The Government has announced that it will be increasing its winter support schemes to support jobs and help contain the spread of COVID-19.

A family-run chip shop and a pub are among the businesses stepping in to fill the void after MPs voted against football star Marcus Rashford’s bid to extend free school meals over the half-term holidays.

Blue Orchid is pleased to be able to confirm that Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership have awarded a further £1 million to provide grants to help small businesses meet some of the extra costs created by the COVID restrictions.

"This is a very exciting project and I welcome Cheshire FA's commitment to providing a new world class facility for women's and girl's football."

The facility would take PET (polyethylene terephthalate), the main material used for food and drinks packaging such as plastic bottles, and convert it into raw material for new food packaging with zero waste.

Research by Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service, placed the borough in sixth place behind Wigan, Derry City and Strabane, Mendip, Bath and North East Somerset and Harrogate.