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Business training and events

Find a training and development provider for your business and learn about Business Growth Hubs events.

Find a training and development provider

Business Events Finder	Search for local business related training, workshops, networking events and seminars from a variety of organisations. Access free online webinars, including tax related topics presented by HM Revenue & Customs.	Search Business Events Finder
Business Growth Hub - Going4Growth in Rochdale	Delivered in partnership with us, Going4Growth in Rochdale is a practical event-based support programme designed to provide opportunities to local businesses to develop skills and gain knowledge in key areas.	Going4Growth in Rochdale
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce	Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce offers a range of training and networking opportunities for local businesses across a range of sectors. More information is available for each sector on the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce website.	Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Hopwood Hall College	With 2 campuses conveniently located in Rochdale and Middleton, Hopwood Hall College offers full and part-time courses in business related subjects such as bookkeeping and accounts, graphic design, electronic engineering and professional cooking. See the Rochdale and Middleton campuses on a map	Hopwood Hall College
Learndirect	Learndirect will help develop the skills and productivity of your staff by granting you access to the Learndirect courses or providing a fully managed, serviced and supported solution. Courses include IT, word processing, databases and spreadsheets, while the business and management skills courses cover finance, marketing, personnel and health and safety. Job-specific courses can develop skills and knowledge in essential areas such as customer service, e-commerce and financial management, including official Sage courses.	Learndirect
National Careers Service	Find all the training and qualification courses you need for your type of business. Search the comprehensive National Careers Service database for availability within your local area or nationally, or browse the Business, Management and Marketing course category.	Search National Careers Service
Rochdale Training Association	The Association specialises in customising training to individual company needs throughout Lancashire and Greater Manchester. Courses are held at its centre in Rochdale, at your own premises or at a convenient location. A wide range of business development services are offered including IT, leadership and management, quality assurance and health and safety. In addition, apprenticeship training is available in engineering, business administration and warehousing. See Rochdale Training Association on a map	Rochdale Training Association
The Manufacturing Institute	The Manufacturing Institute deliver a range of education and manufacturing training courses to give manufacturers the latest techniques and thinking. Bespoke in-company manufacturing training courses may be developed so content can be tailored to support specific business initiatives and delivered on-site.	The Manufacturing Institute
Rochdale Jelly	Rochdale Jelly is an informal group for small business owners, home workers and freelancers. The group meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at CockaDoodleMoo in Rochdale town centre between 10am and 1pm. Rochdale Jelly is a co-working event which means you can bring your laptop and chat and collaborate with other small business owners while you work. CockaDoodleMoo have free wifi and you can park for 3 hours for FREE in any council car park. See CockaDoodleMoo on a map Find council car parks	Rochdale Jelly
Support for co-operatives from The Hive	If you're looking to set up a co-operative or you're from an existing co-operative with ambitions to grow, you could benefit from up to 12 days bespoke support, training and mentoring. The Hive offers expert one-to-one and peer-to-peer business support and training as well as online resources.	The Hive

Business events with the Business Growth Hub

The Business Growth Hub holds and promotes a range of events across Greater Manchester, including:

How to grow your business
Social media masterclass
Health and wellbeing in the workplace

Find out more about Business Growth Hub events.

Related events

Rochdale Artisan Market

30 March 2019

Last Saturday of every month

Join us for a feast of live music, food and drink and arts and crafts as we bring the hugely popular artisan market, already a hit across the North West, to Rochdale.

Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market

14 April 2019

April to August 2019

One of Greater Manchester’s most popular outdoor car boot events returns.

Engagement session for the new special school in Rochdale borough

21 May 2019

We're holding an engagement session for academy trusts to find out more about applying to open and run our new autism and communications special school.

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