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AMS join the fight against Covid-19

AMS Technical Plastic, a local company that makes electronic switches and connectors for a global sensor company, last week received an order for 1,800 switch units for ventilators for the French government. To fulfil the order, managing director, Jim

Returning to work roundtable

The full video can be viewed here

Business leaders and health and safety experts gave practical advice for Rochdale firms considering a return to work

It’s widely accepted that businesses have to start

Emerging from the lockdown, a strategy for economic recovery

Our third lockdown webinar offered timely advice from the new RDA chairman on the realities of getting back to work

Incoming RDA chairman Paul Ormerod struck an upbeat tone as he discussed the relaxation of lockdown

Home working, cyber security and your business

A panel of local experts offered timely advice on remote working in the latest Rochdale Ambassadors’ webinar

The second Ambassador event of the Covid-19 lockdown focused on a topic - remote working - that many businesses

Distinguished economist Paul Ormerod named new RDA chairman

Rochdale Development Agency (RDA) has announced that distinguished economist Paul Ormerod will be the organisation’s next chairman after the retirement of Chris Gilmartin.

Paul was born and grew up in Rochdale. He has been the

Thousands of new homes on track as part of rail regeneration

An ambitious plan to create over 7,000 new homes and 250,000 square metres of employment space along the Calder Valley rail corridor has been unveiled by Rochdale Borough Council.

The masterplan proposes major redevelopment around the borough’s

Lancashire Farm Dairies makes big investments as business booms

The Rochdale based yogurt brand has invested one million pounds into its manufacturing plant turning its attention to robotics and new technology, the company aims to take on key industry competitors

Rochdale based yogurt brand, Lancashire

Foam firm helps make 25k mattresses for Nightingale hospitals

A Rochdale manufacturer is playing a key role in supplying +25,000 mattresses needed for the new NHS Nightingale hospitals being used to treat Covid-19 patients. Nightingale hospitals have or are in the process of being built across the UK