When your line of business is u-bends, bricks or boilers, complex data legislation can feel uncomfortably outside of your area. Yet if you’re not remotely ready for GDPR, you’re not alone. A staggering 97% of all businesses, not just trades-based, say that they’re ill-prepared for GDPR. Here we cut through the complexity to explain exactly…

  It’s 2018 and, if you have not already done it, now is the time you got your business online! Okay, so you may not be that web savvy, you may be busy enough or you just haven’t got around to it, but you really do need a web presence if you want your business…

Business name: Gauci Decorating Twitter: @GauciDecorating Who are they? Expert painters and decorators with more than 25 years’ experience painting buildings of all sizes, including shops, offices, houses, apartments, corporate premises and historic country properties. Customer service is of utmost importance, and only the finest materials are used to ensure Gauci Decorating are the best…

Who are they? With over 60 years in the industry, you can trust Brooklands Garage. Repairing vehicles since the 50s, it is testament to the quality of service that the firm is still going strong. Brooklands Garages’ mechanics will take on any task, on any vehicle, as long as it has an engine, whether it’s…

MEANDMYMATES.COM was crowned Small Business of The Year at the Altrincham and Sale Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. It’s the second time this year the company has been honoured locally – back in July they were presented with the ‘Best Business’ trophy at the Altrincham festival. This follows recent launch of an Altrincham franchise of…

A WEBSITE set up by a Sale builder to help local people find trustworthy tradesmen is celebrating its 100th listing. Meandmymates.com was thought-up by dad-of-two Dominic Kent, from Sale Moor, after customers kept asking him to recommend people they could trust. The idea has proved such a hit that as well as tradespeople it now…