Business

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
Nantwich solicitor Keith Cutler marks decade with Hibberts

Nantwich solicitor Keith Cutler marks decade with Hibberts

Solicitor advocate Keith Cutler has marked 10 years in the commercial department of leading Nantwich solicitors Hibberts.

Keith, now based in the company’s Crewe office, has spent time in the Nantwich and Tarporley offices and is known for building strong relationships with his loyal client base.

April 11, 2018
Bentley Motors union members in Crewe back strike action over pension change plan

Bentley Motors union members in Crewe back strike action over pension change plan

Workers at Bentley Motors in Crewe have backed industrial action over plans to close their defined pension scheme, union bosses have said.

Unite union members at the luxury car maker’s South Cheshire headquarters took part in a consultative ballot with a 98% result in favour of strike action.

April 10, 2018
Bargain Booze brand sold to Bestway as part of £7 million deal

Bargain Booze brand sold to Bestway as part of £7 million deal

Bargain Booze, with several South Cheshire stores, has been sold by struggling owner Conviviality to wholesaler Bestway.

The brand has been sold along with Wine Rack in a £7 million deal which could help safeguard 2,000 jobs.

April 6, 2018
Nantwich businesses honoured at 2018 Taste Cheshire Awards

Nantwich businesses honoured at 2018 Taste Cheshire Awards

Several businesses in and around Nantwich were honoured at the 2018 Taste Cheshire Awards.

More than 40,000 votes were cast by customers of venues right across Cheshire, with a short list in each category then mystery dined and shopped by industry experts to find out the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners.

April 5, 2018
Firenze restaurant in Nantwich to close for refurbishment

Firenze restaurant in Nantwich to close for refurbishment

Italian restaurant Firenze in Nantwich is to undergo a refurbishment – and will no longer be an Italian!

Bosses of the Welsh Row venue are to close the restaurant for two weeks later this month to carry out the revamp.

April 4, 2018