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FEATURE: Creating the right company culture: Encouraging teamwork & collaboration

FEATURE: Creating the right company culture: Encouraging teamwork & collaboration

Striving to achieve a positive company culture should be a priority for all managers and business owners.

Teamwork and collaboration are part and parcel of a positive work culture and vice versa because you really can’t have one without the other.

May 25, 2023
Nantwich Town “Player of the Season” Bourne signs new contract

Nantwich Town “Player of the Season” Bourne signs new contract

By Liam Price
Nantwich Town’s 2023 Players’, Manager’s and Supporters’ Player of the Season Troy Bourne has signed a new contract.

Bourne will be staying with the Dabbers for at least the new 2023-24 season.

May 25, 2023
Leighton Hospital to be fully redeveloped, Government confirms

Leighton Hospital to be fully redeveloped, Government confirms

Leighton Hospital is to be fully redeveloped at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds, the Government has announced.

The South Cheshire hospital is one of a number which will be part of the £20 Billion hospital building programme.

May 25, 2023
Nantwich Town hosts charity game for coach’s Christie fundraiser

Nantwich Town hosts charity game for coach’s Christie fundraiser

Nantwich Town hosted a special charity match to raise funds for The Christie cancer hospital.

It was organised by Ryan Jones, a first team coach for the Dabbers Ladies team, whose dad Allan has been undergoing cancer treatment at The Christie.

May 25, 2023
Cheshire East Council appoints new committee chairs and vice-chairs

Cheshire East Council appoints new committee chairs and vice-chairs

Cheshire East Council has announced the chairs and vice-chairs of its service committees following the May 4 elections.

Elected councillors will hold the following positions.

May 25, 2023
Nantwich Running Club supports local Parkruns

Nantwich Running Club supports local Parkruns

By Jonathan White
Members of Nantwich Running Club are supporting local Parkruns by attending one each month.

A parkrun is a free, weekly, timed 5km run that takes place in parks and open spaces around the world.

May 25, 2023
Peacock Railway open day raises vital funds for another club

Peacock Railway open day raises vital funds for another club

By Jonathan White
A special open day of miniature-gauge train rides at the Peacock Railway in Nantwich has raised vital funds for a similar club in need of help.

The rides were organised by the members of the South Cheshire Model Engineering Society at the rear of The Peacock Inn in Willaston.

May 25, 2023
Nantwich Town FC 3G fundraiser reaches £400,000 in just 10 days

Nantwich Town FC 3G fundraiser reaches £400,000 in just 10 days

Nantwich Town bosses have hailed their local community after reaching £400,000 towards its 3G pitch “shares” fundraiser in just 10 days.

But they are still £350,000 short of their overall target and are appealing for as many people and businesses as possible to help.

May 25, 2023
County line drug dealers jailed for supplying drugs in Crewe

County line drug dealers jailed for supplying drugs in Crewe

Two county lines drug dealers from South Cheshire have been jailed for their role in the supply of illegal drugs in Crewe.

Jordan Taylor, of Rotary Way, Shavington, and Steven Atkinson, of Gresty Road, Crewe, were sentenced at Chester Crown Court to a combined total of 13 years and one month.

May 24, 2023
Bunbury 25-homes development bid backed by CEC planners

Bunbury 25-homes development bid backed by CEC planners

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East planners have recommended approval for up to 25 entry-level homes on a Bunbury site where permission for 15 homes was refused less than two years ago.

In July 2021 the southern planning committee turned down an application from Roger Ryder to demolish a house called Parkside, on Bunbury Lane, and build 15 homes on the land.

May 24, 2023
Schools across Cheshire East to receive Govt repairs funding

Schools across Cheshire East to receive Govt repairs funding

By Mark Smith, local democracy reporter
Schools across Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester are to receive Government cash to carry out repairs and upgrades.

The condition improvement funding will see a £456 million pot of cash earmarked for 1,000 projects up and down the country.

May 24, 2023
Thieves try to steal artificial pitch from Shavington soccer centre

Thieves try to steal artificial pitch from Shavington soccer centre

Thieves broke in to the Alexandra Soccer Centre and tried to steal a large section of an artificial pitch, police say.

The break in happened at the centre on Crewe Road in Shavington at the weekend.

May 24, 2023
The Very Best in Stand Up returns to Nantwich Civic

The Very Best in Stand Up returns to Nantwich Civic

The Very Best In Stand Up live comedy returns to Nantwich on Friday June 2 for the final show of the current season.

And the organisers have lined up a top line-up before the event takes a break until September.

May 24, 2023