It’s goodbye from me... and hello to Robbie

NEW Oldham Chronicle business reporter Robbie McDonald.

SAY hello to the man who will be taking over this column when I retire later this week.

Robbie MacDonald is the Chronicle's new business editor. He has held roles with newspapers, magazines and media firms across the north, including being a former business editor at the Bolton News.

Robbie has also worked in other industries including retail, commercial printing and business-to-business PR, specialising in manufacturing, engineering and export news for the UK and global trade media.

I hope you give him the sort of welcome and regard you have had for me over the past 24 years. I’ve met so many wonderful people, the vast majority of whom have only the good of Oldham at heart.

I have generally been well received everywhere I have been on Chronicle business, from China and Bangladesh to Chadderton and Saddleworth.

So many people have helped me fill these pages I cannot begin to compile a list of thanks, but thank you one and all.

To contact Robbie email: robbiemacdonald@oldham-chronicle.co.uk