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Quat-Chem Shortlisted for National Innovation Award

Rochdale chemical manufacturer, Quat-Chem, was shortlisted alongside some of the industry’s largest multinationals for the Innovation Award at the prestigious Chemical Industry Awards 2015. The Chemical Industries Association is the organisation that represents chemical and pharmaceutical businesses across

Work starts on huge speculative industrial scheme

Harbert Management Corporation has started work on a 212,830 sq ft speculative industrial scheme at Heywood Distribution Park. The park near Heywood is managed by CBRE Asset Services and currently comprises 1.8 million sq ft of warehouse and industrial space

John Hudson Retires

John Hudson, the Chief Executive of Rochdale Development Agency (RDA) is retiring after 22 years at the head of the borough’s economic and business development agency. The RDA was created in 1993 to spearhead the economic and physical regeneration

WCCTV secures the perfect location for £2.5M business growth plan in Rochdale

Wireless CCTV (WCCTV) is the latest organisation to invest in new-build office, manufacturing and warehouse space in Rochdale.

A leading provider of rapidly deployable portable CCTV and surveillance systems, the business has announced its decision to

£7m orders fuel Holroyd Precision growth

An award-winning Rochdale company whose history stretches back more than 150 years has secured a string of orders worth more than £7m as it continues to expand its global footprint.

Holroyd Precision, which this year won a

£Multi-Million Expansion Underlines JD Sports’ Confidence in Rochdale

JD Sports Fashion plc has just completed a multi-million-pound expansion of the warehouse facilities at its distribution centre on Rochdale’s Kingsway Business Park.

Through the construction of four fixed mezzanine floors at the Kingsway site,

£700,000 investment at GNG Foam Converters brings new orders and job opportunities to Rochdale

GNG Foam Converters (Lancs) Ltd., one of the UK’s largest independent upholstery foam converters, is embarking on an investment programme that will bring around 40 new job opportunities to the Rochdale area.

The Littleborough-based business will

Thousands of students attend Rochdale Skills Event

Over 2,000 Year 9 students from across Rochdale attended the third Rochdale Skills Event, held at Heywood Industrial Estate on 11th March, in a 25,000 sq ft unit transformed for the day.

The aim of the event was to