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It started with a QES… Just a reminder that the first Quarterly Economic Survey of the year starts on Monday. We all know how important the QES is to businesses in our region,...
Date Published 13/02/2013
Rochdale is an investment hotspot with major deals resulting in millions of square feet of property being taken up across the borough in the last two years.
A report into the factors which contribute to business growth in towns and cities has concluded that Rochdale lacks talented people and is ranked in the bottom ten of all the...
Date Published 12/02/2013
Digital artist and photographer John Cooke of Rochdale has issued a call for fellow artists and artisans in the area to showcase their work in his new online gallery. John...
Date Published 11/02/2013
Founder of Paddlers for Life Manchester is RRG’s Executive Secretary RRG Group, the North’s leading dealership group, today announced it has donated £1000 to Paddlers for Life...
Date Published 09/02/2013
A prestigious European award was presented to North West-based ENWORKS at a ceremony in Brussels last week (Thursday 31 January). The environmental support service, which...
Date Published 08/02/2013
The administrators of HMV have said that 66 of the music and DVD retailer's stores will close over the next two months, including the Rochdale store in the Exchange Shopping...
Date Published 07/02/2013
Rochdale is a great place to do business was the key message at an economic forum seminar attended by over 70 of the borough’s business and public sector leaders.
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and The Business Growth Hub are working together to launch a major new drive to recruit more mentors to support growing businesses across...
The government has announced new ‘permitted development rights’ that will allow offices to be converted into houses and flats without the need for planning permission. However,...
Dr Brian Sloan, Chief Economist at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, has given his views ahead of this week's Monetary Policy Committee meeting.
Tell us what you Think! It seems like just a short while ago that the Chamber prepared a submission to the Chancellor in advance of his Autumn Statement.
The reforms to the way parents can share maternity leave are part of the Children and Families Bill, published today, Tuesday 5 February. The government will move away from...
Date Published 05/02/2013
New Economy has released the February 2013 edition of the Manchester Monitor, a monthly snapshot of the economic wellbeing of Greater Manchester (GM).
The latest retail casualty took place yesterday as local independent retailer Big Boyswear (2 February) in Castleton closed its doors for the last time.
Date Published 04/02/2013
Dresser Mouldings, the local timber manufacturer specialising in the production of fine timber mouldings has just opened a new Trade Counter to make it easier for traders and the...
The Works store in the Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre is to close its doors for good on 24 March. The Works stocks books, toys, gifts, stationery and arts & crafts at discount...
Date Published 02/02/2013
Young fashion indie chain Hoi Polloi, which has a branch is Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre, has become another victim to the economy.
Paul Turner-Mitchell Director of independent Rochdale retailer, 25 Ten Boutique is to be a member of the panel at the Seventh Local Data Company (LDC) Retail Summit. The event,...
The CLA today (31 January) welcomed the Government’s response to the report of the Independent Forestry Panel, especially its commitment to protecting forestry and fighting tree...
Date Published 31/01/2013
North West food firms are invited to make the most of a wealth of export opportunities in the Middle East by joining UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) on a trade mission to Gulfood in...
Heightened risk of Falsified Supplier Payment Details Recently HSBC UK Trade has seen an increasing number of attempted frauds when importers have received email requests to...
Emma Antrobus, Transport Policy Manager at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce comments on the Governments announced preferred route for HS2: On Monday 28 January...
Yorkshire Street solicitors, Forster Dean, have been nominated for the Most Innovative Approach to Performance Measurement in the 2013 Managing Partners Forum Awards.
Date Published 30/01/2013
Philip Griffiths, North West Chairman, UK Independence Party has congratulated the MP who uncovered figures showing that 422 British regulations have been passed since 2010...
Date Published 29/01/2013
People selling directly to customers and who haven’t paid all the tax they owe have one month to come forward and pay up under an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) campaign.
Rochdale’s MP Simon Danczuk has called on local authorities to help high street businesses that are bracing themselves for yet another increase in business rates by using new...
Date Published 28/01/2013
St Peter's Primary School (just off Kingsway) is holding a science week in March. They are looking for local businesses that would be willing to help them during the week...
Specialist short-term lender, Bridging Finance Limited, is suggesting there should to be a shift of emphasis from chain stores to boutiques and residential dwellings in order for...
Date Published 25/01/2013
The CLA has scored a major lobbying victory following the Government’s decision to allow changes of use for redundant agricultural buildings.
