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782 Article(s) Found

A showcase for Oldham success

Only days left to enter ARFAN Khurshid has joined the growing ranks of businesses sponsoring the One Oldham Business Awards....

Date Online: 01/02/2012

Toy firm appy to be a winner!

OLDHAM toy distributor Character Options was among the inaugural winners of a new category at the industry’s national showcase at...

Date Online: 26/01/2012

Peppa and co fail to perk up sales

THE popularity of children’s favourites Peppa Pig, Fireman Sam and Doctor Who couldn’t save toy distributor Character Group from a...

Date Online: 25/01/2012

Race on for awards nominations

WITH the deadline for entries to the One Oldham Business Awards looming, Steve Lowe, from title sponsors NatWest, is urging...

Date Online: 25/01/2012

Hazel’s nuts about cakes

A HOBBY has turned into a business for Hazel and Chris Jenkins who have moved house to establish The Hazelnut...

Date Online: 25/01/2012

Scaling new heights...

BOYS’ toys they might be but they are on a truly grand scale — and they’re in Lees. Stonerig Raceway...

Date Online: 24/01/2012

New project tells story of true economic growth

COTTON, Curries and Commerce — a history of how Asian immigrants took low-paid jobs and created the next generation of...

Date Online: 19/01/2012

Plugging in to an electric sales boost

Firm hoping grant will spark new orders AN Oldham company is aiming to put a spark in its electric van...

Date Online: 19/01/2012

Toy boss excited by new products

Character Group, the Oldham-based toy distributor, is hoping that what it describes as “exceptionally exciting new products” including a new...

Date Online: 19/01/2012

Deadline closing in on ‘Oscars’ hopefuls

ENTRIES for the 2012 One Oldham Business Awards are picking up speed as the race hots up for the borough’s...

Date Online: 18/01/2012

Innovation Avenue leads way

Manufacturing companies in the North-West are being offered access to state-of-the-art research and development facilities following the launch of an...

Date Online: 18/01/2012

Best in the business

A website by Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has been named the best in the business by the timber industry’s...

Date Online: 18/01/2012

Charity pioneer Bill honoured

CBE for founder of Mahdlo centre BILL Holroyd, founder and Chairman of North-West-based charity OnSide, was recognised in the Queen’s...

Date Online: 05/01/2012

Pressure stepped up on late-paying firms

LEADING business groups have united to back an Oldham MP’s campaign for the Government to do more to tackle late...

Date Online: 05/01/2012

Andrea a star in the technology world

ANDREA Wilson-Brown, managing director of Manchester-based Telecoms company BCH Digital, has been named Technology Businesswoman of the Year Award at...

Date Online: 04/01/2012

Support package to help firms grow

OLDHAM companies seeking financial support and investment up to £2 million will be keen to learn more about The North-West...

Date Online: 04/01/2012

Buy-out translates as a good bit of business

£7.5m deal speaks volumes DELPH language services provider Applied Language Solutions Ltd has been bought by Capita for £7.5million, with...

Date Online: 29/12/2011

Where there’s Will, there’s a way...

AN OLDHAM man has invested his redundancy pay in a new business venture aimed at introducing people to the world...

Date Online: 28/12/2011

Restaurant is on a roll!

A DELPH restaurant has panned its rivals for the second year running. Italian eaterie Fresca, in Delph, has sparked a...

Date Online: 28/12/2011

Still a way to go for Latics Travel idea

A TALENTED student from Royton has set up a fledgling business designed to get more Latics fans to away games....

Date Online: 21/12/2011

Awards deadline closing in fast

BUSINESS bosses and enterprising young starters are being encouraged to spend the festive break thinking about success in 2012. Entries...

Date Online: 21/12/2011

Solar treachery!

Company blasts tariff cut - but the future remains sunny AN Oldham solar-energy company has described the decision to drop...

Date Online: 14/12/2011

Transdrive beats the deadline

A ROYTON company moved swiftly to beat the Government’s shock announcement on the reduction of feed-in tariffs for solar energy...

Date Online: 14/12/2011

Complex measures of success

Craig Dean, Oldham president of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce HOW do you measure success? In the business world there’s...

Date Online: 14/12/2011

Heating boss warms to telly stardom

SADDLEWORTH businessman Richard Perrins is back on the box as a star of Worcester Bosch Group’s latest series of TV...

Date Online: 08/12/2011

Business Oscars welcome new award

WITH entries pouring in for the fourth Oldham business extravaganza, steering-group chairman Steve Kilroy has announced there will be an...

Date Online: 07/12/2011

Mobile coffee is perking up!

THREE people who invested in a coffee business three years ago have reached a critical point in their development —...

Date Online: 07/12/2011

Osborne was bound by the Eurozone

CHANCELLOR George Osborne provoked a range of opinions with his autumn budget statement but he did earn some sympathy from...

Date Online: 01/12/2011

Gripping yarn!

Interest soars in the knitting boom A WOOLLEN business in Saddleworth has opened a retail outlet in the Warth Mill,...

Date Online: 30/11/2011

Excited to be on board

YFM Fund Managers, an equity fund house in Manchester city centre, are the newest sponsors of the One Oldham Business...

Date Online: 30/11/2011