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Clive Memmott, Chamber Chief Executive, and Baroness Beverley Hughes, the Chamber’s Policy Advisor, represented the interests of the business community on the Bishop of...
Date Published 28/02/2013
As part of its ‘Red Tape Challenge’, the Government is inviting businesses and members of the public to identify those regulations that they would like to see changed or removed.
Williams Rochdale, the leading retailer of BMW, Mini, Land Rover and BMW Bikes in the North West, is celebrating its ten year anniversary of sponsoring the Welsh/Italian opera...
Forster Dean’s Rochdale office is celebrating its third anniversary in its bright and modern office on Yorkshire Street, Rochdale creating a welcoming environment for staff and...
A revised multi-agency protocol to tackle excise fraud by dubious hauliers could lead to an increase in the number of hauliers losing their licences to operate, HM Revenue and...
The CLA, NFU and TFA have joined forces to campaign for a fair deal for English farmers on CAP reform. Critical for achieving that outcome, the industry has identified two central...
Date Published 27/02/2013
With the biggest overhaul to the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system in almost 70 years it is time for employers to get ready. HMRC’s Jane Brothwood explains how Real Time Information...
People who sell directly to customers and who haven’t paid all the tax they owe have just 1 day left to take part in an opportunity offered by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to get...
Around 1,500 Year 9 students from schools across the borough will get hands on experience of career opportunities at a unique skills event being held in a few weeks time in...
Date Published 26/02/2013
A Countryside Ranger and a travelling automated systems fitter becoming child minders may sound like a big change but for Rochdale husband and wife team, the Taylor’s, it seemed...
Middleton physio Dave Roberts is setting his sights on doubling the size of his practice over the next three years. The former England cricket physio, who has his group...
Date Published 25/02/2013
For the first time businesses are being offered interactive support with their tax affairs by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). A week long Twitter Q&A session will give SMEs and...
Date Published 22/02/2013
The Jobseeker’s Allowance claimant count across Rochdale rose by 488 to 7,566 last month. Commenting on the figures, Dr Brian Sloan, Chief Economist at Greater Manchester...
The CLA has said the economic challenge facing national parks can only be solved by taking a balanced approach to the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainable...
Date Published 21/02/2013
April will see the launch of the brand new Manchester – China Forum. This new forum is designed to help business develop economic ties and trade with the fastest growing generator...
At the start of this year the Government released details of their 2013 amendments to the Building Regulations Approved Documents. Graham Wilson, Chair of the Chamber's Green...
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics today indicate that unemployment in the UK was down 156,000 to 2.50m in the year to December 2012, and down 14,000 on the...
Paul Bleackley and Damien Whitbread of Abbey Architectural Ironmongery Company Ltd are celebrating this week after receiving their certificates to become Registered Architectural...
Taxpayers reported almost 80,000 tax rebate phishing emails last year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have revealed, as they warn people not to fall victim to the email scams sent...
Figures released on Wednesday, 20 February show that 85,200 people were claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in Greater Manchester in January 2013 – an increase of around 3,200...
A woman has been jailed for stealing more than £39,000 from the Rochdale business she worked at for more than 25 years. Sally Etchells (born 15/08/1967) of Church Street,...
Date Published 20/02/2013
Unemployment fell in the three months to December, while the number in work also jumped. The jobless total fell by 14,000 between October and December to 2.5 million, the...
Local woman Sue Bunner has responded to redundancy by retraining in a rather different profession; and, along with a group of unemployed fellow students, she has helped to...
Date Published 19/02/2013
The Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor James Gartside, was in Middleton this week to officially open a new centre which hopes to help other local businesses to succeed. 4front...
Belle Vue have landed a new three-year main sponsorship deal and will be known as the Rentruck Aces under an agreement worth five figures a year with the Rochdale-based van and...
The Local Data Company’s (LDC) latest shop vacancy report, titled ‘More Clicks, Less Bricks’, provides detailed insight and analysis on the health of town centres, shopping...
Callous thieves smashed through the shop window front of a Rochdale florist and stole a Valentine's display. The burglary happened at The Flower And The Glory shop on Church...
Date Published 18/02/2013
Unsafe practices on construction sites across Greater Manchester are being targeted as part of a national initiative being launched on Monday 18 February aimed at reducing death,...
Date Published 15/02/2013
UK retail sales fell unexpectedly in January, confounding economists' expectations for a rise. Volumes fell 0.6% from December 2012, hurt by heavy snowfall, the Office for...
Figures released by the Office of National Statistics giving the latest inflation figures for the year to January, reveal that the Consumer Prices Index remained at 2.7% for the...
Date Published 13/02/2013
