the new collection point and sent out a rallying call to shoppers to get […]
A WREXHAM copier firm has been blessed with a new contract at Chester Cathedral. The rapidly expanding Rawson Digital, based on Wrexham Industrial Estate, has struck up the new partnership with the historic attraction to supply four new Xerox devices which will be responsible for producing all the printed material for important religious worship and […]
A brave young woman battling a devastating brain tumour has thanked staff and shoppers for raising £8,000 as she fights the disease in a hospice. Staff at the Peacocks store in Stretford Mall organised a series of fundraising activities including a sponsored walk across Manchester, after shop assistant Sarah Alouise Cahill was diagnosed with a […]
A NEW branch of the UK’s fastest-growing independent travel agency has opened its doors in Bootle creating six new jobs. The Mayor of Sefton, Councillor Dave Robinson, was the VIP guest for the official opening at the new store in Strand Shopping Centre. Around £60,000 has been spent on transforming the unit on Mariners Way, […]
A fast-growing self-storage company has carried out a major expansion at its Chester area hub at Saltney. Lock Stock Self-Storage is the UK’s biggest containerised storage company and they have increased the number of containers on their site at River Lane by almost 30 per cent to 360. The £150,000 redevelopment has involved the acquisition […]
A fast-growing home improvements company is aiming to create 50 new jobs thanks to the success of TV programmes like Grand Designs. Ambitious Peninsula Home Improvements, based in Gaerwen, on Anglesey, have already taken on two staff in Cheshire where they are planning to open a second showroom as part of their expansion. The company […]
A FORMER soldier whose ill health left him unable to work and battling depression has told how he turned his life around by volunteering, and is now celebrating ten years with a Shopmobility charity. Phil Simmons, who is chairman of Trafford Shopmobility and is based at Stretford Mall in Manchester, says being involved with the […]
WORK has started on an exciting £2m redevelopment of Stretford Mall, to create a more vibrant shopping environment and attract more retailers to the area. An image from inside the site shows demolition works underway to remove a section of the Mall and create a modern new entrance facing Chester Road. Stretford Mall’s managers say […]
A NEW branch of the UK’s fastest-growing independent travel agency is set to open in Bootle creating six new jobs. Bosses at Hays Travel North West have confirmed they have signed a lease for a new store in Strand Shopping Centre in the heart of the Merseyside town. Work is about to start on a […]
AN ALSAGER vet surgery is hosting a dog show to raise money for a charity which has spent four years helping a lurcher recover from abuse which caused him to ‘shutdown’. Lester the lurcher arrived at canine rehabilitation charity Greyhound Gap back in 2014 as a distressed and anxious stray, but thanks to their love […]
