All the latest from around the North West COUNTING THE PENNIES The four-star Mercure Norton Grange Hotel and Spa has launched two new wedding offers. Save up to £2,800 with the Off-Peak All-Year Round Offer. With this discount, you can celebrate your special day until the end of 2025, during the summer months, at out-of-season prices. Are you planning your nuptials for 2024? Book your offpeak wedding at the Mercure Norton Grange Hotel and Spa and enjoy savings of £1,000. The dedicated team of wedding experts will help you craft a day tailored to your vision and desires. Both offers are valid for new bookings and are available for weddings booked before 30th April 2024. Finance options are also available on both packages. Situated just eight miles from the city centre, this hotel is perfect for weekend breaks, shopping days and business stopovers. Enjoy a carefully prepared meal in the elegant Grange Restaurant, or relax in the less formal atmosphere of the Pickwick Bistro. Privilege rooms are also available to complete any special stay, offering robes, slippers and luxury toiletries. Find out more at www.nortongrangehotel.com NEWS Nearlywed BESPOKE TO YOU Bramall Hall, a wedding venue nestled within 70 acres of beautiful parkland, has launched two new wedding packages. The Tudor Package is all-inclusive for 40 day guests and 60 evening guests and costs £4,500. It includes exclusive use of the venue, a ceremony in the chapel, a bronze drink package, a three-course wedding breakfast and a fish and chip supper. This package is available on Mondays and Tuesdays, excluding bank holidays, and is for new bookings taking place before 31st March 2025. The second option, The Twilight Package, is available on Fridays (excluding bank holidays) for new bookings up until 31st March 2025. It costs £2,820 for 60 guests. Couples will get married in the chapel at 6pm and say cheers with a Bucks Fizz drinks reception, followed by a hot carved buffet and fizz to toast. Check out www.stockportevents.co.uk/weddings-at-bramall-hall for more information about the packages. www.studio3000.co.uk SWEET TREATS Grasmere Gingerbread’s wedding favours are back to meet the high demand from brides and grooms-to-be. The business stopped producing favours in 2020, when the first national lockdown wrought havoc on the UK’s wedding industry. Available in either heart-shaped or traditional pieces, the favours are presented in a variety of attractive boxes and tins. Invented in 1854 by Victorian cook Sarah Nelson, the company will be celebrating its 170th anniversary this year. “We had so many calls and emails from couples requesting them for their big day that we felt obliged to reintroduce them,” explained Joanne Hunter, co-director of Grasmere Gingerbread. “As we are in the heart of the Lake District, which is regularly voted one of the UK’s most romantic destinations, we always intended to re-introduce Grasmere Gingerbread wedding favours. So I’m thrilled that we are once again working with excited couples as they plan their big day. We have lots of exciting celebratory events planned, so it seemed like the perfect year to bring back our wedding favours.” To find out more, visit www.grasmeregingerbread.co.uk www.mcgowanweddings.co.uk LOCAL NEWS 9
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