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Parcel2Go announce corporate partnership with Against Breast Cancer

Sam Whitear
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Bolton-based, Parcel2Go, the UK’s biggest parcel comparison site has announced a corporate partnership with the charity Against Breast Cancer to help support their central work and research in seeking a vaccine against breast cancer.

The partnership, which launched last week will see Parcel2Go provide logistical support to Against Breast Cancer to bolster their fundraising initiatives by providing shipping for items sold on their eBay store.

Parcel2Go’s Managing Director, Adam Harris said: “We are delighted to be in partnership with Against Breast Cancer, and to be supporting their important work and research. Breast cancer affects a huge number of women within the UK and supporting Against Breast Cancer is a great fit for our Corporate Social Responsibility work. CSR is an increasingly important part of our work, and we feel proud to be able to contribute logistical support to Against Breast Cancer’s awareness and fundraising initiatives. We look forward to working with them going forward and make a small contribution towards their overall mission to find a vaccine against breast cancer”.

Parcel2Go’s support for Against Breast Cancer will allow funds previously spent on logistics to be redirected towards research and other more impactful avenues. For Parcel2Go, it allows them to provide support to a great UK based charity carrying out incredibly important research for the greater good.

New partner and litigation specialist for Primas Law

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Manchester law firm Primas Law has appointed experienced commercial litigator Daniel Thomas as a partner and head of its litigation team.

Daniel joins the firm – which also has offices in Cheshire and London – from Blackstone Solicitors where he was a partner.

Specialising in all aspects of commercial litigation, Daniel will oversee the ongoing development of the litigation department at Primas Law.

Adam Kerr, senior partner at Primas Law, said: “We’re a growing firm and want to make sure we stay at the forefront of a legal market that continues to see huge changes.

“Daniel is an experienced lawyer who shares our outcomes-focused approach to helping clients achieve the best possible results. He will be a real asset as we grow the department and develop new services within our dispute resolution offering.”

Daniel said: “Primas is a firm on the up and has an excellent reputation and great clients. The firm is well known in its core areas of corporate, commercial and real estate work.

“It also has a quality litigation offering and I want to help the firm become more widely known for this across the region and beyond.”

Primas Law’s litigation team specialises in handling a broad range of matters, including contract disputes, partnership disputes, property disputes, shareholder and director disputes, intellectual property, fraud and insolvency disputes.

Founded in 2013 by Adam Kerr, Primas Law has an 18-strong team working across its Cheshire, Manchester and London offices.

Adidas and B&M Waste collaborate for World Earth Day

Sam Whitear
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As part of their commitment to keeping Manchester clean and their World Earth Day commitment, B&M Waste and a team of volunteers from Adidas and volunteer group, the Sale Wombles took part in a litter pick along the towpath of Bridgewater Canal on Trafford Park in Manchester.

This area of outstanding beauty is used by the public, which when littered with rubbish takes away from the natural beauty of the area, while also damaging the wildlife living there.

The wonderful team of volunteers gave up a few hours of their working day to clear bottles, crisp packets, cans, plastic bags and other rubbish from the area into bin bags.

The waste was then taken to B&M’s Trafford Park Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) processing facility. Materials such as cardboard, wood and metals are then recycled, while all non-recyclable waste is compacted into bales, then wrapped and transported to a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) site.

The thermal energy is then recovered to produce electricity and steam is generated for a local district heating system. This ensures as much waste as possible is diverted from landfill, and is therefore less damaging to the environment.

This has improved the area, and the journeys for all who use it making the area ssafer and more appealing.

Richard Hall, Maintenance Specialist at Adidas said: “What a great morning we had! Before and after photos show what we achieved.  Thanks to everyone that took part, it’s really made a visible difference!”

Graham Curtis, Director at B&M Waste Services commented “It is great to work with customers to tidy up the local public environment. Adidas and the Sale Wombles are a great team of people and it is a great project for us to be a part of. With the law now imposing a fine of up to £150 when caught littering, we hope the area will remain as clean and clear as it now is today.”

Surveyors get on their bikes for epic highland challenge

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Two colleagues from property consultancy, Cushman & Wakefield’s Manchester office are set to undertake a gruelling bike ride which will see them cycle around the Scottish Highlands non-stop.

Matthew Wackett and Rob Prescott, both based in Manchester, are hoping to raise £10,000 for The Seashell Trust, a Manchester-based charity which supports children and young adults with complex and severe learning disabilities.

The ride will start on 14 July and follows the North Coast 500 route, a 518-mile route which skirts around the rugged coastline of the Scottish Highlands. It is expected that Matthew and Rob will be riding for around 35 – 40 hours in total with only minimal stops to re-supply food and water.

They will begin their challenge at Inverness Castle and will take in the villages and towns of Ullapool, Durness, John O’Groats and Dornoch, following a route that adventure cyclist Mark Beaumont and ex-professional cyclist James McCullum have both taken to complete the challenge.

Matthew Wackett said: “As daunting and physically and mentally demanding as this challenge is likely to be, the prospect of seeing those children at The Seashell Trust benefit from the money raised will make it all worthwhile.”

Rob Prescott added: “I’ve never contemplated doing anything like this before and I’m still trying to get my head around the distance, but that’s part of the attraction of this challenge!”

Apartments and retail plan to transform redundant Chorlton office building

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North West builder Construction Partnership UK (CPUK) has negotiated a £2.3 million contract to transform redundant council offices in Chorlton, near Manchester.

Manchester developer, Newpark Group & Retail Property Investments are bringing the 1960s building at 102 Manchester Road back to life with a mixed use scheme that will enhance the neighbourhood.

CPUK has begun work on site to create three new retail units at street level with 22 one and two bedroom apartments on the upper floors.

Steve Burke, managing director of CPUK, said: “The existing building is on the main road and is bounded on both sides by busy retail businesses and a car park.

“Due to this and the restrictive nature of the site, close liaison with the surrounding businesses is essential.

“The project is to form new retail units on the ground floor, including a new fully glazed curtain walled shop front to Manchester Road, with café seating behind a glazed balustrade to the front apron.

“The existing roof will be removed and we are building an additional new fourth storey which will be light weight construction and clad externally with zinc.

“The existing building will be fully refurbished to provide apartments, all existing façades will be enhanced including the replacement of all windows. The apartments will be serviced by a newly refurbished service core which includes a new lift accessing all upper floors.

“The building has secure parking and services to the ground floor retail units.”

Newpark Group & Retail Property Investments bought the former council office building in August 2016 and, with work now begun on site, expects the project to complete by the end of 2018.

Manchester Road in Chorlton is a bustling street with a range of retail businesses including Barbakan Delicatessen and Bakery and the Unicorn Grocery Workers’ Co-operative.

CPUK is currently on site with a £2.98 million apartment scheme in one of the last remaining vacant plots in Chapel Street, Salford, building the Albert Vaults, an eight storey building with 25 apartments and a commercial unit on the site of the former Albert Vaults pub, close to Salford Central Station and just a short walk into Manchester city centre.

CPUK Group is one of the North West’s leading independent building and civil engineering companies with an annual turnover of £50 million.

Founded in March 2000, the business operates from purpose-built headquarters at White Moss Business Park in Skelmersdale.

It enjoys an exceptional reputation in the fields of Traditional and Design and Build construction schemes with more than 80% of contracts undertaken on a repeat business basis with blue chip clients.

CPUK Group also includes a Civils & Remediation division, which means the company is now offering a full in-house construction and development service to clients – from demolition and site remediation to building work – all based at CPUK’s headquarters in Skelmersdale.

CPUK Group has achieved Investors in People Status and is Constructionline and CHAS accredited for major schemes in excess of £5 million.

NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards Announces Ingenico Group as E-commerce Partner

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The French-based company is the global leader in seamless payments, providing smart, trusted and secure solutions to empower commerce across all channels, in-store, online and mobile.

Ingenico joins the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards as it embarks on its sixth year, acknowledging and celebrating the hard work and inspiring stories of British entrepreneurs and businesses in Great Britain.

The Awards have celebrated some outstanding entrepreneurs who have gone on to become household names, including: Julie Deane OBE of Cambridge Satchel Company, James Watt of BrewDog, Shaun Pulfrey of Tangle Teezer, and Hannah & Sophie Pycroft of Spectrum Collections.

With continued support from NatWest, the 2018 programme will see the awards held in five cities – Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London and Manchester.

Co-Founder of the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards, Francesca James, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Ingenico Group for this year’s Awards programme as our first e-commerce partner.

“E-commerce is a vital element of business growth for so many of the entrepreneurs that enter the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards, so we’re incredibly excited to have a partner with the stature and experience of Ingenico in that space.”

Marc Birkner, Managing Director, Small and Medium Businesses, Ingenico Group, said: “The Great British Entrepreneur Awards has a knack for picking out those small businesses that go on to become household names and international successes. By supporting the Awards, we want to champion their success, celebrating the people that made it happen and helping more entrepreneurs reach their potential.

“Businesses don’t exist without entrepreneurship. Every company began with someone spotting an opportunity, taking on the risk and working hard to achieve success. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of our economy and thanks to technology they are better equipped than ever to take on larger competitors and export their talents across the globe.”

Following a hugely successful 2017 programme, the Awards are now open for entries in 2018. National finals will be held in Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Manchester, and London, and will celebrate entrepreneurship across 12 categories including Start-Up, Creative Industries, Innovation and Young.

New early-warning device to detect infection in dialysis patients completes successful clinical pilot in Manchester

Sam Whitear
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An innovative solution designed to identify infection in dialysis patients has completed a successful pilot clinical investigation following a funding award from Health Innovation Manchester.

Manchester-based medical device company Microbiosensor, secured £50,000 from the Energise Innovation Fund in 2016 to pilot their PD Safe device in Manchester.

The PD Safe is aimed at those on peritoneal dialysis therapy (PD) and acts as an early warning system for peritonitis, an infection that can prove fatal if left untreated.

PD is the lowest cost and least lifestyle compromising form of renal dialysis available in the UK, however less than 10 per cent of patients on renal replacement therapy are on PD, with an average therapy duration of only five years.

Recurrent infections are a major cause of technique failure of PD and current best practice relies on patient’s self-reporting possible symptoms of infection — abdominal pain, fever and visually checking a clear plastic waste bag for signs of cloudiness in their PD waste.

However, as the symptoms are not specific and not detectable until an infection has become well-established, patients can find making a judgement stressful and difficult – leading to a delay in time to diagnosis and treatment.

The PD Safe aims to overcome this issue by plugging into existing PD waste fluid tubing and flagging an emerging infection at a pre-symptomatic stage via a simple colour change in a readout window.

The device uses a small dialysis waste sample from the patient to fill a series of reaction chambers containing chemicals which can detect bacteria and provide a rapid, clear colour change to alert the user to the infection.

Following the funding award, Microbiosensor have completed a successful pilot clinical investigation of the PD Safe device at the Manchester Royal Infirmary renal centre, working with Consultant Nephrologist Dr Anand Vardhan at the PD clinic.

The device successfully acted as an early warning system for infection, detecting bacteria within samples from patients, including one who was admitted to A&E within a few days as they went on to develop peritonitis.

Ben Bridgewater, CEO of Health Innovation Manchester, said: “The PD-Safe device is an excellent example of the solutions Health Innovation Manchester aims to support in their journey to market.

“The successful pilot clinical investigation in Greater Manchester marks a great leap forward in the project which has the potential to meet the needs of local people and patients.

“It is vital that products like the PD-Safe are given support in order to transform health and social care and Health Innovation Manchester is uniquely placed to champion these innovations and connect researches, academics, business and the NHS in Greater Manchester.”

Gordon Barker, CEO of Microbiosensor, said: “The Energise funding from Health Innovation Manchester helped Microbiosensor improve its understanding of clinical trial management at a major NHS Trust and strengthen the design of a subsequent larger study at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

“It has made a significant contribution to Microbiosensor efforts to bring its novel medical device technology to market.”

Microbiosensor has also secured a £1.4million Series-A co-investment from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (managed by Maven Capital Partners) and the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Fund (managed by Catapult Ventures) to support the company through it final product development stages.

Altrincham tax specialists to relocate

Sam Whitear
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Altrincham tax specialists are relocating in the town to Fairbank House, 27 Ashley Road. 

Forbes Dawson is a partner-led firm, with a team of dedicated experts on hand to provide high quality, specialist tax advice to clients and other professional advisers.  The firm has out-grown its existing premises at Station House, Stamford New Road and has taken the 3,100 sq ft of offices on the first floor of Fairbank House on a five year lease. 

Laura Hutchinson, partner, Forbes Dawson, said: “We are very pleased to move into a space that will allow us to better serve our clients and provide the foundations for further growth.   The business has grown significantly over the last six years, including the recent appointment of Tim Shaw (previously a director at Deloitte) as partner. Fairbank House matches our firm’s ambitions to attract excellent tax advisers to join the team and enables us to make the space our own.”

Daniel Lee, director, Regional Property Solutions, who acted for the landlord Hyrst Garth Estate Limited, said: “Forbes Dawson secured this vacant floor in the building prior to refurbishment which it will fit out and brand to their own requirements.” 

The last refurbished suite of 1,100 sq ft is available through joint letting agents Canning O’Neill and Regional Property Solutions.

Expansion plans for award-winning IT company

Sam Whitear
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The PC Support Group, the award-winning IT support company based in Speke is growing from strength to strength. The local business that specialises in providing fully managed IT support to businesses has been growing continuously and sustainably for nearly a decade and successfully supports hundreds of customers across the North West.

The business currently employs 15 local people based at their head office at The Liverpool Business Centre in Speke which now includes their new Marketing Manager, Helen Roughley.

Managing Director, Phil Bird said: “We are committed to growing the business further which means investing in more specialised staff, like a marketing manager to help promote us even better.  This means we will be able to help even more local companies, leaving them to focus on what they do best – running their business.”

Employing the right staff at The PC Support Group is key to the level of service they offer.  They understand people and business, not just technology which is why they are top of their game and have big expansion plans over the next few years.

Two recruits for law firm’s serious injury team

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Birchall Blackburn Law has made a double appointment to its serious injury team in the region.

Leanne Tattam and Robert Jones have both joined the firm as associate solicitors from CFG Law.

Leanne and Robert join Birchall Blackburn after it appointed Quentin Underhill as its new head of serious and catastrophic injury in January.

They will be based at Birchall Blackburn Law’s Manchester office and represent clients across the UK.

Quentin, partner at Birchall Blackburn Law, said: “We work in an area of law where our priority is the recovery and rehabilitation of our clients.

“Having worked previously with Leanne and Robert, I know they are focussed on helping clients get the best possible outcomes and quality of life. Their experience will be invaluable as we continue to develop our service.”

Both Leanne and Robert have over a decade of experience in personal injury law and are recognised as senior litigators by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

Leanne, said: “While we act for clients in respect of their legal claim, our work often involves practical and emotional support. We offer advice based upon our past experiences of how things can be made just that little bit easier at a time when their whole world has been turned upside down.”

Robert added: “Birchall Blackburn Law shares our values of striving to achieve the very best we can for clients and their families who are facing the most difficult of circumstances.”

Birchall Blackburn Law has seven offices across the North West and over 300 staff.

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