2 days ago
Wizardtec launches £99 complete business website offer
Wizardtec is offering businesses across the UK a complete website for £99, with hosting at just £10 a year, including SEO, booking, enquiry forms, galleries and their own dashboard.
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People & Life
The people, family firms and independent businesses that make Cheshire tick: founder stories, local shops, homes, gardens and community.
11 days ago
Macclesfield Market Hall opens a new chapter after its refurbishment
Macclesfield Market Hall has reopened after a major refurbishment, with new trading units, a food hall, fresh artwork and a redesigned layout, while traders kept trading throughout.
11 days ago
Knutsford engineers Oliver Valvetek win a King's Award for Innovation
Knutsford firm Oliver Valvetek has received a 2026 King's Award for Enterprise for Innovation, recognising a new face seal for subsea gate valves designed by its own team.
12 days ago
Wizardtec brings big-business systems and AI tools to small firms
A Cheshire and Liverpool advisory is building the systems, AI tools and websites small businesses are usually told they can't afford, at fixed prices and in days rather than months.
12 days ago
Storywizard: the children's book where the child is the author
Storywizard turns a child's own story idea into a real printed book, with their name on the cover as the author.
5 October 2026
From Lake Como to Macclesfield: Arighi Bianchi's enduring family story
How a pair of Italian travellers built Macclesfield's glass-fronted furniture landmark, still family-run more than 170 years on.
2 October 2026
Two hundred years of Dandy's: from Chester market stall to nationwide
Founded on a Chester market stall in 1826, family firm Dandy's celebrates 200 years under fifth-generation owner Adam Dandy.
29 September 2026
Tilly's Bunbury: the village café that puts community first
Since taking over Tilly's in 2024, Paula and Andy Robinson have turned a Bunbury coffee shop into an award-winning village hub.
27 September 2026
Stonyford Cottage: the family garden grown from marshland
How the Overland family turned a derelict cottage and swampy ground on the edge of Delamere Forest into an RHS Partner Garden.
24 September 2026
Three generations of wanderlust land on Nantwich High Street
Family-run Global Travel & Cruise has opened its third shop inside Nantwich's historic Queen's Aid House.
21 September 2026
Okells: the family garden centre growing for over 40 years
From a nursery near Tarporley to a second shop in Chester, Okells has been helping Cheshire gardeners for more than four decades.
19 September 2026
Linden Stores: the Knutsford bistro with a big community heart
Knutsford's Linden Stores, run by Chris Boustead and Laura Christie, has won the town's 2026 Business Award for its community spirit.
16 September 2026
Hartford florist Rosa Gabriella blooms with a Muddy Stilettos win
Gabrielle Williams' boutique florist has been named Cheshire's best florist in the 2026 Muddy Stilettos Awards.
13 September 2026
Buzzy Bee sisters bring their sweet treats from Wilmslow to Chester
Wilmslow-born bakery Buzzy Bee has expanded to Chester's Music Hall Passage, the third venture for sisters Millie and Lydia Walter.
11 September 2026
Legat Owen marks 40 years by walking Chester's walls for 40 hours
Cheshire property consultancy Legat Owen is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a year of fundraising for local charities.