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Confidence among small North West firms has recovered against a backdrop of lower inflation, progress on Brexit talks and a positive Spring Statement, according to the latest...
Date Published 27/03/2018
Logistics specialist Walkers Transport has teamed up with Rochdale LGV Driver Training to deliver a new training programme for external drivers.
Farmers and landowners fed up with dealing with the aftermath of fly-tipping in the countryside are calling for a concerted campaign to educate householders not to use illegal...
Date Published 26/03/2018
Speculation has arisen regarding the future of the Claire’s store in Rochdale after the parent company in the US filed for bankruptcy protection.
Date Published 22/03/2018
Working age poverty in the North West has barely fallen since 2010/11, despite regional unemployment falling significantly, a TUC analysis of new official poverty figures...
Mantra Learning, Middleton and Stagecoach Manchester Middleton Depot have been given awards by Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM’s) Travel Choices team for encouraging...
Fabdance opened its new premises in the former Co-op building on Rooley Moor Road on Friday (16 March).
A Middleton children’s day nursery located in the listed Edgar Wood building in Middleton will celebrate its 10th birthday on Saturday (24 March).
A number of Carpetright stores could close as the retailer has revealed plans which allow the closure of underperforming stores.
Commenting on the agreement between the UK and EU for a transition phase, Alex Davies, Research Analyst at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, said: “Businesses will, on the...
Date Published 20/03/2018
The SME National Business Awards have been launched.
A new Rochdale food company has created a '170 calorie pizza' - to tackle obesity. The pizza, named the 'Lo-Dough Ham and Mushroom Slimmer' is thought to be the lowest calorie...
Crimble Hall, which includes the glamorous Peacock Room, the Conservatory Restaurant & Grill and the Secret Garden, has been sold.
Miriam Unsworth, an Ellen Smith Tours driver, has been nominated as the 2018 Coach Driver of the year.
CLA President Tim Breitmeyer gave BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme a tour of his farm in Cambridgeshire last week, to explain the implications for British agriculture of a ‘hard...
A new 'Budgens at Shell' store, located at the Shell Eagle on Queensway, Rochdale, has opened.
Date Published 16/03/2018
A reward has been offered for information leading to conviction after a window was smashed at a popular Norden barber shop.
Date Published 15/03/2018
The Administrators of P W Greenhalgh & Co Limited, based in Newhey, have completed the sale of the business and certain assets to Redwood Group Holdings Limited.
The Nationwide Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) will provide vouchers worth up to £3,000 for a small or medium sized business or £500 to residents to help with the costs of...
A Rochdale company and contractor have been prosecuted after failing to prevent exposure of workers and others to asbestos whilst cleaning an asbestos cement roof.
Farm businesses and rural communities will face serious financial consequences if the Government presses ahead with severe cuts to farm payments post-Brexit, the CLA is set to...
April is a busy month for most businesses, with the start of a new financial year creating accounting and reporting requirements for many. Alongside this, key developments in...
A Rochdale businesswoman has been nominated for her first award since opening her recycling plant last year.
Date Published 14/03/2018
The former post office building in Rochdale town centre is set to re-open this weekend as a café, restaurant and bar.
Dunnes Stores in Heywood is set to close on St Patrick’s Day (Saturday 17 March). The Irish retail chain is understood to be lacking in business, and is believed to be pulling...
Lake Garage in Smithy Bridge is set to close after 65 years of business on Friday (16 March).
Date Published 13/03/2018
Chas Roy-Chowdhury, Head of Tax at ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), says the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Statement was disappointing.
Local independent businesses set up shop at Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre on Saturday, with everything from handmade jewellery and personalised gifts to children’s clothing...
Rural businesses and communities have been given a boost after the Government announced an extension to permitted development rights that allow farmers to increase the size of...
The extra £12M Rochdale council is spending to fix the roads should go to local firms, says Milnrow and Newhey Labour councillor Neil Butterworth.
Date Published 12/03/2018
