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Record year triggers £500m for Rochdale economy

Rochdale’s economic development agency has delivered a record-breaking year that has triggered a £500m investment boost to the local economy.

Working with the Council, Rochdale Development Agency (RDA) secured £80m in successful funding applications in

Rochdale awarded third highest amount from Future High Streets Fund

Rochdale will receive £17.08m from the Future High Streets Fund.

The funding is the largest amount allocated in the North West, and the third highest in the country.

Councillor John Blundell, cabinet member for

Training provider appeals for mentors

Are you a Rochdale employer willing to mentor young trainees looking to find out more about their chosen sector?

Rochdale Training is looking for employers to mentor people for an hour a month for up to

BES starts building plant for cancer drug

BES, the Rochdale-based specialist in design and delivery of complex pharmaceutical environments, has begun construction of a further sterile production plant for the Zoladex cancer drug at AstraZeneca’s Macclesfield campus.

Officially announced during a site

Fire door manufacturer hits £1m-a-month landmark

Rochdale fire door manufacturer PDS has grown turnover to £1m-a-month just two years after it was rescued from potential closure.

A 14-strong consortium bought the Littleborough facility in March 2019 from US-based door manufacturer Masonite International Corporation

Meet Rochdale law firm’s newest recruit

There aren’t many lawyers who have been on a full tour of duty to Iraq but Lisa Davies isn’t your typical solicitor. For the last 20 years Lisa has been a member of the Army Reserve, formerly

Ecommerce company becomes employee-owned

A home, kitchen and garden eCommerce company with a warehouse in Rochdale is now owned by its employees. After a record-breaking year DOMU Brand’s co-founders Mark Januszewski and Craig Foster have put the 11-year-old business into an

Royal award for Rochdale company at the cutting edge of technology

A Rochdale company has won the UK’s most prestigious business award after its overseas sales rocketed over three years. Engineering company Chelburn Precision Ltd has won the Queen’s Award for International Trade. The company’s overseas