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The economy is still on the brink, but one team of Rochdale ladies has pulled together to form a successful business network, which has pumped life into budding business ventures...
Date Published 26/06/2009
The last 18 months have seen local businesses struggling in the current economic climate, with shops closing down and people out of work the news has been bleak. However, for...
Date Published 24/06/2009
Rochdale Borough Council has remorsefully withdrawn from an advertising contract which supports out-of-town market stalls, following a controversial story published on Rochdale...
Date Published 22/06/2009
Developers in the North West will be given more time to start building and further flexibility to adapt plans under a new package of measures announced by Housing Minister John...
Arras People, the Project Management Recruitment Specialist, has been successful in being name as a supplier by both the Department of Health (DH) & the NHS Purchasing & Supply...
Date Published 21/06/2009
According to research from Tenon, the business adviser to entrepreneurs, nine out of ten business owners in the North West believe that the temporary cut in VAT has failed to make...
Unemployment in the Rochdale borough has fallen slightly this month, with 7,233 people claiming Job Seekers Allowance – a decrease of 0.7% from last month. Overall in Greater...
Date Published 18/06/2009
British Transport Police in the North West has received the stamp of approval from a top award body. Last week BTP in the North West was handed a Big Tick at the annual...
Date Published 16/06/2009
Rochdale football club has ditched Nike as their kit supplier in favour of Carbrini Sportswear, the youth fashion wing of JD Sports. The club has signed a deal for Carbrini to...
Local businesses and Rochdale Council will discover the environmental and economic benefits of travel planning at a seminar being organised by the Highways Agency. Seventy...
Date Published 15/06/2009
The Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Keith Swift, welcomed another flourishing business which has opened its doors in Castleton today (Friday 12 June). The Frock Exchange, in the...
Date Published 12/06/2009
Local businesses are collectively missing out on combined cost savings of as much as £1.5 million per day by ignoring the potential of water efficiency, say sustainable business...
Date Published 11/06/2009
At a time of crisis Rochdale’s high quality clothing retailer Denis Hope is one of few local businesses continuing to flourish and as an independent company they are remaining...
Date Published 10/06/2009
Heywood based IT service management company SYSOP boosted their web presence recently through the launch of their new website; enhancing the corporate brand of a company with more...
Date Published 09/06/2009
The North West enjoyed some economic growth last month according to a poll of purchasing managers from the Royal Bank of Scotland. But the bank states that the growth was...
Date Published 08/06/2009
An appeal has been won against Rochdale Borough Council to open an amusement centre in a disused town centre shop. J B Leisure applied for permission to open the centre, with...
Date Published 06/06/2009
A doctor has expressed his disapproval at plans of a brand new “rival” doctor’s surgery. Plans have been approved for flats on Queens Drive, Queensway, to be converted into a...
Date Published 02/06/2009
A Rochdale firm has been awarded for making their staff a top priority. Jackson, Jackson and Sons have beaten the Co-operative and the Trafford Centre to win a top award for...
Waste charges for small businesses across Rochdale have been increased. The Waste Disposal Authority has confirmed that although the charge will not be implemented from today...
Date Published 01/06/2009
Rochdale's premier holistic centre, True Serenity, opened it doors this weekend to offer 'taster' sessions from a diverse range of holistic practioners. 'Taster' treatments in a...
Date Published 30/05/2009
Rochdale businesses can get free advice to help them survive the credit crunch. They are being urged to register for the workshop ‘Beating the Recession: Real Help for...
Date Published 29/05/2009
Wardle based off-licence chain Liquorflow Ltd has been wound up, with HM Revenue & Customs claiming that the company owes £1.7 million in unpaid tax. The business has been...
Date Published 26/05/2009
Business folk from the engineering industry met with young hopefuls at a business breakfast at Middleton Technology School.
Date Published 23/05/2009
A textiles firm from Littleborough has been fined £12,000 and ordered to pay £2,552 costs for a pollution spillage which killed 300 fish in Ealees Brook. Fothergill Engineered...
Date Published 19/05/2009
Family-owned brewer JW Lees and Co has bought 10 freehold pubs from Punch Taverns for an undisclosed sum. The purchase of the six managed houses and four tenancies takes the...
Date Published 15/05/2009
A Castleton company is believed to be axing 15 jobs. Farrel Corporation on Queensway, which currently runs with 150 workers, is facing a financial crisis, according to a...
Date Published 13/05/2009
The borough of Rochdale has been hit with some negative press in the past months. But no matter how much the recession shakes up the local economy, there is always a wealth of...
Date Published 12/05/2009
A thriving new business has arrived in town – and it is just what the doctor ordered. True Serenity is a professional treatment centre dedicated to holistic wellbeing, with...
Date Published 11/05/2009
Zen Internet has appointed a new Head of Product Management and Marketing. Andrew Saunders brings a history of senior product development, marketing and channel...
Date Published 09/05/2009
Staff from one of Rochdale’s largest law firms have decided to leave the office and get their running shoes on for charity. Seven keen employees from Molesworths Bright Clegg...
Date Published 05/05/2009
