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The secrets to business success
By Editor on August 27, 2015
The Business Club’s Autumn event will offer delegates an insight into the secrets behind developing a successful business. The Business Club, run by SAS Daniels...
Local company reports 50% turnover hike
By Editor on August 26, 2015
Macclesfield-based education finance software company, HCSS Education, has revealed ambitious new growth plans, which are set to create dozens of new jobs for the local area, following...
Macclesfield College Business Breakfast
By Editor on August 26, 2015
Macclesfield College’s next Business Breakfast Networking Event will take place on Friday 25th September 2015. This event will run from 7:30am – 9:00am in the College’s Silk Room Restaurant....
Dust the cause of the Bosley explosion?
By Editor on August 25, 2015
Dust looks increasingly likely to have caused the deadly explosion last month at Bosley Wood Treatment, after the Health & Safety Executive issued a ban on...
Missing Liverpool man may be in Macclesfield
By Editor on August 25, 2015
Residents are urged to look out for a missing man from Liverpool with connections to Macclesfield. Kevin Hughes from the Anfield area of the city...
Christ Church Heritage Open Day
By Editor on August 25, 2015
As part of the Heritage Open Days initiative, Christ Church will be hosting an Organ Recital. The church will be open to visitors on Saturday and Sunday...
‘No Bystanders’ campaign
By Editor on August 25, 2015
This week Chief Constable Simon Byrne, Deputy Chief Constable Janette McCormick and Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer have signed up to the Stonewall campaign...
What do you think about 101?
By Editor on August 25, 2015
The Home Office is asking members of the public to share their views on the national police non-emergency number, 101. The current 101 contract is...
BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow comes to Lyme Park
By Editor on August 25, 2015
Thursday, 10 September, 2015, 9.30am – 4.30pm It’s time to dust off your treasures as BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow comes to Lyme Park. Some of Britain’s leading...
Health Matters – a series of talks at Macclesfield Hospital
By Editor on August 25, 2015
The next talk in the Health Matters programme will be held on Tuesday 8th September 2015 and will be presented by Derrick Siau, Consultant ENT Surgeon and Rhinology Specialist. Mr...
Russian State Ballet – live on-stage in Buxton
By Editor on August 24, 2015
The renowned Russian State Ballet is in town with Verdi’s La Traviata, one of the most popular operas of all time. The production (at Buxton Opera House...
What’s On at Cinemac
By Editor on August 24, 2015
Cinemac Heritage Centre , Roe Street , Macclesfield SK11 6UT Recorded Information: 01625 423535 Enquiries: 07871 422937 Monday 24 August to Thursday 10 September Our National Theatre Live presentation of Hamlet with Benedict...
Bay Leaf planning application – our response
By Editor on August 24, 2015
We’ve sent this email out to all the Northern Planning committee members – in the hope that common sense prevails and the application is refused....
Celebs and ex-pro football stars join forces to help Bosley
By Editor on August 23, 2015
A host of ex-professional footballers and celebrities will take to the field at Macclesfield Town’s Moss Rose stadium next month to raise money for the...
It’s not just Coare Street that has traffic issues
By Editor on August 23, 2015
The former Mayor of Macclesfield and landlord of The British Flag on Coare Street has hit out at Cheshire East Council for failing to act...
Prestbury’s problems blamed on celebrity residents
By Editor on August 23, 2015
Prestbury is a firm favourite among footballers and soap stars, but the village is far from thriving. And Prestbury residents blame the celebrities for forcing...
Smoke alarms alert occupier to kitchen fire
By Editor on August 23, 2015
Two fire engines from Macclesfield fire station attended a cooker fire in the kitchen of a flat on the ground floor of a building on Percyvale Sreet. Firefighters used...
Sam Sweeney’s Fiddle: Made in the Great War
By Editor on August 22, 2015
Six years ago Sam Sweeney, fiddle player with Bellowhead, bought a violin in Oxford. It had all the appearance of a new instrument but the label inside...
American Bluegrass star heading for Buxton
By Editor on August 22, 2015
Buxton Opera House is offering a musical treat to kick off the August bank holiday. Dolly Parton collaborator, GRAMMY nominated Claire Lynch will be bringing...
Doc (Joe Hawkins) Brown
By Editor on August 22, 2015
Doc Brown star of the hit US show Law and Order is set to bring his seamless mix of hip-hop and stand-up to the Pavilion...