Made in Rochdale Trade Fair

Mayor, Councillor Jean Hornby with Mehmoona Mahmood and Lisa Tse

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Rochdale Town Hall played host to dozens of local women entrepreneurs showcasing their businesses at the second Made in Rochdale Trade Fair organised by the Women into Enterprise project on Tuesday 6 March.

The exhibitors spanned a range of sectors including survival skill training, finance, web design, hotel and catering, beauty and holistic therapies and innovative portable shower systems.

Opening the Trade Fair Mayor, Councillor Jean Hornby said: "This show and the Enterprise Network’s ethos very much ties in with the ‘Buy Local Spend Local’ concordat that the council has just signed up to. We are trying very hard to support local supply chains, etc. It’s pleasing to note therefore that the business women here are also developing their own supply chains with each other, through the creation of the ‘Rochdale Women’s Network’."

Keynote Speaker, business woman Lisa Tse, voted Outstanding Individual of the Year by Marketing Manchester in 2005, said: “My award was a personal and professional boost. It helped me build a broad network of contacts from local and central government to the media, and services like the Women into Enterprise Network help to do that too. I am keen to share my own success story with others and hope that in some way, my tale and the challenges we faced as British Chinese will inspire these fledgling business women to realise they can do it too.”

Exhibitors: Groundwork, Employment Links, EMBS, BBV, SRB5, Rochdale Online, White angels – Gift Shop, Da – Ta Ind Ltd, Women’s Enterprise Initiative, Mona Boutique, Shine Health amp; Beauty Clinic, Moss Lodge, Serenity Holistic  Health, ArtDesign4U, A Helping Hand, The Jewellery Tailors, Jorgensen Studios Ltd, Handstand Dance Company, Rochdale Trade Fair Forum, Cee Jayz Lingerie, Sarah’s Emergency Preparedness Demonstration Workshops, Herbalife Distributor – top Choice Herbal, Butterfly Studios, Cartel Marketing Limited, Beauty amp; Elegance (Beauty Salon), Aquarius Yoga Foundation Ltd, Brazil Grill, Craft Delights, Kabuki (Face Painting), Mann Salwa, Littleborough Gallery, Rochdale CIRS, Gymophobics Ladies Gym, Innercense, Shoes and Jewels, Finer Faces, Jennifer Shaw Events, T&CI, KW Mortgage Services Ltd, Mon Physique, Choice Estates, Jane Marie.