Failure to come forward means the late payment epidemic will continue, says Forum of Private Business The Forum of Private Business is calling on all smaller suppliers to anonymously ‘name and shame’ late paying companies. Many suppliers fear that speaking out individually will lead to unwelcome reprisals and cost them business, but via its Late [...]
One Home Farm resident is tickled pink with her recent brush with fame. Tatton Violet, a lovely russett Red Poll heifer came top of her class at last week’s Cheshire Show. Two year old heifer Tatton Violet won her class (against cows of a similar age) and was also awarded ‘Reserve Champion Red Poll.’ This [...]
Saturday, July 9 marks the start of the much anticipated Summer Reading Challenge in Cheshire East. This year’s theme is ‘Circus stars’. The challenge is organised by the Reading Agency. The summer-long event calls on children aged four to 12 to read at least six books from their local library. The challenge, which is free to [...]
Friday lunchtime (24th June) saw the Gusto Knutsford team raise over £200 for The Christie in a little over an hour! Donating his time for the cause was Matt Windsor – Magician & Pickpocket, on hand to entertain guests whilst they ate. A selection of great Raffle prizes where donated by generous local businesses – Knutsford [...]
Local children’s charity, The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust, were blown away by the total raised at their 7th Annual Ladies Lunch which was held at The Mere on Friday 17th June. Thanks to their generous supporters, the charity smashed their 2010 figure by a massive £9,000 raising a phenomenal £26,000! Corrie star, and charity Patron, [...]
Knutsford residents are benefitting from a positive working partnership between their two local councils. Cheshire East and Knutsford Town councils have developed a community resilience plan, which is designed to protect the town’s people in major emergencies and serious incidents. The emergency planning team at Cheshire East believes it is important for town and parish [...]
ORGANISERS of this year’s Cheshire County Show believe more than 40,000 visitors attended the first day of the agricultural event. Morning ticket sales on the gates were up 10% on last year and thousands of people had pre-booked their entry onto the Tabley showground near Knutsford, Cheshire. “Although the weather was showery in the morning [...]
At a special public Town Council meeting to be held on Monday 27 June, Knutsford’s Town Councillors will discuss the merits of taking over ownership and operation of a number of local services currently operated by Cheshire East Council. As Cheshire East look to prioritise its statutory services under current financial restraints, there is now [...]
The Forum of Private Business and Business Scene have joined forces to create a new kind of event bringing together networking opportunities and a range of support services to help small businesses develop and grow. As part of the not-for-profit Forum’s Development Director business support solution paying members are being given free, unlimited access to [...]
