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Darren Jones from Buy a Battery and Jessica Rigby, charity manager of Cash for Kids

Local business super charges Greater Manchester charity toy appeal

Heywood based Buyabattery.co.uk has given Greater Manchester’s Mission Christmas team an extra boost with a donation of £2,000 worth of batteries to power up toys and gadgets donated to the toy appeal.

Date Published 06/12/2021

Crystal Doors celebrates green success with workforce and local supporters

Rochdale manufacturer Crystal Doors has received its Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development in a special ceremony attended by the Deputy Lieutenant for Greater...

Date Published 02/12/2021

Four new units being built at Kingsway Business Park

Building work is underway on four new units at Kingsway Business Park in Rochdale.
Wilson Bowden Developments has started groundworks on the 8.67 acre site between Sir Isaac...

Date Published 02/12/2021

Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Financial Support Scheme now open for HGV owners

A financial support scheme to upgrade or retrofit Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) to comply with the GM-wide Clean Air Zone opened for applications on 30 November.

Date Published 01/12/2021

Local manufacturers help Made Smarter reach major milestone

Local manufacturers have helped Made Smarter’s trailblazing technology adoption programme in the North West mark its third anniversary by reaching a major milestone.

Date Published 26/11/2021

Rochdale Training wins Springhill Hospice's Corporate Challenge

Independent training provider Rochdale Training has been named the winner of Springhill Hospice’s Corporate Challenge this year.

Date Published 25/11/2021

HMRC warns customers about Self Assessment tricksters

Self assessment taxpayers are warned to be on their guard after nearly 800,000 tax-related scams were reported in the last year.

Date Published 23/11/2021

Milnrow business crowned Best Indian Restaurant in Greater Manchester

The Milnrow Balti has been named Best Indian Restaurant in Greater Manchester at this year’s Euro Asia Curry Awards, while its head chef has picked up the Best Chef in Greater...

Date Published 21/11/2021

Kickstart: employers must apply by 17 December

Employers interested in joining the Kickstart Scheme are reminded that no new applications will be accepted – or any additional placements added onto existing grant agreements –...

Date Published 19/11/2021

Rochdale sports therapist wins award at 2021 FitPro awards

A Rochdale sports therapist and strength and conditioning coach has won an award in the 2021 Fitness Professional Awards.

Date Published 18/11/2021

La Scala restaurant relaunched after refurbishment

La Scala restaurant on Oldham Road has been relaunched after a successful refurbishment.

Date Published 17/11/2021

Vita Group partners with Evonik for pioneering efficient polyurethane mattress recycling process

Middleton foam manufacturer, The Vita Group has partnered with chemicals specialist Evonik as part of a pioneering mattress recycling programme.

Date Published 17/11/2021

Nando’s to open on 1 December creating 40 new jobs

Rochdale’s very first Nando’s will officially open for business on Wednesday 1 December.

Date Published 15/11/2021

Well-deserved retirement for Middleton employee after half a century's work

Workman Pete Dalton is celebrating a well-deserved retirement after 50 years at local business F S Moult and Son.

Date Published 13/11/2021

Carbon neutral drive boosted by new Greater Manchester and Octopus Energy partnership

Greater Manchester has struck a new partnership with Octopus Energy Group in its bid to become carbon neutral by 2038, 12 years ahead of the UK target date.

Date Published 12/11/2021

Ophthalmic optician Stephen Holt celebrates 50 years of business

An independent optician is celebrating 50 years of business this week.
Stephen Holt opened his business – Stephen J Holt Ophthalmic Opticians – on Oldham Road on 8 November 1971,...

Date Published 11/11/2021

Small firms offered support and profiling from Small Business Saturday campaign’s UK roadshow

Pringle Accountants, based in Littleborough, is one local small business which will have a spotlight shone on it as part of a national roadshow to support small businesses and...

Date Published 10/11/2021

World’s first UN-approved clinical waste container made from post-consumer recycled plastic launched in the UK by Littleborough business

Littleborough business Daniels Healthcare, a local manufacturer of sharps and clinical waste containers, has introduced the world’s first UN-approved clinical waste container made...

Date Published 08/11/2021

Award win for customer service champions Cartime

Car dealership Cartime, which has sites in Bury and Rochdale, has won an Extra Mile Award for customer service and community support.

Date Published 06/11/2021

Barton Kendal wins The British Property Lettings Award for Rochdale

Local estate agents Barton Kendal Residential has won the British Property Lettings Award 2021 – 2022 for Rochdale.

Date Published 05/11/2021

Middleton's Caketastic Creations reaches finals of 2021 Baking Industry Awards

A Middleton cake maker reached the finals of this year’s national Baking Industry Awards.

Date Published 03/11/2021

Busy Beans Coffee celebrates second anniversary with Good Food award

Independent coffee house Busy Beans Coffee is celebrating its second anniversary with a Good Food award.

Date Published 02/11/2021

Zen donates £11,000 to its charity of the year Rochdale and District Mind

Mental health charity Rochdale and District Mind has been presented with a cheque for £11,400 by Zen Internet.

Date Published 02/11/2021

Newhey Butchers win best display at first ever Milnrow ‘Pink’ Hey event

Newhey Butchers has been named the winner of the first ever Milnrow ‘Pink’ Hey event in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Milnrow ‘Pink’ Hey is an extension of the Little ‘Pink’ Borough...

Date Published 30/10/2021

Lancashire Hospitality Co-operation venues receive tip top scores for food hygiene

A local pub, catering and hospitality group has received an abundance of five-star ratings across its food pubs and restaurants in Rochdale.

Date Published 30/10/2021

Heywood salon named North West Hair and Beauty Salon of the Year for second year running

Holly Jayne Hair Establishment in Heywood has once again landed several accolades at this British Hair and Beauty Awards.

Date Published 28/10/2021

Business communications group announces new division

A Middleton mobile phone provider has acquired a Clitheroe-based business telecoms company and created a new division.
MID Communications, based at Stakehill Industrial Park, is...

Date Published 27/10/2021

Self-Assessment deadline countdown begins

Self-Assessment customers have less than a week left to submit paper tax returns and under 100 days to go for online tax returns.
The Self-Assessment tax return deadlines for...

Date Published 26/10/2021

How Made Smarter is giving Greater Manchester food and drink makers the ingredients for digitalisation

Food and drink manufacturers across Greater Manchester – including Rochdale’s Lancashire Farm Dairies – are using technology and digital skills to navigate the major challenges of...

Date Published 26/10/2021

Rochdale stab vest manufacturer features in Channel 5 show ‘Shoplifters & Scammers’

Rochdale-based body armour manufacturer Defence Composites featured in a Channel 5 episode of ‘Shoplifters & Scammers: At War With The Law,’ which aired on Tuesday 19 October.

Date Published 25/10/2021

Celebrating 30 years at Shawclough Stores

A retailing family is celebrating 30 years and three generations at their Rochdale convenience store with a new fascia and a mini facelift inside.
Danny Patel, a Nisa partner...

Date Published 25/10/2021

Greater Manchester launches bid to become easiest place in the UK to be a zero carbon business

The Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (GM LEP), alongside an alliance of businesses and partner organisations, has launched Bee Net Zero – an ambitious commitment to...

Date Published 21/10/2021

Practice in Milnrow ranked amongst top GP surgeries in England

Milnrow Village Practice has achieved a national ranking of 26 out of 6,658 practices across the country in this year’s GP Patient survey.

Date Published 20/10/2021

Little ‘Pink’ Borough: Busy Beans Coffee and The Image Warehouse named best dressed windows

Busy Beans Coffee and The Image Warehouse beauty salon have been named the joint winners of this year’s Little ‘Pink’ Borough campaign in aid of Cancer Research UK.

Date Published 19/10/2021

BES trainee completes apprenticeship with a first class honours degree

An apprentice from Rochdale-based company, BES Ltd, has achieved a first class honours degree from UCLan (University of Central Lancashire) after his employer enabled him to...

Date Published 19/10/2021

Double-digit sales for specialist PTG machines

Local manufacturer Precision Technologies Group (PTG) has achieved double-digit sales of a specialist dual weld-head friction stir welding machines in the automotive construction...

Date Published 18/10/2021

Revive Me salon celebrates decade of business

The Revive Me salon in Shawclough is celebrating 10 years of business this October.
Established in 2011 as a tanning salon offering beauty treatments, Revive has now evolved and...

Date Published 16/10/2021

Former Siemens CEO says AMPI presents global opportunity

The former chief executive of Siemens UK has hailed the planned Advanced Machinery and Productivity Institute (AMPI) in Rochdale as an opportunity for UK manufacturers to sell...

Date Published 15/10/2021

Rochdale businesses invited to free Eco-I North West virtual summit

Businesses in Rochdale are being urged to attend a free virtual summit about a first of its kind £14 million programme supporting low carbon innovation to help growth, and the...

Date Published 14/10/2021

PDS Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge raises £4,000 for Springhill Hospice

Performance Doorset Solutions, based in Littleborough, have raised over £4,000 for Springhill Hospice.

Date Published 11/10/2021

Rochdale manufacturer opens £750k production line

A Rochdale manufacturer has installed a second £750,000 production line in its factory that will boost its capacity by 40 per cent.
Hanson Springs work extensively with the oil,...

Date Published 08/10/2021

Multi-award-winning restaurant Nutters to close after 28 years of business

Rochdale’s multi-award-winning restaurant Nutters – the eponymous eatery of celebrity chef Andrew Nutter – is to close on 17 October 2021, after 28 years of business.

Date Published 08/10/2021

Wilton Arms Hotel fundraising for defibrillator

A fundraiser at the Wilton Arms in Middleton is raising money for a defibrillator to be installed at its premises.
Staff are aiming to raise enough funds for an automated...

Date Published 02/10/2021

Gleeson Homes’ office moves to new larger premises in Rochdale

Developer Gleeson Homes has moved its Greater Manchester office to larger premises in Rochdale.

Date Published 01/10/2021

Strawberry Laces Boutique holds grand reopening in new premises after bouncing back from pandemic effect

Littleborough’s Strawberry Laces Boutique held a grand reopening at new premises on Church Street on Saturday 18 September.

Date Published 30/09/2021

Five-star hotel in Rochdale could become a rehab centre for people recovering from addiction

Proposals to change the use of the Silver Award winning Moss Lodge Hotel, off Kingsway, have been lodged with Rochdale Council.

Date Published 29/09/2021

Vita Group expands with acquisition of mattress manufacturer

Middleton foam manufacturer the Vita Group has acquired UK based specialist mattress manufacturer Usleep Limited.

Date Published 29/09/2021

Jobs at risk as chilled food firm enters administration

More than 400 jobs are at risk after a chilled food logistics firm, which has a site in Rochdale, called in administrators on Friday (24 September).

Date Published 28/09/2021

Walkers Transport key workers raise over £2,000 for charity

Key workers from Rochdale-based Walkers Transport have raised over £2,000 for the Children Today charity.

Date Published 24/09/2021

Grand opening of Russell’s Café

Russell’s Café, one of Rochdale’s longstanding and most popular cafés, has reopened on Yorkshire Street.

Date Published 21/09/2021

Success for children's drama school opened in pandemic

A drama school for children up to the age of 13 which opened during the pandemic is flourishing.

Date Published 19/09/2021

Proceeds of crime funding used to help protect businesses from cybercrime

The North West Cyber Resilience Centre (NWCRC) has been commissioned by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to deliver a programme of cyber resilience support to 300 small businesses...

Date Published 17/09/2021

Individual Restaurants takes two units at Rochdale’s Coldwall Industrial Estate

A leading restaurant group which operates Gino D’Acampo, Piccolino and the Restaurant Bar & Grill chains has agreed a five-year lease on a warehouse in Rochdale.

Date Published 15/09/2021

Argos lorry drivers secure bumper pay increase

Over 90 lorry drivers at the Heywood Argos Depot will be receiving a pay rise.
The drivers, employed by Wincanton, will see their basic rate of pay increase from £11.41 an hour...

Date Published 15/09/2021

New Look and Nando’s to open before Christmas

Rochdale Riverside’s latest retailer New Look and restaurant chain Nando’s are expected to be open in time for Christmas.

Date Published 10/09/2021

New Look signs up to Rochdale Riverside

Fashion retailer New Look has become the latest name to join Rochdale Riverside.
In a list of store locations, New Look lists the forthcoming store as 'coming soon' to Riverside...

Date Published 06/09/2021

Middleton Aldi reopens after refurbishment and extension

The Aldi store on Kemp Street in Middleton reopened this week (Thursday 2 September), following a significant refurbishment and extension.

Date Published 04/09/2021

Rochdale Training's half marathon walk raises over £1,800 for Springhill Hospice

Rochdale Training has raised over £1,800 for Springhill Hospice after completing a half marathon walk.

Date Published 27/08/2021

Castleton mum-of-two is tackling plastic waste, food waste and making it easier to eat better with new indie business Rochdale Veg Boxes

A Castleton mum-of-two has made it her mission to reduce plastic waste, fight food waste AND get the borough eating better with the launch of her independent fruit and vegetable...

Date Published 24/08/2021

Rochdale school friends combine to acquire wine retailer

Old Rochdale school friends Rob Weatherhead and Ben Boothman have completed the purchase of wine retailer Affordable Wine.

Date Published 24/08/2021

Hovington Limited fined after worker suffered life-changing injuries

Rochdale civil engineering company, Hovington Limited has been fined £34,000 for safety breaches after a worker was struck by a falling piece of plant machinery while working on a...

Date Published 24/08/2021

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