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Contractor appointed as the first phase of town hall restoration forges ahead

A multi million pound project to restore Rochdale Town Hall, hailed as one of the best examples of Victorian gothic architecture in the country, gets underway this week.

The grade I listed masterpiece, which is well

Maqio donated 100 presents to Rochdale Council’s Christmas Toy Appeal

An online toy retailer from Rochdale has donated 100 presents to Rochdale Council’s Christmas Toy Appeal.

Edmund Lim, managing director of Middleton-based Maqio Toys, said staff wanted to do something special to help less fortunate children

Plans submitted for Rochdale residential and leisure scheme

Momentum continues for Rochdale’s £400m regeneration programme

A £50m scheme to deliver 240 new homes and a 147 bed hotel in Rochdale town centre has been submitted for planning approval.

Delivered in a joint venture

Rochdale bids for £25m slice of Towns Fund

Rochdale has submitted a bid for £25m of the government’s Towns Fund, to help drive forward the next major phase of the borough’s regeneration programme.

The creation of a brand new advanced manufacturing institute

Covid concern sparks surge in air conditioning work

A Rochdale air conditioning firm is being inundated with requests from businesses to service their air con units to help reduce the spread of Covid-19. Although the risk of spreading the virus through air conditioning is low, people

Rochdale Economy set for £300M boost

The Rochdale economy is set for a £300m investment boost thanks to the work of the Rochdale Development Agency.

The £300m has been triggered by the RDA and the council securing over £40m of public funding

The final Rochdale Ambassador’s webinar of 2020

Our final Rochdale Ambassador’s webinar of 2020 seemed a fitting moment to assess a momentous year and look forward to better times ahead

So that was the year that was. At the final Rochdale Ambassador’s