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An ambitious vision to reform the system of farm support after the UK leaves the EU and the Common Agricultural Policy has been unveiled by The Country Land and Business Association (CLA).
Date Published 21/07/2017
Couzens Hair Studio celebrated its 34th anniversary on The Walk on Tuesday (18 July). The long-standing business was established in 1983 by Gregory Couzens, who owns the salon...
Date Published 20/07/2017
GJD was presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, International Trade by Warren J. Smith, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, on Tuesday (18 July) Mayor Ian...
Date Published 18/07/2017
Employees in the North West accounted for a whopping 720 days of absenteeism per 1,000 employees in the past three months alone.
Blue Rose Gifts and Balloons in Heywood has been voted as a top five greetings card retailer in the North of England.
Date Published 17/07/2017
The Old Police Station in Heywood celebrated its tenth birthday this week, marking a decade since the council run building was converted into managed workspace.
Date Published 15/07/2017
Xhale, a new salon on Rooley Moor Road, was officially declared open by well known town centre hairdresser Greg Couzens on Tuesday (11 July).
Date Published 13/07/2017
GJD won two business accolades at the BSIA’s Security Business Awards, which were presented at the BSIA annual luncheon in Covent Garden’s Grand Connaught Rooms on Wednesday 12...
The Olde Boar’s Head in Middleton has won ‘Best Regional Pub’ at the JW Lees ‘Pub of the Year’ awards in Manchester on 12 July.
Business parks across the Borough are booming, Wednesday’s (12 July) Council meeting was told. Construction of the extesnion to the JD Sports Distribution Centre at Kingsway...
It is ten years since the Old Police Station in Heywood was converted into managed work space by the council on Thursday (13 July).
Date Published 12/07/2017
The National House Building Council (NHBC) has awarded Pride in the Job Quality Awards for site managers at seven Countryside developments, including Bank Top in Heywood and...
The majority of middle market businesses in the North West are most prepared for an EU-exit, according to a new YouGov survey, the Brexit Monitor, commissioned by leading audit,...
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has welcomed the partnership between UK Export Finance (UKEF) and major banks, which will allow greater access to export...
Naylor’s Equestrian has leased the last remaining unit at Broadfield Business Park, Heywood. Unit 6, extending to 23,140 sq ft, has been let to Naylor's by way of a new 10 year...
Date Published 11/07/2017
Small businesses from Rochdale had appointments with some of the biggest public sector organisations in Greater Manchester at a meet-the buyer event organised by STaR procurement,...
One of Holroyd Precision’s acclaimed TG 350 rotor grinding machines is set to bring even higher levels of accuracy and speed to a leading Japanese manufacturer of rotors for...
Companies across Rochdale are once again being given the chance to show they’re the business, with nominations now open for the Rochdale Business Awards 2017.
Local businesswoman Laura Heywood received a Lifetime Achievement award for her work over the last 25 years in promoting the reusage of printer cartridges.
Date Published 10/07/2017
Catherine Machalinski, who runs Prevail Accountants, has been nominated for the BusinessMan and BusinessWoman of the Year 2017 competition in the United Kingdom.
Team GJD completed the Manchester to Blackpool bike ride on Sunday 9 July to help raise money for The Christie Charity.
Melissa Timperley, from Wardle, is a finalist for three British Hairdressing Business Awards. The Melissa Timperley Salon only opened in December 2106 but already the...
The PRS REIT, the closed-ended real estate investment trust established to invest in new build homes in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) has entered into its first design and build...
Manchester based MCR Property Group has purchased the Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre for an undisclosed sum. Chris Taylor, Asset Manager for MCR Property Group, commented: “The...
Date Published 06/07/2017
The Works will be opening its new store in Middleton Shopping Centre on Friday (7 July). The family-friendly value retailer has seen a rapid growth in recent years and the new...
Couzens Hair Studio has launched a new website to complement the well-established brand using a contemporary look and feel.
Date Published 05/07/2017
Nearly two thirds of rural landowners would build new homes to rent or buy if they had more confidence in the attitudes and processes of local planning authorities.
Founded and headquartered in Rochdale, InXpress has been named winner of the Brand Innovation Award at the British Franchise Association (bfa) HSBC Franchisor of the Year Awards...
Date Published 03/07/2017
An evening of family entertainment and food, in aid of the 'We love Manchester emergency fund', opened with Tom McNeeney from the Oxford reciting his moving poem 'Manchester'.
Date Published 02/07/2017
Ten Entertainment Group plc, one of the UK's leading ten-pin bowling operators, has acquired Strike Ten Bowl in Rochdale.
Date Published 30/06/2017
Ian Page, who lives in Rochdale, left school at 16 and started work as a lab assistant and then a van driver for a veterinary wholesaler.
A total of 16,090 people have opened a business in the North West - 440 in Rochdale - with the support of the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA), a fund available to jobseekers with a...
Date Published 28/06/2017
Star Procurement, the shared procurement service for Rochdale Stockport and Trafford councils, has launched a three-year business plan.
Date Published 26/06/2017
Samantha Collins and her business partner Stacy Cummins, owners of Simply Special, have moved into a dedicated unit in Baillie Street.
Date Published 24/06/2017
The first of 40 new council-built industrial units on Dodgson Street are set be completed by August 2017 - part of the council’s drive to support new and growing businesses, which...
Business leaders in the fire and security sector recently met with Hopwood Hall College’s apprenticeship team at the new Apprenticeship Standards launch in a bid to boost the...
A group of textile businesses based in Rochdale and Bolton have been sold out of administration in a deal which saves over 100 jobs and maintains continuity of service to...
Date Published 23/06/2017
It was standing room only at Holtmill as past and present service users and staff of Healey Care celebrated 21 years of providing support on Saturday.
Date Published 20/06/2017
Resolute Recruitment, a new recruitment agency in Heywood, is fast becoming the town's latest success story, going from strength-to-strength since October 2016 inside the...
Greater Manchester libraries are introducing a new initiative that aims to help people across the city region launch their own start-up businesses.
Steven Clegg and Kevin Crossdale have started the North West Gas Training and Assessment Centre in Rochdale. Mr Clegg said: “This is something I have wanted to do for several...
Date Published 19/06/2017
Rochdale’s oldest yarn manufacturer, TBA Textiles has been sold to The Fothergill Group after entering administration. TBA Textiles entered administration on 30 May after...
Date Published 16/06/2017
Tesco’s food surplus redistribution initiative, Community Food Connection, has now served up 29,944 meals in Rochdale and 10 million meals nationally, helping more than 5,000...
Date Published 15/06/2017
GJD has acquired from Radiovisor Limited t/a Lazer Systems all of their infra-red beam and barrier technology plus all related intellectual property rights
Date Published 14/06/2017
Springhill Hospice’s Yorkshire Street charity shop is now brighter and lighter thanks to a “DIY SOS” style makeover by staff at Rochdale’s Marks & Spencer which brought in...
Date Published 12/06/2017
Capture Design has raised £980 for the We Stand Together Manchester appeal by selling I heart Manchester and bee stickers to raise the funds for the victims of the Manchester...
Date Published 08/06/2017
Businesses are facing the significant prospect that vital data could become obsolete or unreadable in future, after a survey revealed they aren’t doing enough to prevent it.
M&Y Maintenance and Construction, which operates across the North West, has donated a van to Petrus Community to help the charity in its mission to provide housing services to...
Date Published 06/06/2017
Units were broken into at Moss Mill Industrial Estate on Woodbine Street East, Rochdale over the second May Bank Holiday.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has carried out spot checks in Greater Manchester to ensure employers are complying with their automatic enrolment duties.
Could you or your staff help our local schools? They are looking for help with mock interviews for their Year 10 students.
Date Published 05/06/2017
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has launched Social Value Awards. The awards formally recognise the hard work and time that members give towards initiatives which...
Date Published 02/06/2017
Photographers of all experience levels are being asked to get snappy as the annual EEF manufacturing photography competition opens for entries.
Date Published 01/06/2017
Rochdale Cricket Club’s Henry Cooper has no excuse for not being fit this summer. The 24-year-old New Zealander is being sponsored by JD Gyms of Rochdale.
Date Published 31/05/2017
Precision Technologies Group company, Holroyd Precision, has developed a revolutionary new CNC profile milling machine that, in addition to producing helical rotors, can be...
