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Reside Estate Agency celebrates five years in business

One of the area’s fastest growing estate agencies at
the heart of Rochdale

selling, the small team of seven providing our services to anyone
means that you still deal with the who needs it outside the area.”
member of staff looking after your
property. “Here at Reside we are all about
community; we love helping
Reside celebrated their fifth “As a Rochdale resident, I want to people move into the house of
successful year in Rochdale with see the town centre bustling again their dreams and supporting the
a few bottles of Prosecco and like 30 years ago,” says Jason. local community. We are Rochdale
Peroni to mark the occasion. Ambassadors and Business
“With the Metrolink and other new Buddies at Springhill Hospice and
Opening their doors on 10 developments, there is already a we are always proud to be involved
January 2015, Jason and the lot of footfall on Smith Street, and with Bamford Chapel Summer
team have gone from strength to it will soon – if not already – Fairs,” continues Jason.
strength, rapidly becoming become a central hub for Rochdale.
Rochdale’s ‘go-to’ estate agency. This, combined with our industry “Rochdale has a great sporting
expertise and local knowledge, tradition so we love to support
Jason has been successfully makes us ideally placed at the that by sponsoring, Rochdale AFC,
selling houses in Rochdale since centre of it all.” Rochdale Hornets, Rochdale Rugby
1986 and his desire was to open Union and Norden Cricket Club.
an estate agency with a very “We intend to stay in Rochdale, There is no town without its
personal touch. Whilst having building on what we know and community and we love being a
many years’ experience in house developing our skills and also part of that and the town’s future.”

Successful year for PDS

At the end of 2018, Performance Doorset Solutions was
facing the threat of closure and 60+ employees were at
risk of being made redundant. Fast forward 12 months
and the outlook for PDS is positive.

Founded in 2003, the future original founder of PDS, said: PDS has also invested over
looked bleak for the “Since the buyout, we have spent £40,000 in product
Littleborough fire door company over £500,000 on new plant and development and testing,
when its US owner announced it machinery to increase capacity making its fire doors highly
was considering closing the and keep us at the cutting edge in sought after, especially for
facility – one of the largest terms of product compliance and high-rise building projects.
employers in the local area. design.”
In the last 12 months, PDS has
Rather than see it close, a The employee-owned company employed a further 25 people,
consortium of 14 current and now produces many products with plans to employ another 65
former employees bought PDS in-house which would have people within three years.
back and it is now looking at a previously been outsourced and
turnover increase of 20% in just plans to invest in further testing Mr Fairley added: “It has been a
one year. and product releases. Its client remarkable 12 months since we
list includes councils, social hous- bought the business back but
Tim Fairley, the returning ing organisations, contractors we are convinced the best is yet
managing director and and installers across the UK. to come.”

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