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Category: Business

£9m ‘affordable rent’ Salford tower block scheme wins approval

Housing association Guinness Partership has won approval from Salford City Council to turn a 15-storey tower block into 119 flats for affordable rent. Matthias Court, on...

Freshers to boost local business by £30bn

Local businesses in Salford can expect a hike in revenue from the influx of new students to the region’s universities, according to new figures released by...

Salford firm help raise vital cancer research cash in Great North Run

Three local businessmen beat on the CEO of global accounting software provider Sage in last Sunday’s Great North Run, to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Salford...

New rules will stop people being made bankrupt for just £750

Changes to the law to prevent people being made bankrupt for low-value debts have been welcomed by North West insolvency practitioners. As from 1 October, an individual...

PAYE – Key facts, figures, dates and rates

HMRC can help you Working out how much to pay your employee is one of the most important tasks as an employer. But payroll doesn’t end there. That’s why HMRC has a...

Nimans answers BBC DIY SOS call

Communications supply specialist Nimans has joined an army of volunteers helping transform a derelict Manchester street into a new village as part of a special TV...

110 new jobs as Bolton energy firm adds £4.5m investment

Energy comparison firm Love Energy Savings (LES) has announced it will add 110 new jobs over the next 12 months with a £4.5 million investment from private equity firm...

Salford ‘building boom’ continues as 125,000 sq ft One New Bailey tops out

The final beam has been placed atop the English Cities Fund’s 125,000sq ft One New Bailey office development in Salford. It marks a major milestone for the...

Ensure your business is protected from online threats

New research has revealed that almost 4 in 10 (38%) SMEs are impacted immediately if there was an internet failure, and a further half (46%) said it would only take a...

New return-to-work service opens to North West employers

All employers across the North West are now able to refer employees facing long-term sickness into the new support service, known as Fit for Work. Designed to help...