Business

Nantwich travel agent sells 45 branches of company to Hays Travel

Nantwich travel agent sells 45 branches of company to Hays Travel

A travel agent from Nantwich says all 300 jobs are safe after all but one of his 46 branches in the North West and North Wales were acquired by a tourism industry leader.

Don Bircham says he will continue to run the very first branch he set up in Mold with his wife Ruth back in 2000 after selling the rest to Hays Travel, the largest independent travel agency in the UK.

September 18, 2023
Award-winning florists open new store in Tarporley

Award-winning florists open new store in Tarporley

Two nationally recognised florists are bringing flower power back to Tarporley’s High Street by returning a shop back to its floral traditions.

Zoe Hall, 39 from Tarporley, and Sarah Harry, 40, from Chester, opened their first florist ‘Bramble Blooms’ in Beeston in 2019.

September 12, 2023
Europa House on Crewe Business Park sold for £595k

Europa House on Crewe Business Park sold for £595k

Legat Owen, acting on behalf of PAGG Properties, has sold Europa House on Crewe Business Park to Sercon Limited for £595,000.

The announcement follows the sale of Electra House also for PAGG Properties last year to Bond Estates, the investment arm of H. W. Coates Ltd, for an undisclosed sum.

September 11, 2023
Nantwich cheese firm takes biscuit by scooping Great Taste award

Nantwich cheese firm takes biscuit by scooping Great Taste award

Nantwich firm The Cheshire Cheese Company has been awarded a Great Taste award – for one of its biscuit products!

It scooped the honour for its tasty “Black Bob Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese Biscuits”.

September 6, 2023
Bentley Motors launches new “immersive” factory tours

Bentley Motors launches new “immersive” factory tours

Customers at Bentley Motors in Crewe can engage in new immersive, innovative and digital tours which have launched this month.

They will be able to create their own Bentley design as well as undertake a digitally immersive, 3D lineage experience that will bring the story of Bentley’s history to life.

September 5, 2023
SW28092022.

Nantwich firms make “Taste Cheshire Food and Drink Awards” shortlist

A number of outlets in and around Nantwich have made the final shortlist in the The Taste Cheshire Food and Drink Awards 2023.

Organisers say they have received a record number of votes from the public, exceeding 59,000.

September 4, 2023
Nag’s Head at Haughton makes “Good Food Guide” year after re-opening

Nag’s Head at Haughton makes “Good Food Guide” year after re-opening

Popular country pub the Nag’s Head near Nantwich has made the Good Food Guide just a year after it was refurbished and reopened.

Market Operations Ltd bought the Nag’s Head in Haughton in 2022 just as it was about to be knocked down for housing.

September 4, 2023
Nantwich distribution firm Boughey launches first electric vehicle

Nantwich distribution firm Boughey launches first electric vehicle

Nantwich firm Boughey Distribution has unveiled its first electric vehicle, the Volvo FE Electric.

It is now fully-operational in the company’s Palletline fleet.

August 31, 2023
South Cheshire Chamber Business Awards 2023 get underway

South Cheshire Chamber Business Awards 2023 get underway

South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce has unveiled a new-look awards scheme which this year invites the public to nominate the area’s leading business ambassador online.

The Chamber Business Awards 2023 are now open for entries ahead of an Oscars-style ceremony at Reaseheath College on November 24.

August 30, 2023
Double win for Nantwich home beauty salon

Double win for Nantwich home beauty salon

Nantwich beauty therapist Julie Barton has been awarded Gold for the “2023 North West Home Salon of the Year”.

Julie also scooped 2023 National Gold Winner ahead of 59 finalists throughout nine regions in the UK.

August 27, 2023
Cymphony staff are sky-high after charity fundraiser

Cymphony staff are sky-high after charity fundraiser

Staff at South Cheshire business Cymphony reached for the skies to support a local charity.

Employees from the Crewe firm took part in a charity challenge to help raise funds for St Luke’s Hospice.

August 22, 2023
Nantwich firm Boughey Distribution post 13% rise in revenue

Nantwich firm Boughey Distribution post 13% rise in revenue

Nantwich storage and distribution firm Boughey Distribution have posted financial results which show a 13.3% increase in revenue.

Figures show revenue is up to £70.9 million (2022/23) from £62.6 million for the previous year (2021/22)

August 21, 2023
Kennedy’s diner opens new outlet in Crewe Market Hall

Kennedy’s diner opens new outlet in Crewe Market Hall

The owners of Kennedy’s American diner in Nantwich have opened a new outlet in Crewe Market Hall.

Kennedy’s Crewe will offer visitors home-cooked US-themed food including bagels, hot ciabattas, small plates, chicken wings, deserts, home-made milkshakes and American-style canned drinks.

August 19, 2023