A free service to help separating parents in Nantwich and Crewe has helped more than 100 families in just 12 months. The Family Matters scheme, based at local firm Hall Smith Whittingham on Nantwich Road, celebrates a one-year anniversary.
Young business brains in Nantwich and Crewe are being urged to enter a new competition – with a £5k prize up for grabs. The campaign, backed by South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce, is targeting 18-25 years olds living in a 10-mile radius of Crewe or Nantwich.
A Nantwich firm is to stage a free website workshop for local start-up businesses. Surefire Media is staging the event on Thursday June 5 at Regents House, on Beam Heath Way, Nantwich.
South Cheshire-based Up and Under Foundation is to stage the 2014 Foundation Rides in aid of disadvantaged youngsters. Cyclist and businesses from around Nantwich and Crewe will join together on June 8 for the fund-raiser.
Peckforton Castle near Nantwich has been highly commended at the prestigious VisitEngland 2014 Awards. The venue earned the honour in the Large Hotel of the Year category.
A South Cheshire farming company has been fined £50,000 after a young dad was killed when a 1.5 tonne concrete panel fell on him. Sean Bennett was helping to build a new cowshed at Yew Tree Farm, off the A530 Nantwich Road near Middlewich, when tragedy struck.
A packed Nantwich Civic Hall welcomed in the new Mayor of Nantwich, Cllr Christine Farrall. The former headteacher was sworn in as the town council’s new chair, taking over from outgoing mayor Cllr John Lewis.
An L.S. Lowry painting sold for an amazing £39,000 at art auction in Nantwich. A trade buyer snapped up the iconic “People on a Promenade” felt tip pen and pencil sketch during the two-day sale at Peter Wilson auctioneers on Market Street.
Celebrity chef Nigel Haworth is to open a new dining pub in a village between Nantwich and Chester. Haworth hopes The Nag’s Head at Haughton Moss, near Tarporley, will become a famous dining experience, and has helped create 35 new jobs for the area.
Organisers of the Nantwich Food and Drink Festival have issued a plea for volunteers to help at this year’s event. The three-day festival, in September, attracts thousands of people to the town.
Trading standards officers in Crewe and Nantwich sent out a stern warning to rogue traders after prosecuting a driveways businessman. Lee Potter, 34, of Eardswick Lane, Minshull Vernon, pleaded guilty to five offences of fraudulent trading under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations Act.
South Cheshire College has forged new links with a Nantwich-based social media marketing company. Momentum Factor Europe is to have a permanent base at the college’s Crewe campus, moving from its Stapeley office.
A Nantwich woman is among hundreds of unemployed in Cheshire who have been helped to become their own boss. Janice Wycherley’s start-up business benefited from advice and support of Blue Orchid’s business advisors.
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