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The Pennines Business and Tourism Forum met at Wardle on Tuesday 26 November and outlined exciting plans to coincide with the coming of the Tour de France to our area in July...
Date Published 30/11/2013
The Bank of England and HM Treasury are today (28 November) announcing changes to the terms of the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) extension to re-focus the incentives in the...
Date Published 28/11/2013
Commenting on yesterday’s (27 November) GDP data, Darrell Matthews, North West Region Director at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: “The second cut confirms the economy...
Commenting on the use of zero-hours contracts, Steve Radley, Director of Policy at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: "The debate on zero-hours contracts has become...
Date Published 26/11/2013
GJD Manufacturing Limited, the Heywood based industry leader in the design, manufacture and supply of professional external detector equipment as well as CCTV and lighting...
The Greater Manchester Construction Sector Pipeline Analysis report is published this Thursday (28 November). The report has been hailed by the Greater Manchester construction...
Regeneration and construction company Emanuel Whittaker is currently working to refurbish various properties for Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) in Rochdale. The company is...
Date Published 25/11/2013
The row over what has been dubbed Rochdale's 'Communist Cafe' has intensified after adverts for the cafe have appeared free of charge in Council/Town Centre Management Company...
Date Published 23/11/2013
John F Kay of the Rochdale Solicitor’s Molesworths Bright Clegg, and a director of Rochdale Online, has been re-elected the National Chairman of the Solicitors Own Software User...
Date Published 22/11/2013
Ahead of the next official Bank of England Funding for Lending statistics, the latest credit survey from EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, reveals that more North West...
A continued fall in bank lending to SMEs could be crippling Greater Manchester businesses unnecessarily because companies are not making enough use of other funding streams....
Date Published 21/11/2013
On Thursday 28 November Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is publishing a ground-breaking piece of research on the current confirmed pipeline of construction activity in...
Following the recent publication of the Strategic Case for HS2, the Department for Transport has released a two-minute film which summarises the case for HS2 and the many benefits...
This is a special month for Director of Policy & Communications Chris Fletcher as it marks a decade working at the Chamber. Chris first came to the Chamber in 2003 as Local...
The Chamber will shortly be submitting its pre-Autumn Statement letter to the Chancellor and this year its sole focus will be on the issue of business rates. This is not the...
Businesses in the North West are being urged to act now or risk being crippled by dramatically increasing ‘hidden’ electricity costs. In the last five years, cost consultancy...
Date Published 20/11/2013
The Start Smart Roadshow was in Rochdale on 7 November with free advice for anyone looking to set up a business and become their own boss. The roadshow, run by the Business...
Are you a manufacturer and do you need some support? Have you come across the Manufacturing Advisory Service? MAS works for manufacturers providing a national service delivered...
Poundworld has chosen Rochdale as the location for its second Bargain Buys, to be situated on Kingsway Retail Park. Opening on Friday 22 November the new multi-price store will...
Date Published 19/11/2013
The Rochdale branch of Blockbuster on Spotland Raod is one of 72 Blockbuster stores in the UK to close with the loss of 452 jobs after the company went into administration for the...
Date Published 15/11/2013
Northern Employment Services will be celebrate 20 years of servicing the business community and the people throughout the Rochdale borough this year. Since the business opened...
Date Published 14/11/2013
Apprentices joining Rochdale based Holroyd Precision in September 2013 will be continuing a tradition that goes back for almost as long as the 150 plus years that Holroyd has been...
Chamber Chief Executive, Clive Memmott, was a guest speaker at three major business events last week. On Thursday evening (7 November) he was at the Lloyds Bank Big Picture...
Commenting on today’s Labour Market data Darrell Matthews, EEF North West Region Director, said: “Today’s (13 November) labour market figures add to an improving picture for the...
Date Published 13/11/2013
Mayor and Mayoress Peter and Monica Rush were welcomed at the Heywood head office of the Yearsley Group and enjoyed a tour of a new extension and also meeting the latest recruits;...
Employees at Zen Internet, one of the UK’s leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs), have chosen The Christie’s Young Oncology Unit as its chosen charity for the coming year....
Date Published 09/11/2013
Rochdale Town Hall played host to the third Rochdale Business awards this evening (Friday 8 November) with organiser Martin Torr describing the event as “the best yet.” The...
Date Published 08/11/2013
Employers should use pre-emptive action to reduce harm and increase productivity among workers who drink too much, suggests a personal view published on bmj.com.
Outdated regulations could be cut to help farmers transport goods more efficiently and boost agricultural output, Roads Minister Robert Goodwill has announced. A consultation...
Commenting on IoP data Darrell Matthews, North West Region Director at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: “There are no surprises in today’s data with manufacturing...
Date Published 07/11/2013
