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Rochdale based Teqex secures its place in the £12bn public sector IT mega framework

Teqex a North West based company, based in Rochdale, which provides IT Goods, Services & Support to companies ranging from Sole traders and SMBs to large corporate organisations, Local & National government departments including Education trusts & The

Hopwood Hall and BES partnership create full-time jobs for northwest learners

Rochdale-based specialist design consultants and contractors, BES Ltd, has recently recruited two new learners from Hopwood Hall College and University Centre and a third apprentice, Umair Iqbal, joins this month, as part of the company’s rolling apprenticeship

PTG Holroyd wins Siemens’ global award for Digital Transformation

EMO Hannover 2023 didn’t simply provide PTG Holroyd with a platform to showcase its industry leading helical rotor and gear milling and grinding machines to a global audience. During the event, the UK-based machine tool manufacturer was presented

The changing face of Rochdale’s night time economy

When perms, mullets and shoulder pads were all the fashion in the 1980’s the rise of nightclubs and bars saw a vibrant nightlife in the borough.  The era saw the emergence of new wave, punk, and electronic

Innovative Partnership Delivers Apprenticeship for the Green Energy Sector

An innovative collaboration between education, industry and specialist skills providers which has created a groundbreaking apprenticeship that will help to solve the skills challenges experienced by the green energy sector.

The ‘Practitioner in Pipelines for Hydrogen

Meet the international design agency founded in Rochdale

As part of Rochdale Development Agency’s 30th birthday celebrations were speaking to some of the region’s longest established businesses. When designer David Williams decided to launch his own agency 20 years ago he opted to stay ‘close

Uncovering Littleborough

This week we head to Littleborough, a district of Rochdale located 3 miles northeast of Rochdale town centre. It neighbours the Calder Valley in the upper Roch Valley area, sitting in the foothills of the picturesque south Pennines and

Pop up performance shop by Tangled Feet at Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre

Sat 21st October (10am–5pm) and Sun 22nd October 2023 (10.30am-4pm)

There’s going to be a touch of the funny, strange and beautiful in Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre – Rochdale, as Tangled Feet’s Pop Up