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Finalists revealed for One big night

JUDGING is complete and now everyone is awaiting for the big night at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Monday when the second One Oldham Business Awards will be presented.

Ninety eight nominations, from more than 70 businesses, have been whittled down to just 30 finalists in marathon sessions by ten sets of judges.

Each judging panel is independent of the others and the judges themselves — sponsors, relationship managers from title sponsors NatWest Business and Commercial Banking and

Date published: 17/03/2010

One Oldham Business Awards

Top business people finalists


Business Man


Gavin Wheeldon

Applied Language Solutions Ltd., Delph

EMPLOYING more than 100 people in eight countries in a business which generates turnover of £6.2 million, Gavin Wheeldon remains ‘hands on’ involved in the direction of his Applied Language Solution business, bringing creative innovative ideas...

Date published: 17/03/2010

One Oldham Business Awards

Top business finalists

Business of the Year (under £1 million turnover)


AMPwire Ltd.,
Chadderton

AMPwire began producing bespoke products for air handling companies in April, 1992, when founder Pam Pelham spotted a gap in the market.

Companies began using CNC punched sheet metal as a cheap alternative to traditional guards but these began to fail....

Date published: 17/03/2010

One Oldham Business Awards

Business finalists

Retail

Alexander Jewellers,
Oldham

Alexander Jewellers is a high-quality modern jewellery retail outlet serving both quality and branded products and during the last eight months has doubled in size and has extended its retail premises to 2,000 sq ft.

The business thrives by offering a wide range of products — from watches and clocks...

Date published: 17/03/2010

One Oldham Business Awards

Business people finalists

Young Entrepreneur

Anjub Ali/Sulaiman Mirza, Mirzali Architecture

BUSINESS partners Anjub Ali and Sulaiman Mirza have a social conscience as well as an entrepreneurial eye.

They are confident that this combination will prove to be a success for Mirzali Architecture, based at Marfot House, 98 Featherstall Road, Oldham.

Trading since...

Date published: 17/03/2010

Martin starts afresh with a clean slate... (well, a recycled one)

RECYCLING is the buzzword of the new decade and an Oldham man is forging a new career for himself and his fledgling business with his green credentials.

Martin Pawley has spent 30 years in the reclamation business, buying slates and roof tiles for resale to the public and building industry.

Early last year Martin was shocked when his Stockport employer called him into...

Date published: 10/03/2010

Extra two for One show!

UNIVERSITY Campus Oldham and Unity Partnership have joined the growing ranks of sponsors supporting the second One Oldham Business Awards.

The two organisations have taken the total number of sponsors for the awards to 29 — a remarkable number which demonstrates the inherent strength of the borough’s economic base.

Debbie Bridge, head of centre at...

Date published: 10/03/2010

Gift of the foreign gab

OLDHAM-based Applied Language Solutions, the world’s fastest growing language services provider, has opened an office in Ireland.

Located in Dublin, the office will offer a full range of language services, including translation, interpreting, voice-overs and proof-reading to local and global businesses with a presence in Ireland.

Part of its growth plans to add...

Date published: 10/03/2010

Dealership in the fast lane

OLDHAM dealership Pentagon Saab is delighted that General Motors has sold its Saab division to luxury Dutch car maker Spyker Cars.

Andy Marlow, dealer principal of the Pentagon Saab dealership in Chadderton Way, said: “This announcement is great news for the Saab brand and for us as a dealership, marking an exciting new era for the company.

“With a number...

Date published: 10/03/2010

Future’s bright for Interface

OLDHAM-based Interface Contracts has won a near-£600,000 deal to supply specialist electrical design and installation services for the Greater Manchester Waste plant.

The company, based at Pennine House, Denton Lane, Chadderton, has been awarded the contract by Enpure — the main sub-contractor to developer Costain — in the face of stiff competition from...

Date published: 03/03/2010

Tough task proves borough’s quality

JUDGING has taken place for the 2010 One Oldham Business Awards.

The shortlisted finalists are now gearing up for their big night at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham, on Monday, March 22.

The judges had an unenviable task in selecting 30 candidates from 98 entries — all of whom were worthy in their own right.

“It was incredibly difficult,” said...

Date published: 03/03/2010

Hair salon boasts a Unique style...

FOUR enterprising hair stylists in Royton have overcome adversity to open a new salon.

Dawn Boswell, her niece Kylie Clegg and new work colleagues Hannah Broadhurst and Sherree Hopkins are putting the Unique salon on the map from premises in Rochdale Road.

Since embarking on their enterprise back in November, Dawn and Kylie — both from Royton — have had to...

Date published: 03/03/2010

Popular Derek will be sadly missed

DEREK Haynes, one of the most colourful characters of the Oldham business scene in the last 20 years, has died.

After a long and distinguished career at the Daily Mirror, helping establish the Mirror Colour Print business in the former Ferranti works in Hollinwood, Derek, from Stalybridge, joined Ribble Packaging Ltd as part of a management buy-out team in November, 1995,...

Date published: 03/03/2010

Oldham firm ready to go international

AN Oldham company is playing a major role in the first ever World Health Organisation annual international conference on Health Promoting Hospitals (HPH) and Health Services held in England.

Event management specialists New Image (PR) Ltd, of Shaw Road, Oldham, has been contracted to supply all the event’s audio-visual requirements over three days.

The company,...

Date published: 03/03/2010

Global chance to grow

AS Oldham entrepreneurs strive to beat the recession by building profitable businesses, research has revealed they could be stalling their success by not taking advantage of support available to help grow their operations globally.

According to a survey commissioned by Alibaba. com, the world’s largest online B2B marketplace for small businesses, 98 per cent of...

Date published: 03/03/2010

Man who changed Ferranti’s fortunes

Chronicle business editor MARTYN TORR meets the man who has devoted 10 years of his life to revive the fortunes of an iconic firm.

TERRY Scuoler has called time on his tenure in Oldham and is returning to his home in Hertfordshire.

And he does so with a heavy heart having invested more than 10 years of his professional life in helping rescue one of the borough’s...

Date published: 02/03/2010

Firefighters learn some ACE rescue techniques

TRAINING complete . . . .Peter Jackson, ACE managing director, shakes hands with Watch Manager Joe Joseph, from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

FIREFIGHTERS across the North-West are getting specialist rescue training thanks to an Oldham-based business.

A four-day course has been designed by ACE Training Solutions Ltd, in Shaw,...

Date published: 01/03/2010

Bumper crop!

Judges set about shortlist for One Oldham Business Awards

JUDGING has started for the second One Oldham Business Awards — and the panels are facing a mammoth task to get down to a shortlist of three in nine of the ten categories.

All of the categories — with the exception of Young Entrepreneur of the Year, which has just three — have attracted healthy...

Date published: 24/02/2010

One Oldham Business Awards:

NOMINEES:

Start-up Business of the Year, Business Man of the Year


Start-up Business of the Year

Sponsored by Innovative Technology


Lemon Sparkles Domestic Cleaning

734 Ashton Road, Hathershaw. Set up in July, 2009, by Michelle Walker who was made redundant after working in sales for 20 years.

Cleaning houses for disabled people, most of her work...

Date published: 24/02/2010

One Oldham Business Awards:

NOMINEES:

Innovation and Design, BusinessWoman of the Year


Innovation and Design

sponsored by BAE Systems


Marshall Pump Systems Ltd.

Rhodes Bank, Oldham. A pumping specialist in Oldham is an unlikely candidate to be in the forefront of the worldwide fight against the mosquito but this is case at Marshall’s which produces nets with biocide...

Date published: 24/02/2010

One Oldham Business Awards:

NOMINEES:

Business of the Year (under £1m, £1-£5m, over £5m)


Business of the Year (under £1 million turnover)

sponsored by Web Applications


Rivermead Global Property

Cobden Street, Chadderton. Acting as a middleman between overseas property buyers and developers and builders, Rivermead was established by Neil Hollingsworth...

Date published: 24/02/2010

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