Stockport’s Vernon Building Society is the first in the UK to offer an extra bonus to first-time buyers of up to £1,000 on its Help to Buy: ISA. Home buyers that save through a Help to Buy: ISA can benefit from a 25% boost to their savings from the Government […]
Vernon Poynton Brass Band appoints new director
The Vernon Poynton Brass Band has appointed a new director. Dane Stig Maersk directed the band at the North West Regional Championships in Blackpool in February following the departure of Neil Samuel. Maersk has now agreed to take on the role full-time. Band chairman Gary White said: “Stig is a […]
Four new faces strengthen Pareto FP team
North west financial planning consultancy Pareto FP looks to expand its team to build on a record-breaking 2016. Independent financial advisers Anthony Bruchez and Alex Savage, financial services administrator Simon Hawkins and paraplanner Maura Zara have all joined the award-winning Manchester firm. Pareto took on eight new employees during 2016, […]
Broadchurch nails the ‘murder’ of local newspapers
The portrayal of journalism, journalists and local newspapers on TV is – usually – nothing short of embarrassing and insulting. Journalists doing anything – legal and illegal – for a story; newspaper front pages with ill-fitting, misspelt headlines. Broadchurch changed all that on Monday night with an impassioned plea for […]
Bad week for newspapers and newspaper staff
Some frightening but not surprising news from the world of newspapers this week. First the scary news – the Evening Standard in London ‘is moving to a single print edition per day and there is a proposal that long-serving sub-editors will be moved to half-days and half pay’, according to […]
Vernon Building Society named ‘Best Savings Provider’ at the British Bank Awards
Vernon Building Society has been awarded ‘Best Savings Provider’ at the 2017 British Bank Awards, beating all national banks and building societies to the top spot. Ian Keeling, Director of Sales & Marketing at the Vernon, said “Our members have always been at the very heart of everything we do. […]