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Salix Homes residents raise a cup to refurbished homes
6/11/2013Residents living in sheltered accommodation are celebrating the completion of major improvement works at their homes. For the past six months, we have been working with Salix Homes to overhaul 45 homes at the Broomedge sheltered housing complex in Broughton, Salford. The £500,000 improvement scheme has seen 29 homes in the main building and a further 16 … [more]
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Emanuel Whittaker has top apprentices – it’s official!
24/10/2013Tam Graham starts the event, winning the Mentor Award Luke Carroll won Best in Trade(multi skilled and joinery) Matthew Casey won Best in Trade (wet trade) Rachel Howarth was voted for by her colleagues to win the Apprentices’ Apprentice Award Emanuel Whittaker staff scooped four awards at an inaugural apprenticeship award ceremony recently. … [more]
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New-look tower block transforms Salford skyline
28/09/2013A £3 million refurbishment project at an ageing Salford tower block has been completed. For the past 18 months social housing provider Salix Homes has been working alongside construction company Emanuel Whittaker to overhaul Floral Court in Higher Broughton. The 14 storey high rise building, which was built in 1964, has been completely rendered, cladded … [more]
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Emanuel Whittaker staff raise £1,000 a month, every month for a year
29/08/2013After a year of exhausting and imaginative fund-raising to celebrate its 175th anniversary, staff at Emanuel Whittaker have announced the total money raised in the period was £12,009.17. That equates to a thousand pounds a month, every month for a year! Clive Newton, Managing Director said: “With so many activities going on it has taken … [more]
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Tottington duo help mend broken hearts
19/08/2013With support from his partner, Lead Resident Liaison Officer at Emanuel Whittaker, Adam Berry, the two Tottington men set about raising money to support The British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) ” Mending Broken Hearts Appeal” which is raising awareness of heart failure and taking steps to find a cure through stem cell research. Recently, with the help and … [more]


