News stories
| Charity Walk 2012 | |
| I am currently in the process of organising a charity walk up Penyghent in Yorkshire in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. The walk is 9.3 miles and we are inviting staff and their friends and families to take part. At the end of the grueling challenge we will be...read more |
| 30-01-2012 | City Response are shortlisted for the Greater Manchester Green Business Award |
| City Response has been shortlisted in the large business category to win the Greater Manchester Green Business award. The winner of the prestigious award jointly organised by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and EN Works is set to be at announced...read more |
| 07-03-2011 | West Gorton’s community football team receives sponsorship |
| Property maintenance specialists, City Response Ltd, met with community football team West Gorton FC at Mellands Playing Fields on Sunday 6th March to watch them play for the first time since their sponsorship of the team was finalised this month. The...read more |
| 24-05-2011 | League champions face their sponsors on the pitch |
| Tameside Sunday League winners West Gorton FC faced a very different set of opponents at the weekend when they went head to head with their sponsors, City Response Ltd (CRL) at Gorton Park on Sunday (19/5) and beat them soundly 7-0! The football team...read more |
| 02-05-2012 | It's official we are as good as gold |
| We received some fantastic news last week at City Response HQ. I am proud to announce we have been awarded the prestigious level of Investors in People recognition…..GOLD! This is an extraordinary accolade and it’s almost unheard of for businesses...read more |
| 16-06-2011 | Property maintenance specialists search for new apprentices as Sean shows the skys the limit |
| Lord Sugar isn’t the only one on the hunt for an apprentice this month!Local property maintenance specialists, City Response Ltd, are looking to recruit ten new apprentices to be trained up to a professional standard as joiners, bricklayers,...read more |
| 22-07-2011 | Local organisations volunteer to transform |
| A local housing association and its repairs contractor have stepped in to help rescue a community-based urban garden project for homeless people. Oldham-based housing association Guinness Northern Counties and its repairs contractors City Response...read more |
| 08-08-2011 | The futures green for local company who scoop their second award for environmental excellence |
| Oldham-based repairs and maintenance specialists City Response Limited, has won a Green Apple Environment Award for the second year running, in the national campaign to find Britain’s greenest companies, councils and communities. The company, which...read more |
| 20-09-2011 | Talented apprentice scoops new award |
| Hard work, initiative and a meticulous attention to detail are just some of the attributes that have helped a talented young trainee electrician to be named as ‘Apprentice of the Year’ by local property maintenance specialists City Response...read more |
| 25-09-2011 | City Response supports mustard tree |
| City Response gained an impressive result when they came 3rd out of 20 teams playing in a football tournament in aid of The Mustard Tree Charity on Saturday. Allan Watson (Repairs Hub team Leader) managed to raise almost £200 pounds in sponsorship money,...read more |
| 19-10-2010 | First improvements begin on transferred homes in West Gorton |
| The first improvements are well underway on almost 150 homes in West Gorton where tenants are set to benefit from a £4 million investment programme over the next three years. The works will see the homes completely modernised both inside and out...read more |
| 24-11-2011 | Local lads secure apprenticeship places and look |
| Two 19 year olds from West Gorton are on the right path to a successful career since they were recruited by Oldham-based property maintenance specialists City Response Ltd on its apprenticeship programme, which could set them up with a trade for life. Zak...read more |
| 01-12-2010 | Eco-friendly repairs firm City Response appoints Warren Goodall to business development role |
| North West based repairs and maintenance contractor City Response Ltd has appointed Warren Goodall as Business Development Manager. Goodall joins the company from Stancliffe Stone where he was Commercial Manager. A member of the Chartered Institute of...read more |
| 13-12-2010 | West Gorton school children look |
| Children at a West Gorton primary school are looking forward to a ‘green’ Christmas this year, and for years to come, after being given an 8 foot tall living Christmas tree to plant in the school grounds. The eco-friendly donation came from...read more |
| 12-12-2011 | The domino effect |
| Another group of youngsters we’ve been able to help are the Dominoes netball team from West Gorton. With sponsorship from City Response and smart new matching hoodies, they’re set for great things in 2012…as are the lads from West...read more |
| 12-12-2011 | Defying the gloom |
| Here at City Response we’ve been defying some of the gloom merchants by creating much needed jobs and apprenticeships. In just 3 months from August to October we took on 36 new staff including 10 apprentices, increasing our total workforce...read more |
| 12-12-2011 | City Response spreads its wings in Yorkshire |
| We were celebrating in November after learning that City Response Ltd has been appointed to the EN Procure Elemental Works Framework.The announcement puts us in the running for contracts with social landlords and public bodies wishing to procure goods and...read more |
| 12-12-2011 | Are your feet too big? |
| Or more accurately, do you know the size of your footprint? Your carbon footprint, that is. This year at City Response we decided to measure ours, with the help of experts at BRE Global and Your Business Footprint. Knowing just how much CO we emit as a...read more |
| 01-12-2011 | Gorton girls scoop new netball sponsor |
| A community netball club in Gorton is celebrating today after receiving sponsorship to the tune of £600 to provide branded sweaters for the junior team from local repairs and maintenance specialists City Response Limited. Established in 2003,...read more |
| 12-12-2011 | Another Green Apple for City Response! |
| We were really thrilled this year to win our second Green Apple Environmental Award. Find out more about this latest step on our journey to becoming the UKs most environmentally responsible repairs and maintenance contractor...read more |
| 12-12-2011 | Green Deal Conference, Yorkshire |
| Following the success of our Greener Homes North West seminar, we were pleased to sponsor the NHF’s conference in Leeds last month on the government’s Green Deal. It was a well-attended and informative event that we were delighted to...read more |
| 13-12-2011 | City Response Ltd brings Christmas cheer to childrens charity |
| Father Christmas had a busy afternoon at the Elisabeth Svendsen Trust, in Manchester this weekend where he joined staff and volunteers for the charitys annual Christmas Fair on Saturday 3rd December. The national charity, which provides riding and therapy for...read more |
