News: Council set to acquire Forge Island
Rotherham Council looks set to buy Forge Island, raising hopes of a long-awaited cinema in Rotherham town centre and the potential for 200 new jobs.In 2012, the council's cabinet confirmed Forge Island...
View ArticleNews: Vintage market for Macmillan
Rotherham residents and businesses are being invited to attend and get involved with a special Macmillan Coffee Morning and vintage market with a twist taking place on Saturday September 27 at Wynsors...
View ArticleNews: Rotherham Mamas & Papas store "unviable"
Mamas & Papas stores in Rotherham and Sheffield are under threat of closure if the Huddersfield-based premium nursery retailer cannot agree rent reductions with its landlords.The company was born...
View ArticleNews: Rotherham in for High Street of the Year Award
Rotherham's rejuvenated High Street is set to go up against the country's best in the Great British High Street Awards, a Government-backed competition to find and celebrate the nation's best high...
View ArticleNews: Council's car park plan for Forge Island
Rotherham Council is planning to operate Forge Island, the site of the current Tesco store in the town centre, as an off street car park with free short stay parking spaces for shoppers.Rothbiz...
View ArticleNews: Developers confirm deals at new Rotherham retail park
Gregory Property Group has confirmed that it has agreed terms with a discount homewares store, shown to be Home Bargains, to take 15,000 sq ft at its proposed retail park on Great Eastern Way,...
View ArticleNews: New Rotherham pub restaurant plans passed
A prominent brownfield site at Eastwood, Rotherham is set to be transformed after planning permission was granted for a regeneration scheme centred around new food retail units.The vacant one hectare...
View ArticleNews: Linktagger brings the physical and online worlds closer together
Linktagger, a digital development company based in Rotherham, is aiming to help retailers across the globe to reach potential customers by converting standard advertising hoardings into virtual...
View ArticleNews: Phones 4u in administration
Administrators have been called in at Phones 4u, a leading independent mobile phone retailer, after a deal to sell phones with network operators EE was not renewed. This meant that the firm was left...
View ArticleNews: Jamie's mentor to reopen Rotherham Ministry of Food
Gennaro Contaldo, respected chef and the man Jamie Oliver describes as his "Italian father", will be in town next week to reopen Jamie's Ministry of Food.The All Saints Square premises in Rotherham...
View ArticleNews: Hamby sources new apprentice
Specialist retailer Hambys has taken on a new apprentice at its Rotherham High Street stores.A family run firm, Hambys has two stores on the High Street, one selling shoes and accessories and the other...
View ArticleNews: Parkgate 100% let
Parkgate Shopping, the popular Rotherham retail destination, is 100% let but the closure of the large Kiddicare store has left a large whole in the portfolio of leading stores.Owned by Hercules Unit...
View ArticleNews: Retail vacancies rise in Rotherham
The retail vacancy rate in Rotherham town centre has risen for the first time since 2010, according to research by retail experts at commercial real estate advisers, Colliers International.The National...
View ArticleNews: Recruitment underway at new Rotherham Tesco
Recruitment has begun for some of the 450 staff at the new £40m Tesco Extra store in Rotherham town centre which is set to open on November 13.South Yorkshire's largest property investment deal for the...
View ArticleNews: Profitable Crawshaw bringing home the bacon
Crawshaws, the Rotherham-based meat focused retailer whose share price has increased by 750% since November 2013, has reported increases in like for like sales and total sales, helping to increase...
View ArticleNews: Approved Food expand again
Online discount food and drink retailer, Approved Food, has completed its move into larger premises, the fourth time the company has expanded since launching in 2009.The online service offers deals...
View ArticleNews: JD takes on large Parkgate store
JD Sports Fashion plc, the leading retailer and distributor of branded sportswear, fashionwear and outdoor clothing and equipment, has taken on the lease of the vacant 45,000 sq ft store at Parkgate...
View ArticleNews: Wilko building up for auction
The prominent building on Corporation Street in Rotherham town centre that is currently occupied by Wilkinson, the value general merchandise retailer, is due to be sold at auction later this...
View ArticleNews: Card Factory planning to open second Rotherham store
Growing Yorkshire-based card retailer, Card Factory is planning to open another store in Rotherham as part of its ambitious expansion plans.Card Factory is the UK's leading specialist retailer of...
View ArticleNews: New Tesco prompts planners to shift Rotherham's retail centre
The development of the new £40m Tesco Extra store in Rotherham town centre has prompted council planners to redraw the boundary of Rotherham's retail centre.Consultation has begun on the final draft of...
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