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Council kickstarts Drake Street regeneration with celebration event

The revival of one of Rochdale’s most famous historic shopping streets has moved a step closer, following the official launch of the Heritage Action Zone project in the town centre.

The project will see Historic

Rochdale’s greatest heritage asset gets National Lottery boost

Plans to transform Rochdale Town Hall, one of the best examples of Victorian architecture in the country, have been given an initial boost after the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) approved the first stage of an £8.9m bid.

Triple bill! Rochdale in the running for three business awards

Rochdale’s thriving business scene and regeneration projects are in the running for three top regional awards.

The town centre’s transport interchange, the new shopping and leisure development, Rochdale Riverside, and Rochdale-based Casey Group, are

Secretary of state gives green light for major regeneration scheme in Rochdale

Plans for a new link road just off junction 19 of the M62, which will help to create thousands of new jobs and homes, have moved up a gear following the decision by the secretary of state not to

Rochdale has launched another support service for new and growing businesses, with Smart Start

Rochdale has just launched another support service for new and growing businesses, with the introduction of the new Start Smart programme.

The programme, which has been launched by the Business Growth Hub with support from the

Family-owned Dairy Company is First to Launch Free-Range Yogurt

In an industry first, Lancashire Farm Dairies has become the first UK yogurt producer to use free range milk in all of its yogurt products, a move that will benefit cows and farmers.

The Rochdale-based company

Precision Technologies Group named a 2018 Northern Powerhouse Export Champion

Rochdale-based Precision Technologies Group (PTG) has been named a 2018 Northern Powerhouse Export Champion by the Department for International Trade (DIT).

PTG is an export-driven manufacturer of special purpose CNC machine tools, such as the globally acclaimed

Ready for Take Off: Rochdale in the running for major airport contract

Rochdale’s Kingsway Business Park could be home to one of four major logistics hubs which will help deliver Heathrow’s third runway.

A delegation from Heathrow airport will visit the site today (Friday 13 April) as