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Rochdale President Chamber Column

Peter Carey

Peter Carey, Rochdale President of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce says: “As most of us are aware, Rochdale town centre is going through quite a dramatic programme of change at the moment.

Date published: 17/05/2012

Claimant count falls for second time

Dr Brian Sloan, Chief Economist at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Greater Manchester has fallen, confirming the positive trends seen in the Chamber's last Quarterly Economic Survey.

Last month...

Date published: 17/05/2012

Shadow Chancellor visits Rochdale

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls MP

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls MP met the Chamber's Director of Policy, Chris Fletcher, and Local Manager, Michelle Geoghegan, when he paid a flying visit to Rochdale last Friday.

The visit...

Date published: 17/05/2012

Employers urged to join the apprentice revolution

Former apprentice Amy Ward is now employed by Rochdale Council's skills team

Businesses across Rochdale borough are being urged not to miss out on a new initiative to encourage employers to recruit young apprentices.

Date published: 16/05/2012

IoD reaction to unemployment figures

Responding to the latest labour market statistics, Tony Attached, chair of the Institute of Directors North West, said: “These figures raise half a cheer for the economy. Both headline unemployment measures are down, which is obviously good news, but there’s bad news in the average earnings figures.

Date published: 16/05/2012

IoD North West Director of the Year Awards deadline extended

The Institute of Directors North West has extended the deadline for this year’s Director of the Year Awards, following an unprecedented number of entries. Nearly 200 nominations have been made to awards, which close on 17 May.

Date published: 15/05/2012

RRG Group sponsors Olympic Long Jump hopeful

Abigail Irozuru gets the keys to her RRG sponsored Toyota Auris

RRG has announced its plans to support Olympic hopeful Abigail Irozuru as she represents Great Britain this year. As part of RRG’s sponsorship, long jump champion Irozuru has been supplied...

Date published: 15/05/2012

RRG Rochdale exceptional performance recognised

Toyota dealer, RRG Rochdale were awarded with the top honours at Toyota’s ‘Ichiban’ European Customer Satisfaction Award event in Budapest.

RRG Rochdale was recognised for their exceptional performance in customer satisfaction in both sales and aftersales areas.

Date published: 14/05/2012

Rochdale Business Awards launch

Steering Group chair Steve Lowe, from NatWest Business and Commercial Banking, formally launched this year's Business Awards

Rochdale 2012 was launched when sponsors, past winners and guests gathered at Springhill Hospice.

Steering Group chair Steve Lowe, from NatWest Business and Commercial Banking, formally...

Date published: 11/05/2012

Queen’s Speech could have been bolder on growth, says BCC

Commenting on the Queen’s Speech, John Longworth, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said:

“Business has said time and time again that the government must choose between boosting the economy or playing short-term politics. Businesspeople and voters understand that the economy must come first, especially given continued uncertainty across the...

Date published: 09/05/2012

Clinton Cards placed in administration

Clinton Cards, who have a store in the Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre, has been placed into administration.
Founded in 1968, it is the UK's biggest card retailer, operating 628 Clinton shops and 139 Birthdays stores and employing more than 8,000 staff.

Date published: 09/05/2012

Carcraft owner fined

UK Car Group (UKCG) the owner of Carcraft has been fined £91,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failing to ensure suitable advice was given to customers who were sold payment protection insurance (PPI) between April 2007 and September 2008.

Date published: 04/05/2012

Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale: Vote for Mandale Park

Vote for Mandale Park

Mandale Park in Rochdale is due to receive funding for improved BMX facilities as part of the national Transform Your Patch campaign. It could get extra funding for bigger improvements and...

Date published: 03/05/2012

Chamber News: Sky's The Limit

Bob Schumacher, Managing Director Sales, UK & Ireland, United, and Clive Memmott, Chief Executive of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Chief Executive, Clive Memmott, cut the ribbon to launch United's new Manchester to Washington service.

The new service will open up a wealth of new business and investment...

Date published: 03/05/2012

H Bell and Sons - celebrating 100 years in our town

New build 4 bedroom detached bespoke property

Founded as a plastering business in 1912 by Mr Henry Bell, H Bell & Sons Ltd has been serving the Rochdale borough from the same location for 100 years, and are looking forward to many more...

Date published: 25/04/2012

Zen Internet officially opens new Data Centre

Zen Internet officially opens new Data Centre

Zen Internet, one of the UK’s leading independent Internet Service Providers (ISP), has today opened its new purpose built data centre at its North West headquarters.

The data centre...

Date published: 01/05/2012

Success for engineering apprentice

Aaron Davies from HDM Engineering

A budding engineer from Rochdale has just successfully completed his first apprenticeship.

Aaron Davies works for HDM Engineering in Rochdale, a manufacturer of baling presses for the...

Date published: 01/05/2012

Economy in double-dip recession

The UK economy has returned to recession, after shrinking by 0.2% in the first three months of 2012.

A sharp fall in construction output was behind the surprise contraction, the Office for National Statistics said.

Date published: 25/04/2012

Latest GDP Figures

There was little surprise in the Office for National Statistics’ figure of -0.2% for the first quarter of 2012.

The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has now stated for some time its belief that the country is now in a low-growth environment and that both positive and negative quarters can be expected; this is no cause for panic.

Date published: 25/04/2012

Firms urged to back community groups

Businesses across Greater Manchester are being urged to rally in support of cash-strapped community groups.

A national day of volunteering — Give & Gain Day 2012 — takes place on Friday, May 18, with bosses and staff encouraged to sign up to take part.

Date published: 25/04/2012

Payroll changes

In advance of the Government introducing auto-enrolment for workplace pensions from October (for the largest corporations) and Universal Credit’s introduction in 2013, HMRC is currently trialling a new system known as Real Time Information (RTI).

Date published: 20/04/2012

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