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103 Article(s) Found

Minimum wage rates will increase

The government has recently announced that the minimum wage rates will increase on 1 October 2010. Two important changes to...

Date Online: 07/09/2010

New safety advice issued on electric gates

Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by...

Date Online: 04/09/2010

New safety advice issued on electric gates

Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by...

Date Online: 04/09/2010

North West farmers urged to strap up during harvest

Farmers across the are being reminded to wear safety straps when driving their tractors, especially during the busy harvest period....

Date Online: 02/09/2010

Tameside scores a first with iPhone app

Heard the term “we’ve got an app for that”? Well Tameside Council has scored a national first by providing an...

Date Online: 29/08/2010

Egypt delivers for Hyde manufacturer

A Manchester manufacturing company has completed new overseas orders of £86,000 despite the market conditions. Newland Engineering, based in Hyde,...

Date Online: 19/08/2010

Time called on cowboy scrap dealers

Time is being called on the activities of cowboy car scrap dealers. A loophole in vehicle licensing rules that has...

Date Online: 16/08/2010

Bar closed down following reports of violence

A bar has been forced to close its doors following reports of violence. Police asked for a review of the...

Date Online: 10/08/2010

Contractors appointed for Metrolink extensions

This week has been a landmark for Manchester’s Metrolink system as contractors were appointed to construct the new Metrolink line...

Date Online: 07/08/2010

Warning that construction sites aren’t child’s playgrounds

Building sites are not adventure playgrounds – that is the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) message to parents and children...

Date Online: 07/08/2010

Major blow for salary sacrifice and flexible benefit schemes

Today’s decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Astra Zeneca case could lead to significant VAT costs...

Date Online: 02/08/2010

Scapa made a positive start to its financial year

Scapa based at Ashton under Lyne, an adhesive tapes and film maker, said it had made a positive start to...

Date Online: 29/07/2010

North West projects hit by funding withdrawal

The Government has announced plans to replace Regional Development Agencies with Local Economic Partnerships. The North West Development Agency (NWDA)...

Date Online: 27/07/2010

Tameside worker suffers multiple injuries in fall

Three men have been fined at total of £5,000 after a Tameside worker suffered multiple injuries when he fell eight...

Date Online: 14/07/2010

French Student Tastes Life in Tameside

A French student got the chance to experience working life in the UK thanks to a Tameside business. Maite Magloire...

Date Online: 13/07/2010

Older taxis targeted in safety crackdown

Older and potentially run-down taxis and private-hire cars were targeted in a safety crackdown. Just two out of 18 vehicles...

Date Online: 13/07/2010

Safety drive on cabs

Older and potentially run-down taxis and private-hire cars are to be targeted in the latest round of spot safety checks....

Date Online: 08/07/2010

Fine for under-age sale

A shop assistant has been fined for selling cigarettes to a 14-year-old during a Tameside Trading Standards investigation. Tameside magistrates...

Date Online: 07/07/2010

Confidence in North West Manufacturing Grows

Confidence among North West manufacturers is growing according to the latest regional economic survey. Chambers of Commerce North West’s Quarterly...

Date Online: 06/07/2010

North West drivers sceptical of eco-friendly cars

A poll commissioned by the 2010 Bridgestone Eco Rally found that a quarter of people in the North West would...

Date Online: 02/07/2010

Hazards centre hit out at work place death figures

Greater Manchester Hazards Centre has hit out at figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) relating to deaths in...

Date Online: 02/07/2010

19 North West workers lose their lives at work

A total of 19 workers were killed at work in the North West between 1 April 2009 and 31 March...

Date Online: 30/06/2010

Tameside Wine Tasting

Denton architects Jennings Design Associates hosted a networking & wine tasting evening last week. The networking event, which was organised...

Date Online: 23/06/2010

Tameside firm in court after worker crushed

A factory in Ashton-under-Lyne has been fined £26,000 after one of its workers suffered major injuries when he became trapped...

Date Online: 23/06/2010

How will the Budget affect your business?

Business Link outline how the Budget, announced today, (Tuesday 22 June 2010) will affect businesses. Employers The Budget announces the...

Date Online: 22/06/2010

TUC budget reaction

VAT rises and cuts in public spending in the Chancellor’s budget will bring fear and anxiety to the North West,...

Date Online: 22/06/2010

Post Budget thoughts

RSM Tenon early reaction to the Emergency Budget. On any analysis the Budget which we have just heard was extraordinary....

Date Online: 22/06/2010

Bakery ordered to pay £8000 for breaches of Fire Safety rules

At Salford Magistrates on the 17 June two company directors representing Rahat Bakers Ltd, based in King Edward Buildings, Salford,...

Date Online: 21/06/2010

Pre Budget thoughts

In the last of their pre-Budget alerts RSM Tenon turn to personal taxes. The top rate of tax The 50%...

Date Online: 17/06/2010

Pilkington's Tiles group goes into administration

Pilkington's Tiles has a showroom and factory shop in Audenshaw, its main base at Clifton Junction, Salford, a factory and...

Date Online: 15/06/2010