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Rochdale recruiter celebrates 30th anniversary

As part of Rochdale Development Agency’s 30th birthday celebrations we’re speaking to some of the boroughs biggest names in business. Privately-owned recruitment company Northern Employment Services has just celebrated its 30th anniversary. The recruitment company and

Meet the RDA: The Property Team - building the future

The RDA Property Team is responsible for managing Rochdale Borough Council’s industrial estate properties as well as undertaking other property-related services. That’s a wide remit, as team manager Maykee Liu explains.

“We’re involved

Drac moves into Kingsway

Drac started its journey in October 2009 with the opening of their first office above a hairdressers in Stone, Staffordshire offering a distribution and logistics service. Drac, whose tagline is ‘delivering for our customers’, initially started as Drac Logistics

Ringing the Bell for Rochdale for 111 years

As part of Rochdale Development Agency’s 30th birthday celebrations we’re speaking to some of the region’s biggest names in business. H Bell & Sons is proud to be one of Rochdale’s longest established companies,

Hollingworth Academy Receives World Class Schools Quality Mark

Hollingworth Academy in Milnrow has been awarded the prestigious World Class Schools quality mark, this is an achievement in itself but it is even more impressive given that across the whole country only 120 schools have been awarded the

Think Like a Linguist

A pioneering new languages outreach programme, harnessing the knowledge of expert educators at two of the world’s leading universities, aims to change how students think about language learning.

This project – run by the Translation Exchange

IT specialist comes home to ‘vibrant’ Rochdale

As part of our 30th birthday celebrations we’re speaking to some of region’s most established companies. David Brereton literally knows what most businesses in Rochdale are up to. That’s because he’s the managing director

Digital economy permeates every sector of business

Junction 21 Chauffeurs is a Rochdale-based transport company that has been transformed in recent years.

Originally, founder John Byrne was in the taxi business and, after help from Carol Hopkins (now of the RDA, but then of