Business and licensing

Flooding

Advice and support for dealing with floods.

Flooding help and advice
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Getting rid of pests

Call us to book one of our pest control treatments.

Pest control treatments and prices
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Trading Standards

Advice from our Trading Standards Team for consumers and businesses.

Trading Standards advice
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Business grants

See the grants and support available to you.

More on business grants
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Local Government Chronicle Economic Support award winner

Rochdale’s bold approach to regeneration and job creation was recognised with success at the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) awards.

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Winner at the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) awards 2021

Popular licences

Property for sale or lease

My accounts

Invest in Rochdale borough

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    Improving the borough

    We’re working hard to make the borough of Rochdale a better place for shoppers, visitors and businesses.

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    Starting a business

    If you're a new business or thinking of starting up, there is plenty of free support and advice available.

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    Rochdale Development Agency

    Rochdale Development Agency is here to support you and your business.

Decision making

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    Policies, strategies and reviews

    We use policy and strategy documents to guide our decisions. We also use them to develop and run our services fairly and consistently.

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    Councillors and committees

    Councillors are responsible for agreeing provision of services and how the council's money is spent.