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Every year more than £40 million is spent by the NHS in Greater Manchester dealing with smoking related illnesses.31 May is World 'No Tobacco Day' and health chiefs are urging...
Date Published 31/05/2007
Middleton-based market research company, PH Research relocated to Malta Mills on Mills Hill Road last month in a bid to snare local job hunters in the area.PH Research...
Date Published 29/05/2007
Start-up businesses looking for new premises could be tempted by the offer of workspaces that boast all mod cons, including their own police cells and courtroom!The former...
Date Published 22/05/2007
Bamford based businessman Paul Campbell, owner of Rochdale based company Cerevina has launched a new niche brand Bollywood Beer into the UK market. The beer, which has been...
Date Published 17/05/2007
Accident management company, Pro Active Legal has taken pioneering steps forward in a bid to demonstrate its commitment to best practice within the accident claims...
Local Government Minister Phil Woolas has published new legislation aimed at encouraging empty shops, offices, factory and warehouse buildings back into commercial use as part of...
Date Published 14/05/2007
A pioneering infant feeding advisor is urging Rochdale companies to back breastfeeding – and reap the business benefits.Val Finigan works for the Pennine Acute Trust, which...
Construction is underway on a new canal side business development in Rochdale called Lock 50 that will offer 12,000sq ft of office space.Rochdale Development Agency’s (RDA)...
Date Published 11/05/2007
Publicity shy businesses in North Manchester will be given the chance to learn the art of self-promotion as new public relations firm, Primo PR, launches its Profile Builder...
Date Published 09/05/2007
Kingsway Partnership (Wilson Bowden Developments and North West Regional Development Agency) officially launched its £350m, 170 hectare (420 acre) business park - Kingsway,...
There has been a significant increase in the number of people who are killed at work. The HSE has released the latest official figures for the six months up to last September,...
Date Published 04/05/2007
The Impact Partnership, a joint venture partnership between Rochdale Council, Mouchel Parkman and Agilisys that delivers property, highways, ICT, contact centre and business...
Date Published 24/04/2007
When safety inspectors visited a Rochdale warehouse they found working conditions so dangerous that they ordered it to close on the spot, a judge was told.The inspectors were...
Date Published 18/04/2007
British Chambers of Commerce have launched a new survey in collaboration with the RAC Foundation to look into the journeys businesses make during the normal working day. They are...
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) was set an ambitious target by the Government to bring its housing stock up to the decent homes standard when it was established in 2002. Due...
Date Published 16/04/2007
Over 45 local construction businesses heard first hand how they could benefit from a multi-million pound housing boom in Oldham and Rochdale.The event at the Queen Elizabeth...
All-In-One Garden Centre has appointed a new Director - Geoff Knowles, Senior Buyer, is the first Director welcomed onto the board for over 15 years.Mr Knowles has worked at...
Business people from across the Rochdale borough will be going to a series of smoke free shows next week (w/c 16 April).The one-stop-shop events for everything smoke free are...
Date Published 13/04/2007
Rochdale Development Agency (RDA) has appointed Phil Joyce as Director of Physical Regeneration.Mr Joyce joins RDA from Leeds City Council where he was Head of Regeneration...
Date Published 12/04/2007
Rochdale Training has recently opened a new Plumbing Centre at its premises in Fishwick Street. The government-funded centre has been opened to train local people for the jobs...
Date Published 11/04/2007
Over sixty local construction businesses are set to gather at Queen Elizabeth Hall in Oldham on Wednesday 11 April to discover how they could benefit from a multi-million pound...
Date Published 04/04/2007
All-In-One Garden Centre Ltd has recruited Gemma Grierson as Gift and Christmas Manager and Jill Somerville as Marketing Manager.Ms Grierson, formerly of Shop Direct has over...
Cummins Mellor Recruitment is celebrating a scholarly victory after four of its staff passed the Certificate in Recruitment Practice exam with flying colours.The business...
From 1 July 2007 legislation will require virtually all work and public places to become smoke free. To understand what this will mean for your business, Oldham and Rochdale...
Date Published 03/04/2007
United Co-operatives has announced record profits in 2006. The Sandbrook Park based group saw turnover increase by 5.5% and pre-tax profits rise by 76 per cent to £62.4 million....
The European WEEE Directive directs that the producers should bear the end-of-life costs of electrical and electronic equipment. However, local computer retailers such as Mission...
Date Published 31/03/2007
Ethnic Minority Business Support (EMBS) hosted its most successful networking event to date when representatives of local ethnic minority businesses flocked to the new Roti Indian...
Date Published 30/03/2007
A new stronger code of practice has been launched that is intended to make leasing shops and offices more user-friendly for small businesses.The new code will mean that small...
Date Published 28/03/2007
The British Chamber of Commerce has launched a new survey in collaboration with the RAC Foundation to look into business travel during the normal working day. They are seeking to...
Renting is becoming more popular as mainland Europe’s lifestyle approach and the soaring costs of mortgages facing homeseekers here. Now people looking to rent in Rochdale are...
Date Published 23/03/2007
