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		<title>Greater Manchester foodbanks benefit from generous donations from Equilibrium Asset Management</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Foodbanks across Greater Manchester have recently received donations from Equilibrium Asset Management. Equilibrium, which provides free breakfast for its staff, in May decided to instead donate this cost for one week, every month, to a foodbank in the Greater Manchester area. Every month this comes to a £200 donation, with Equilibrium staff also donating various [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>UMIC reveal plans to open co-working space as part of £1.5m investment in facilities</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Plans to open a co-working hub for start-ups inside the University of Manchester Innovation Centre (UMIC) have been revealed. The space – currently being renovated as part of a wider £1.5m UMIC investment programme – will house a variety of companies connected to the University’s Innovation Optimiser (IO) initiative as well as budding entrepreneurs beginning [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Equilibrium awards East Cheshire Musical Theatre Company £500</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The East Cheshire’s Musical Theatre Company has landed £500 after applying to Equilibrium Asset Management’s Community Support Scheme. Based in Cheadle, the amateur theatre company said the funds will allow them to continue to promote the arts as a form of wellbeing. Wilmslow-based Equilibrium Asset Management’s Community Support Scheme awards grants ranging from £100 to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Crowne Plaza and Staybridge Suites Manchester &#8211; Oxford Road  hotel development “The Lume” officially opens this September</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The Lume, a new 19-storey hotel development boasting a Crowne Plaza® and Staybridge Suites®, both hotel brands of IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) will officially open this September in Manchester. Owned by M&#38;L Hospitality and managed by Cycas Hospitality, the 328-room newly built dual-branded hotel is located in the bustling Oxford Road area, within walking distance [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Over the long term becoming a millionaire becomes meaningless’, says finance expert</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Being considered a millionaire will become “meaningless” over the long-term, according to a North West wealth management expert. Ben Rogers, who has worked at Wilmslow-based company Equilibrium since 2015, questioned what it really means to be a millionaire. “It’s just a number,” he said. “But it’s a number that holds a lot of significance for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales surge at Lancashire Farm following Free Range brand and packaging re-design by BGN</title>
		<link>https://nwconnected.co.uk/sales-surge-at-lancashire-farm-following-free-range-brand-and-packaging-re-design-by-bgn/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sales-surge-at-lancashire-farm-following-free-range-brand-and-packaging-re-design-by-bgn</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2018 07:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Greater Manchester dairy company Lancashire Farm has witnessed a boost in sales after BGN delivered a stylish brand makeover. It comes after Lancashire Farm, founded in 1984, had become the first UK yogurt brand to commit to using exclusively free-range milk. Initial figures show that sales have risen 30% since the new BGN-designed packaging and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>University start-up EnviroSAR Ltd, a satellite technology company focused on peat moorland and heathland wildfires, aims to expand R&#038;D efforts nationally</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2018 10:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The founder of EnviroSAR, whose expertise was used to learn more about two wildfires that devastated vast moorland areas this summer in the northwest of England, is aiming to expand further the research and development of her company to better monitor wildfires and the moorland restoration at a national level. Dr Gail Millin-Chalabi launched EnviroSAR [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Equilibrium community support scheme offer Greater Manchester charities funding</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 08:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[TWO community-based charities in Greater Manchester have been awarded £500 in grants from wealth management company Equilibrium Asset Management. The Anthony Seddon Fund has scooped £400 to go towards setting up a LGBTQ support group for young people aged 16 to 25 years to provide information, advice, peer support and wellbeing activities. The peer support [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Pension specialist financial adviser achieves chartered status</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 07:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has awarded the prestigious ‘Chartered Financial Planners’ title to Pensionhelp Ltd, one of the UK’s leading providers of specialist pension advice.   Chartered status is an exclusive title only awarded to firms which meet rigorous criteria relating to professionalism and capability. All Chartered Financial Planners commit to the CII’s Code [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Dual-branded Crowne Plaza and Staybridge Suites Manchester &#8211; Oxford Road hotel unveils artist and design for Bee in the City</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 05:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The dual-branded Crowne Plaza and Staybridge Suites Manchester &#8211; Oxford Road, known as The Lume and set to open in the coming weeks, has unveiled its design and artist for the spectacular Bee in the City public art event. A colourful super-size 1.8m bee sculpture named ‘Beejing’ will take pride of place outside the newly [&#8230;]]]></description>
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