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There has been a marked increase in the number of empty shops in Rochdale, research suggests. The Local Data Company, which monitors more than 2,000 town and shopping centres...
Date Published 13/02/2014
Major record labels involved in this year’s Brit Awards are amongst the latest targets of HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) continued crackdown on unpaid internships. In the run...
Date Published 12/02/2014
Figures from Robert Walters’ 2014 Salary Survey indicate that, overall, earnings have increased at a higher rate in the North West than in the South East of the country. On...
Date Published 11/02/2014
A door-to-door transport service providing essential links to job opportunities at Rochdale’s Kingsway Business Park has celebrated its first birthday with over 11,000 journeys.
Date Published 10/02/2014
Britain’s manufacturers are adopting a wide range of strategies to take advantage of escalating demand in emerging markets, on the back of new analysis showing the potential...
As many as 120,000 employees in the North West - and almost a million (966,000) across Britain - were on sick leave for a month or more each year on average between October 2010...
Staff at AST Hampsons on Yorkshire Street, Rochdale have helped to raise money for Age UK by getting involved with their annual bobble day fundraising event. Bobble day is held...
Date Published 07/02/2014
Commenting on today's PMI data, Darrell Matthews, North West Region Director at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: “Manufacturers had a strong finish to 2013, but more...
Two firms have been hit with an £18,000 fine after ignoring repeated warnings to stop burning rubbish on farm land that was a nuisance for residents in Milnrow and Shaw....
Date Published 05/02/2014
The Government is currently consulting on zero-hours employment contracts and is “seeking ways to prevent any abuse and to maximise opportunities both for employers seeking to...
Advanced LED Technology Ltd (ALT) has moved their production into the GJD facility in Heywood resulting in many new jobs for the local community. Following the deal in 2012...
The CLA is calling for an urgent review of flood management following Environment Agency Chairman Lord Smith’s comment that a choice needs to be made between protecting town or...
Date Published 04/02/2014
Staff at the Co-Operative Travel on Yorkshire Street, Rochdale celebrated 160 years of service last weekend (Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 January). To celebrate their special...
Date Published 01/02/2014
Birkin and Lear, a new hairdressing shop, has opened in Littleborough and had an official open evening on Friday (31 January) with special guest Mayor of Rochdale, Peter Rush in...
A Heywood-based logistics firm has been fined £250,000 after a worker was killed when he fell through a warehouse roof in Wythenshawe. Michael Sweet, 48, from Stockport, was...
Date Published 31/01/2014
The British Chamber of Commerce and the Accredited Chamber of Commerce Network are asking people to take part in a trade survey so that they can identify issues, opportunities and...
Rochdale engineering apprentices took part in a competition arranged by Rochdale Training and went up against teams from across the North West. The Rochdale team came second in...
Date Published 30/01/2014
Official data from the Office for National Statistics released today shows that the first estimate of GDP growth in Q4 2013 was 0.7% for the quarter (1.9% year-on-year) indicating...
Date Published 29/01/2014
Commenting on today’s GDP figures, Darrell Matthews, Region Director for the North West at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: “Good economic news continued in the last...
Date Published 28/01/2014
The founders of a successful Rochdale business received a ‘sweet’ send off to celebrate their retirement. John and Maureen Hall ran John Hall Schoolwear from Fieldhouse...
Date Published 27/01/2014
The North West saw stronger than expected growth last year, according to the latest Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) from Chambers of Commerce North West. While 2013 began with...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has decided to request the Low Pay Commission to consider an above inflation rise in the National Minimum Wage. Commenting on the decision,...
Rochdale Town Centre Management has launched their completely redeveloped website. The website provides users with information regarding the town centre and allows the Town...
Date Published 25/01/2014
A workman who fell through a roof of an industrial unit has died. The 42-year-old man was one of two men from a Littleborough firm to have fallen 25ft through a roof on an...
Date Published 24/01/2014
The North West TUC has welcomed the fall in unemployment across the region but warned that is still being left behind in any recovery that is taking place. As unemployment...
Date Published 23/01/2014
The CLA is launching a search to reward the unsung heroes responsible for maintaining some of the North’s most iconic rural landscapes. The CLA Long Service Awards are a long...
Date Published 21/01/2014
The number of ‘zombie businesses’ in the North has fallen to under 3,000 from a peak of 24,500 in November 2012, according to research by R3, the insolvency trade body. The...
Fostering Solutions, one of the leading independent fostering agencies in the UK, has deployed an IP Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) solution from Zen Internet, one of the UK’s...
Matterson Cranes based in Rochdale has helped the Vintage Carriages Trust by restoring some old locomotive railway jacks. The company, which usually works with Network Rail and...
RRG Skoda Rochdale, part of the north’s largest car dealership group, today announced the winner of its Skoda Citigo competition. On receiving the keys to his brand new Skoda...
Date Published 20/01/2014
