Balfour Beatty confirmed as Rochdale Feel Good Festival sponsor

Date published: 29 July 2014


As Greater Manchester’s biggest free music and food festival draws ever closer organisers are delighted to confirm sponsorship from one of the country’s leading building and services contractors, Balfour Beatty Living Places.

This year’s Rochdale Feel Good Festival will take place on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 August in Rochdale Town Centre, and boasts a music line up including Scouting For Girls, The Selecter, MDNGHT and Fickle Friends, meanwhile the likes of Ainsley Harriot, Aazam Ahmad and Andrew Nutter will be serving up food in the Celebrity Kitchen.

Balfour Beatty’s Services division works across power, gas and water installation and maintenance, street lighting and road management to develop, manage and maintain our vital infrastructure and public spaces.

Modern economies, societies and communities rely on these essential services being delivered safely, sustainably and with minimum disruption to everyday life.

Employing over 6000 people in the UK and worldwide, we partner with major utility providers, asset owners and local authorities, working behind the scenes to support clients in meeting their challenges and ambitions in the modern world.

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in partnership with local authorities to maintain and manage the roads, street lighting and public realm infrastructure modern communities and economies need.

Building close, long-term relationships, we use our expertise and resources to deliver sustainable value for money contracts covering a number of vital local services. With significant experience in delivering roads maintenance, street lighting, public realm improvements, traffic management and winter maintenance, our teams focus on providing exceptional customer service and take innovative approaches to minimise disruption to local residents, businesses and the environment.

Event Organiser Debbie Hernon said: “We are delighted to be working alongside Balfour Beatty Living Places on this year’s festival. They will be supplying vital equipment and support for the event, which looks set to be our most successful yet.”

Balfour Beatty Living Places has worked in partnership with Rochdale Borough Council for the last five years, as their Highway Maintenance Contractor.

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