FEEL GOOD AT NEW CAFÉ The Feel Good Café has now opened its doors in Rochdale's new retail emporium, located above 25 Ten Boutique, on the corner of Yorkshire Street and Cheetham Street.
CHARITY FUNDRAISER NAMED WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Feel Good Café manager, Lindsay Wigglesworth said, "We offer a first class service and will be running various themes and events throughout the year, especially around the Feel Good Festival in August. Local business Brown’s Cakes are supplying our cakes and our fresh produce is sourced locally from Rochdale market. We are very much a community café and the response so far has been very positive.” The Feel Good Café is open Mon-Sat 9am-4.30pm and serves hot and cold food, drinks and desserts. To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Feel Good Café is launching a traditional afternoon tea for 2 people. This includes a selection of sandwiches, homemade scones served with clotted or fresh cream & strawberry jam, a selection of cakes and a pot of tea (or coffee). Afternoon tea will be available daily after 2pm and will cost £15.95.
A fundraiser who has helped needy children in Eastern Europe for 17 years has been crowned the new Rochdale Woman of the Year. Carol Hartley received the award at a special luncheon at Rochdale Town Hall, which over 300 ladies attended. Since 1995, Carol has been the co-ordinator of the Rochdale branch of the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child appeal, which sends shoeboxes full of goods to orphans in Belarus and other poor parts of the world. She also set up The Belarus Fund, helping orphaned children in Belarus.
ZEN INTERNET OPENS NEW DATA CENTRE Zen Internet, one of the UK’s leading independent Internet Service Providers (ISP), has recently opened its new purpose built data centre at its Rochdale headquarters. The data centre was officially opened by the Mayor and Mayoress of Rochdale, Councillor Alan Godson and Gillian Brown, who were joined at the event by Zen’s guests and colleagues for a presentation and tour of the new facility. Zen is investing £4m in its new data centre as part of its continuous infrastructure development. The company was founded in Rochdale and has stayed firmly rooted in Rochdale where its heart lies, with nearly half of its employees living in the local area.