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Many of the country’s 1.8 million small employers approaching their pensions auto-enrolment staging dates are in danger of missing deadlines by underestimating the amount of data...
Date Published 11/08/2015
North West shoe repair company Shoemaster has signed a long-term lease at 66 Yorkshire Street in Rochdale town centre. Owner of Shoemaster, Chris Lesbirel, signed the lease...
Commenting on the Northern Powerhouse announcement, Christian Spence, Head of Research and Policy at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, said: “The Transport Secretary has...
Chef Andrew Nutter has been granted planning permission to refurbish the Bird I’th Hand pub on Bury and Rochdale Old Road, Birtle. Andrew plans to turn the run down pub into a...
Date Published 08/08/2015
Gordon Rigg Garden Centre celebrate 70 years of business this month and to mark the occasion the company cleaned up their fleet of vehicles and took the convoy on a trip down...
Date Published 06/08/2015
Following Odeon Cinemas’ decision to introduce a new IT service management framework based on ‘ITIL’ best practice, Heywood IT educator and consultant Sysop is working with the...
Date Published 05/08/2015
The number of self-employed people in Greater Manchester has risen by 28 percent since the financial crisis and now stands at 163,800, according to new figures published by the...
Date Published 03/08/2015
Responding to today’s (Purchasing Managers’ Index) PMI data, Lee Hopley, Chief Economist at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: “Manufacturing activity ticked higher in...
GJD, the Heywood based manufacturer of external detector equipment, infra-red and white-light LED illuminators, will be exhibiting on stand 27 at the ADI Belgium expo.
A survey of firms in Greater Manchester and Cheshire has shown many business owners still believe schools and colleges are not doing enough to equip leavers with the necessary...
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, is running a free webinar on 26 August to help companies get their heads around new gender pay reporting requirements. The move follows a...
Date Published 30/07/2015
Employers in the hairdressing and beauty sectors who pay their staff below the national minimum wage (NMW) are being targeted in a new campaign.
Date Published 29/07/2015
KP Industries Limited, the Rochdale-based manufacturer of industrial conveyor systems and handling equipment, has used the profits from orders exceeding £1 million to part fund...
Shelly B’s Café has re-opened following a burglary last week. The café re-opened on Monday (27 July) and café owner Shelly Buxton has thanked her loyal customers for their...
Digital communications chain O2 Rochdale is one of the sponsors of this summer’s Rochdale Feel Good Festival. The O2 store will be an official festival partner for the first...
Chef Andrew Nutter celebrated his restaurant's 22nd year in business at the weekend with a 'two little ducks' themed event. Taking inspiration from the bingo term for 22,...
Date Published 27/07/2015
Representatives from 25 businesses gathered in Rochdale Town Hall for the Rochdale in Business Summer Event, titled Forward Together.
Source BioScience, the international laboratory services and products business on Kingsway Business Park in Rochdale, has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued share...
Yearsley Group employees and their guests celebrated 60 years in business with a black tie gala dinner that brought together 625 staff from all 12 depots throughout the...
Milkstone Area Businesses Association (MARA) held its first Annual General Meeting on Friday 24 July at Castlemere Community Centre. A presentation was made by representatives...
Manufacturers in the North West are helping to lead the way when it comes to exports and output, but come in 5th out of nine regions when it comes to business confidence,...
Coffee Options, a coffee shop that was located opposite W H Smith in the Exchange Shopping Centre, has closed. It is currently unclear why the coffee shop has closed, but there...
Date Published 23/07/2015
The North West could see a rise in employment as half (48%) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the region plan to take on new employees in the next 12 months, and...
Celebrity chef Andrew Nutter joined in the celebrations when staff from BMI Highfield Hospital held a special evening to mark a number of long-service awards.
Date Published 20/07/2015
Zen Internet, a keen contender in the 2015 North West in Bloom contest, hosted a buffet lunch and tour on Tuesday 14 July for Mayor Surinder Biant and his wife Mayoress Cecile...
Date Published 17/07/2015
Leading figures from across Greater Manchester met with key figures from the FSB last night (Tuesday) to discuss the Northern Powerhouse project and how the region’s small...
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the Home Builders Federation (HBF) have joined forces, supported by some of the UK’s largest developers and property investors, to...
Date Published 15/07/2015
Last week the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced a new compulsory National Living Wage for employees of 25 years and above.
Funeral directors, who prepare bodies for burial, may be at heightened risk of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS for short, as a result of the...
Date Published 14/07/2015
Holroyd Precision has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of International Trade at this year’s award. The Queen’s Awards recognise outstanding achievements by...
Date Published 13/07/2015
