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Young apprentices engineer better future with council scheme

A council scheme has given young apprentices, Matthew Steele and Lucas Stenhouse, extra bounce, with a job at local company Hanson Springs in the pipeline.

Matthew and Lucas are two of 17 apprentices who have taken advantage

Boulting Environmental Services inaugurates new Rochdale office

Cleanroom and laboratory design and construction specialist, Boulting Environmental Services (BES) officially opened its new office in Sandbrook Park, Rochdale on February 6, 2017. This impressive new facility, with excellent links to the motorway network, enables the business to continue

PTG’s Chief Executive Officer is presented with OBE

Dr Tony Bannan, 52, Chief Executive Officer of Rochdale-based Precision Technologies Group (PTG), received the OBE from HRH The Prince of Wales at an investiture at Buckingham Palace on Friday, 27 January 2017.

Dr Bannan was appointed an Officer

Lights, camera, action! Rochdale family could be stars for the day

Families across the borough are being given the chance to shape the future of one of the borough’s most important buildings as part of a unique council competition.

The hunt is on families to take

Salt Separation Services awarded contract by BAE Systems

Salt Separation Services, a Rochdale (UK) based SME, has recently been awarded a contract by BAE Systems to design and manufacture Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalination plants and associated water treatment equipment for the first three Type 26 Global Combat

TBA PROTECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES APPRENTICE WINS A HAT-TRICK OF AWARDS

TBA Protective Technologies (TBA-PT) has been celebrating the successes of its Sales and Marketing Apprentice. After being awarded Apprentice of the Year at both the Rochdale Business Awards and Rochdale Training’s annual awards, Carla Heaney was also

TBA PROTECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FINDS ROCHDALE’S MANUFACTURING STARS OF THE FUTURE

Middleton Technology School has been declared the winners of the ‘Manufacturing Matters’ Competition, which ran in partnership with Rochdale manufacturer, TBA Protective Technologies (TBA-PT).

Launched in October, the ‘Manufacturing Matters’ competition challenged three local high schools

Sparkling success: Council helps Crystal Doors unlock potential

A Rochdale door company is taking on world-leading Italian furniture makers after becoming the first in the UK to buy a specialist paint spraying machine, with council help.

Crystal Doors, in Gorrells Way, is now competing