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New research has revealed how long it takes councils across Greater Manchester to pay supplier invoices. The research, obtained using Freedom of Information requests at all 10...
Date Published 03/10/2014
Rothwells celebrated their diamond birthday on Friday 26 September at Rochdale Golf Club and celebrated with the Mayor of Rochdale Carol Wardle and MP Simon Danczuk as well as...
A new business “Age Audit”, published today, includes an eight-point action plan to support companies who want to respond to the challenges and opportunities of ageing. The...
The Quarterly Economic Breakfast revealed a strong set of results from the Chamber’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey (QES). In his presentation the Chamber’s Chief Economist,...
Date Published 02/10/2014
Chris Fletcher, Director of Policy & Communications at the Chamber. Our Campaign for Business has created a huge amount of interest and reaction since its launch in the middle...
The buy-to-let interactive heatmap released by TotallyMoney.com, the credit comparison experts, shows would-be property moguls an at-a-glance view of the potential yield from...
Date Published 30/09/2014
One of the Rochdale’s most iconic buildings, which was built as the town’s main Post Office almost 90 years ago, has been renamed No 2 The Esplanade following the completion of an...
Precision Technologies Group (PTG) company, Holroyd Precision, has appointed I-FAB LLC as its representative for the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. Based in...
Middleton Shopping Centre and Convergys Intelligent Contact, have been nominated for Heart Safe awards. The awards, which are organised by charity Hand on Heart in association...
Date Published 27/09/2014
Roydon Polythene (Exports) Ltd, a recycling firm, has appeared in court after an employee from Middleton almost lost his right leg when it became trapped in a machine at a Swinton...
Yearsley Logistics new energy saving technology and rebranding paid off in a major way winning them two awards at the Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution (TCS&D) Awards...
Date Published 25/09/2014
The Rochdale Online Business exhibition was extermely well received by local businesses and received lots of praise from exhibitors. The exhibition, which is in its fourth...
Britain’s leading manufacturers’ organisation, EEF, has signed a partnership agreement with the Government’s trade body, UKTI, to help boost exports and attract more businesses to...
Date Published 24/09/2014
The Phones 4 U store in Rochdale town centre will be closing for good after the company entered administration last week. The shop, located on Yorkshire Street, is one of 362...
Date Published 23/09/2014
‘Health as well as safety’ will be the message as poor standards and unsafe work on the North West’s building sites are targeted as part of a nationwide drive aimed at reducing...
Date Published 22/09/2014
Britain’s manufacturers have set out their priorities for the next Government to drive better- balanced growth, boost trade and investment and deliver long-term economic security....
Pension auto-enrolment deadlines are looming for thousands of small firms across the region, with hefty fines likely for those who miss compliance deadlines, the Federation of...
The Environment Agency’s decision to make it easier and cheaper for farmers to use fruit and vegetable by-products in anaerobic digestion (AD) plants has been described as a...
Date Published 19/09/2014
New research in the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB’s) ‘Voice of Small Business’ Index (SBI) survey has shown confidence in the North West region tapering off, to the extent...
Quat-Chem Ltd, a Rochdale based manufacturer of industrial biocidal products, recently visited Brazil as part of the company’s internationalisation strategy and received a...
Date Published 17/09/2014
New research shows workers in the North West expect their co-workers to dress smartly for work, disapproving of items of clothing including ripped jeans, shorts and dirty shoes....
The UK Royal Navy’s amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, has recently completed sea trials after the completion of a major refit by Babcock at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth,...
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed new research carried out by academics at Manchester Metropolitan University, which warns government funded business support...
Colin Houlihan will join the Board of Carcraft effective 11 September 2014, as Group Chief Executive Officer. Alan Greenough, non-executive director said on behalf of the...
Date Published 16/09/2014
The Rochdale Online Business Exhibition will take place on Wednesday 24 September in the Great Hall of Rochdale Town Hall. This year’s exhibition will see over 40 local...
Phones 4 U have entered administration after network operator EE decided to cut ties with the firm. Stores in Rochdale Town Centre and in Middleton will be closed until a...
Date Published 15/09/2014
Rochdale based contractor, E. R. Williams Ltd. has become the first painting contractor in the North West to sign up for the CITB Be Fair Framework. The Be Fair Framework is a...
Highfield Hospital has a new MRI scanner, which weighs six tonnes and needed a crane to lift it into the hospital. The scanner will improve imaging for muscular and joint...
Date Published 11/09/2014
Emma Tully from Rochdale is providing a unique service to people across the borough and that is blinging their products by adding Swarovski crystals to them. Emma, who was...
Date Published 10/09/2014
Julie Bowmer has been shortlisted in the North West Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2014. The Entrepreneur of the Year Awards recognise the contribution that the region’s...
