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Thorneycroft Solicitors support Carol Concert in aid of The Christie

Thorneycroft Solicitors support Carol Concert in aid of The Christie

Chamber Patrons, Thorneycroft Solicitors, have been supporting some fantastic causes over the course of the Christmas period including sponsoring The Christie’s first-ever Macclesfield Christmas Carol Concert.

The concert took place at Macclesfield’s St Michael & All Angel Church on Tuesday 17th December and saw over 400 guests attend the yule-tide extravaganza from the local community,  as well as local businesses and organisations.

Radio presenter Mark Radcliffe was the host for the evening and guests enjoyed a fantastic evening of live music in aid of an amazing cause, with singer Katherine Farrow, Fallibroome Academy Choir and the Macclesfield Youth Brass band all performing throughout the evening.

The Christie charity is currently looking to raise £23 million in order to fund the new centre, which will enable more than 1,500 existing cancer patients to receive the outstanding cancer care that The Christie provide, much closer to home.  All proceeds from the concert will go towards The Christie at Macclesfield.

The new centre in Macclesfield will reduce the travel time for those who require cancer care and give those in the East Cheshire area more opportunities to take part in clinical trials.

Thorneycroft Solicitors are immensely proud to be able to continue to show their support for The Christie and help those in their local community.

North East Cheshire Business Awards … oh what a night!

North East Cheshire Business Awards … oh what a night!

Oh … what a night it was!

The fantastic North East Cheshire Business Awards Gala Dinner was held at The Mere Golf Resort & Spa on 8 November, and what a night it was!

Businesses across Knutsford, Macclesfield and Wilmslow picked up  gold, silver and bronze awards in twelve categories and the winners were:

Business of the Year £1M+ sponsored by SAS Daniels

Gold – Illingworth Research Group,  Silver – Macclesfield College,  Bronze – Derek Gough Associates

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Team of the Year sponsored by Harts Chartered Accountants

Gold – Maxim Business Training,  Silver – Pinches Medical & Wellbeing,  Bronze – Pro-Football Academy

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Best Company To Work For sponsored by AstraZeneca

Gold – The Rossendale Trust,  joint Silver – Equilibrium Asset Management and Everybody Sport & Recreation

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Science & Innovation sponsored by Waters

Gold – AER Electric,  Silver – Pinches Medical & Wellbeing,  Bronze – Cevitr

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Small Business of the Year sponsored by Williams & Crosby

Gold – Pro-Football Academy,  Silver – Kutchenhaus Wilmslow,  joint Bronze – Henbury Travel and Manchester Staff

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Excellence in Customer Service sponsored by Fabric IT

Gold – The Mere Golf Resort & Spa,  Silver – Equilibrium Asset Management,  Bronze – The Cottons Hotel

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Best Creative Campaign sponsored by Big Brand Ideas

Gold – Context Public Relations,  Silver – Boxed Red Marketing

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Workplace Health & Wellbeing

Gold – Equilibrium Asset Management,  Silver – The Rossendale Trust,  Bronze – Momentum Instore

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Business Person of the Year sponsored by Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership

Gold – Rachel Kay (Macclesfield College),  Silver – Ruth Chapman (Gymfinity)

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Start-Up Business of the Year sponsored by North Cheshire Chamber of Commerce

Gold – Synergy Recruitment,  Silver – Farm Made Tearooms,  Bronze – Rolph & Co

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Apprentice of the Year sponsored by Macclesfield College

Gold – Nick Wilkinson (Derek Gough Associates),  Silver – Nicola Oakes (East Cheshire NHS Trust)

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Charity of the Year

Gold – The Clink Restaurant Styal,  Silver – East Cheshire Hospice,  Bronze – The Christie

 

 

 

Chamber welcomes Fabric IT as newest Patron

Chamber welcomes Fabric IT as newest Patron

Fabric IT have committed to supporting North Cheshire Chamber of Commerce and local businesses through the Patronage Scheme. This follows on from the recent success of being in the top 100 Fastest Growing Technology Companies at the Northern Tech Awards 2019.

Sales Director, Carl Enser at Fabric IT, said “We are delighted to become patrons of our local Chamber, we look forward to working with the Chamber in helping local businesses to grow and prosper in any way we can. Fabric IT have been part of the Macclesfield business community since 1993 and we all felt this was a great way to raise our profile as an exciting local business”

The Patronage Scheme provides an elevated status within the Chamber community by demonstrating support for the Chamber itself and the work it does to support local business, plus a range of benefits including extensive brand awareness, credibility, high profile networking and influencing policy.

North Cheshire Chamber have also signed a new fixed price managed services contract with Fabric IT. The agreement includes unlimited IT support, core infrastructure monitoring and access to an online tech training portal for all staff.

Sue Bowden, Chief Executive at North Cheshire Chamber, commented “The Chamber is delighted to have Fabric IT on board as the newest addition to its exclusive Patron Scheme.  The scheme is available to just one company from each business sector and Fabric IT are a perfect fit with our existing patrons – AstraZeneca, Big Brand Ideas, Harts, Skills & Growth Co, Thorneycroft Solicitors.

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What a “smashing” event!

What a “smashing” event!

The Chamber’s recent network event with Macclesfield Tennis Club was a smash hit and was the perfect prelude to Wimbledon – we had a great crowd of people, the sun shone in perfect harmony with the green courts, the strawberries and cream were delicious, the prosecco flowed, and the tennis was unexpectedly good … not that we doubted it!
Martin Todd, Chairman of the tennis club, gave an potted history of the club which is one of the oldest in Cheshire and is a little hidden gem tucked away in the corner of the Learning Zone campus.  The club welcomes new members and Martin announced a special offer on membership to Chamber members – so if you fancy donning your whites and picking up your racket, talk to Martin or coach, Colin Grant, down at the club on 01625 427 635.
Active Cheshire also joined us to promote the huge benefits of introducing health and wellbeing into the workplace, and how encouraging your employees to get physically active is becoming almost as important as annual leave. Active Cheshire offer a Workplace pledge as a free service, so if you’d like to know more about introducing a health and wellbeing culture into your workplace, contact Nont Lamkamphaeng at nont@activecheshire.org or call 07540 121706.
Macclesfield Tennis Club have an open day on Saturday 15 May and everyone is welcome!

 

 

Keeping the dream alive!

Keeping the dream alive!

The North East Cheshire Business Awards Winners Lunch kept the celebration going when Gold award winners and sponsors were invited by North Cheshire Chamber to re-live that fabulous night back in November. The celebratory lunch  took place at Charles Roe House, home of Pinches Medical & Wellbeing and winners of the Start Up category, to share experiences of being a Gold winner and the benefits that winning has brought to their business, the impact it has had on their team and how it has “put them on the map”.
Sponsors Melissa Bowers from Harts Chartered Accountants and Justine Clowes from SAS Daniels LLP talked about their involvement and why it was so important to be involved with such a prestigious local business event and the benefits being involved with such an event brings.  Graeme Bristow, Site Leader at AstraZeneca and Local Enterprise partnership board member, said what a fascinating process it had been when judging AstraZeneca’s own award category and what fantastic companies there are in North Cheshire, and how much he looked forward to this year!
The 2019 awards will again be in November and will open for entry in August 2019 – to keep in touch with the latest awards news @necbawards.

 

 

Speed networking at The Button Warehouse

Speed networking at The Button Warehouse

As predicted, the pace was fast and furious at our speed networking event at The Button Warehouse in
Macclesfield when sixteen people raced against the clock to introduce their business in just two minutes !
This really popular format for networking never fails because everyone who attends gets the dedicated
attention of everyone else in the room – it’s hard work but fun, and there was always the drink and canapes
to look forward to!
Tucked away in an alleyway just off Chestergate, licensed cafe/bar The Button Warehouse is quickly
becoming known for its wide variety of offerings – from a cake and coffee, a quick bite at lunchtime, or
an after-work drink and nibbles, as well as its popular comedy nights, music gigs and soon pop-up
restaurant plus the walls are adorned with some stunning local photography by multi-talented owner
Simon Brown available to buy.