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A year of progress and problems at Kingsway

Kingsway Business Park model

As the Kingsway Business Park approaches its fourth birthday, Rochdale Online reporter Matthew Simms looks at the developments over the past year and offers an insight into the park’s future.

It has been hailed as a year of progress for Kingsway Business Park, the multi-million pound scheme that developers reckon could one day bring hundreds of millions of pounds to the local economy.

Date published: 07/10/2008

Seminar to survive the Credit Crunch

Businesses will get advice on how to survive the credit crunch at a seminar next month.

Greater Manchester Chamber has organised the event in response to the worsening economic conditions....

Date published: 09/10/2008

Manchester Professor says TIF will bring £10billion

Professor Michael Lugar, Dean of Manchester University’s Business School, has thrown his support behind the Future Transport package.

Based on the standard economic multiplier from public sector investment, he believes that the total financial advantage to Greater Manchester will be close to £10 billion....

Date published: 08/10/2008

Report claims transport investment will bring 10,000 jobs

With just one full week of the public consultation on the Future Transport proposals left to run, a new report by Arup says that 10,000 new jobs would be generated as part of the infrastructure investment and operation of the transport system.

Most of these jobs will be in the construction industry and associated supply chains....

Date published: 06/10/2008

Business leaders call for interest rates cut

Business leaders are calling for a cut in interest rates to provide some relief in the economic downturn.

Greater Manchester Chamber has joined EEF in calling for a cut ahead of next week’s meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee....

Date published: 03/10/2008

Greater Manchester economy facing increasingly difficult conditions

Both manufacturers and service providers are facing increasingly challenging conditions, according to the latest Quarterly Economic Survey from Greater Manchester Chamber.

The survey shows manufacturers are doing better than service providers. UK sales in manufacturing have recovered slightly and now stand at 4%, up 3 percentage points from 1% last quarter. UK orders for...

Date published: 03/10/2008

Rochdale Council could be hit by shortfall

Councils across the country may have to cut jobs and services in the next few months in order to meet a £1 billion deficit caused by the credit crunch.

The Local Government Association has announced that inflation alone will create create a £500million shortfall in each of the next three years....

Date published: 03/10/2008

Rochdale Chamber - latest news

As the economy faces tougher times, it is even more important to take advantage of Chamber membership, says Tony Nugent President of Rochdale Local Chamber Council. Our Rochdale Networking Lunches are going from strength to strength, with a number of people winning business as a result of attending....

Date published: 02/10/2008

More Than £1 million of Rate Relief Still Unclaimed

More than £1 million of business rate relief remains unclaimed in Rochdale.

People can get up to £1,000 a year off their rates bill under the Small Business Rate Relief Scheme, but an estimated £1,151,726 has still not been claimed....

Date published: 02/10/2008

Rochdale sign company goes against the credit crunch

The Rochdale Premier Signs team: (L-R) Mark Egerton, Sharon Pickering, John Hough, Scott Mayland, Ralf Pickering and Ash Wildman.

It is a tough time for the economy; banks are collapsing, unemployment is rising and the Credit Crunch is hitting business hard.

But amid these troubled economic times one business from...

Date published: 01/10/2008

Supermarket overhaul will see more Sudden roadworks

Manchester Road could be plunged into traffic chaos again in coming months amidst plans to completely redevelop the Tesco store in Sudden.

The current supermarket will be demolished and a larger store built to replace it. As part of the plans Tesco has offered £200,000 towards an additional bus lane on Manchester Road to ease bus journey times towards Manchester. The scheme...

Date published: 01/10/2008

MFI Rochdale to close down

The MFI store in Rochdale will still be closed down even though the company has been saved by a management buy-out.

The firm’s chief executive, Gary Favell, brokered the deal on Sunday night and stated the company can continue to trade as normal, protecting jobs and customer orders.

But the deal will not save MFI’s store on Drake Street after a staff member revealed to...

Date published: 30/09/2008

Rochdale Estates latest to join online housing revolution

Rochdale Estates' new website was launched by Rochdale Online this week.

Another Rochdale town centre estate and lettings agent has had its website brought fully up to date by the web design team at Rochdale Online.

The new Rochdale Estates website was...

Date published: 26/09/2008

Roadworks on Rochdale's strategic network

Roadworks Sign

Mellor Street(A6060) – junction with Dane Street to Bury Road One way working from the junction with Dane Street to Bury Road in that direction to facilitate bridge repairs.
13 October...

Date published: 25/09/2008

Hammersmith's pain is Rochdale's gain!

Agilisys, the council's IT services contractor under the auspices of The Impact Partnership, is to move its council help centre moves 160 miles north from Hammersmith to Rochdale.

Council call centre workers in Hammersmith have been told they will have to move to Manchester if they want to keep their jobs.

The Impact Partnership already has a business centre in...

Date published: 24/09/2008

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