New Business and Regeneration Unit

Clare Tostevin heads the new unit which incorporates Business Development, Priority Areas, Money Matters and the Communities First teams

A dedicated New Business and Regeneration Unit is to deliver a fresh approach to regeneration.

The new unit incorporates Business Development, Priority Areas, Money Matters and the Communities First teams and is headed by Clare Tostevin from ALMO Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH).

She said: “Bringing these business units together will ensure strong relationships are cemented between our physical, social and economic regeneration activity. It will also ensure a direct link between new income generated and supporting our communities.

“Tackling issues around skills work, income and health are strategic priorities for the borough of Rochdale and some of these issues are most acute in our neighbourhoods. The New Business and Regeneration Unit will ensure strong co-ordination of our regeneration activity, from building new homes to supporting residents into work, and ensure that solutions are delivered in a holistic way.”

In a just a few years RBH has had a number of significant achievements including approval of over £1.8m HCA grant for affordable homes, the establishment of charitable subsidiary Brighter Horizons, participation in the government’s mortgage rescue scheme and generating income from a range of in house services.