Established Rochdale beauty salon, The Retreat is celebrating 26 years of business this month. Originally located on Baillie Street, the St Mary’s Gate salon was set up as ‘Nails and Things’ by Laura Prime in 1993. The salon grew from humble beginnings and underwent a name change in 2009 – becoming The Retreat – to incorporate the spa feel and facilities available.
The Bank Holiday weekend’s Street Eat festival is being hailed as the best one yet, as crowds of well over 3,000 tucked into a double helping of food, drink, family entertainment and live music around Rochdale Town Hall Square. The event was basked in warm sunshine for most of Saturday, and although the weather was less kind for some of Sunday, that didn’t stop large crowds forming throughout the weekend, having their taste-buds tickled and their thirsts quenched whilst enjoying tasty dishes from the town centre’s best bars and restaurants.
Almost £40m of private sector investment has been brought into Rochdale over the last financial year, bringing a number of new businesses to the borough, creating 286 new jobs. Private sector investment poured into the borough through the new Rochdale Riverside retail and leisure development, which secured major funding from investment giants, M&G. A number of investments made by businesses, either through expansion, relocation into the borough or refurbishment of their premises also played a part in generating the £38.9m.
A popular food festival will be the first in the borough to be plastic free when it is held in Rochdale Town Hall Square this month. Organisers of Street Eat have banned single use plastics at the event on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May, with all traders using environmentally friendlier paper alternatives instead.
Building and construction company Wilmott Dixon are supporting this month’s Street Eat festival, which returns to Rochdale Town Hall Square on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May. The company, which is developing the new £80 million Rochdale Riverside retail and leisure scheme in the town centre have renewed their support for the event, having also sponsored the two day festival last year.
