Business

Building Society in Nantwich supports End Youth Homelessness Week

Building Society in Nantwich supports End Youth Homelessness Week

Staff at the Nantwich branch of Yorkshire Building Society are backing End Youth Homelessness Week by raising funds.

End Youth Homelessness (EYH) is a national movement to end homelessness among 16-25 year-olds in the UK.

May 15, 2018
South Cheshire firm FHL raises £1,640 for Donna Louise Children’s Hospice

South Cheshire firm FHL raises £1,640 for Donna Louise Children’s Hospice

South Cheshire firm FHL Cloud Solutions has raised £1,640 for The Donna Louise Children’s Hospice.

The FHL team, based in Crewe, raised the money over a 12-month period by organising events, casual dress days and donating proceeds from the company’s snack bar.

May 14, 2018
Shavington pensioner, 74, lands job as cycle mechanic in Crewe

Shavington pensioner, 74, lands job as cycle mechanic in Crewe

Shavington pensioner Dave Williams shows there is no age barrier to getting back in the work saddle!

The 74-year-old has just been appointed as a new cycle mechanic at Crewe-based Community Recycle Cycles shop and training service.

May 11, 2018
South Cheshire businesses told Crewe Green scheme will boost local economy

South Cheshire businesses told Crewe Green scheme will boost local economy

South Cheshire businesses have been told the major Crewe Green roundabout scheme will boost the local economy for years to come.

Members of the South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce have been updated on the £7.5 million scheme which will change the face of travel in the area.

May 5, 2018
South Cheshire mum hand delivers healthy meals to Crewe and Nantwich families

South Cheshire mum hand delivers healthy meals to Crewe and Nantwich families

A mum living in South Cheshire is making healthy meals and delivering them by hand to families across Crewe and Nantwich.

Sophie Castelain-Mazingarbe, born in France, has been in the kitchen cooking since she was a young girl growing up in a small village near Lille.

May 1, 2018
Boss of Musical Moments in Nantwich shortlisted for top business award

Boss of Musical Moments in Nantwich shortlisted for top business award

A former teacher who runs the ‘Musical Moments’ franchise in Nantwich has been shortlisted in the 2018 E3 Business Awards.

Vicky Thornton has been running her interactive musical sessions in care homes across Nantwich, Crewe and Stoke-on-Trent since 2016.

April 30, 2018
South Cheshire firm honoured with Queen’s Award for Enterprise

South Cheshire firm honoured with Queen’s Award for Enterprise

A South Cheshire pharmaceutical company has been recognised with one of the most prestigious business awards.

Boyds, a consultancy supporting pharmaceutical and biotech products and devices for patients, has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise, International Trade for Outstanding Short Term Growth in overseas sales for the last three years.

April 29, 2018
Bentley Motors set to get go ahead for Crewe site redevelopment

Bentley Motors set to get go ahead for Crewe site redevelopment

By Stephen Topping
Bentley Motors looks set to be given the green light by Cheshire East Council on its latest redevelopment plans for the Pyms Lane site in Crewe.

The firm, which employs thousands of people in Nantwich and Crewe, wants to build two, four-storey office blocks as part of its revamped campus.

April 24, 2018
Nantwich firm Living Pure Natural scoops global beauty award

Nantwich firm Living Pure Natural scoops global beauty award

A Nantwich firm has scooped a global beauty award for two of its natural beauty products.

The owners of Living Pure Natural have been honoured for their Diamond intensive hand cream and NEA face hydration cream products in the Beauty Shortlist Awards 2018.

April 23, 2018
Fifty Cheshire businesses linked to organised crime groups, police reveal

Fifty Cheshire businesses linked to organised crime groups, police reveal

By Jonathan Topping
Fifty businesses in Cheshire – all registered with Companies House – are connected to organised crime groups.

Det Chief Insp Chris Ankers, from Cheshire Police, revealed the shock number to members of Cheshire West and Chester Council’s health and wellbeing board.

April 20, 2018
Nantwich groups receive boost from Redrow community fund

Nantwich groups receive boost from Redrow community fund

Community groups in Nantwich are sharing a £10,000 community fund pot set up by house builders Redrow.

Organisations applied to the fund set up by the main developer of the new Kingsbourne housing development between the A51 and Waterlode in Nantwich.

April 19, 2018
Nantwich store Foundations shortlisted in High Street Hero awards

Nantwich store Foundations shortlisted in High Street Hero awards

Popular Nantwich store Foundations has been shortlisted in the national High Street Hero Small Awards.

The awards honour local businesses with their heart in the high street, who are active members of their community and have a proven track record of contributing to the success of their street.

April 14, 2018
South Cheshire firm TBM Rail wins national innovation award

South Cheshire firm TBM Rail wins national innovation award

South Cheshire firm TBM Rail has beaten off stiff competition to win a Product Innovation Award at a prestigious national railway awards.

The firm, on Marshfield Bank Business Park in Crewe, invested three years developing a slimline power socket with USB slots to help rail operators improve services for passengers.

April 13, 2018