Rotherham The Unofficial Website An unofficial website about the Town and Borough of Rotherham

Business in Rotherham

There is plenty of business, trade and industry in Rotherham in the 21st Century, but precious little of the heavy industries for which the town was, for want of a better description, famous. This is not a comprehensive look at the business community in Rotherham just a few bits and pieces that some of you might find interesting. Whether you are based in Rotherham or thinking of moving your business into the borough these are some of the Business Organisations & Links that can help you make progress in Rotherham.

I've added some comments about Present Day Rotherham. In 2009 new business start-up initiatives are on offer and you can find details there. There is a Jobs in Rotherham page for any of you looking for work which has a set of links and addresses for you to contact.

Whilst many of the old heavy industries are gone, and a lot else besides, there are still some firms that have been around a long time in Rotherham. You can visit then at Some of the Old Survivors. There is also a short look at some of the New Businesses that have decided to give it a go in Rotherham.

There are also a page about Shopping in Rotherham which looks at some of the shops in various parts of the Borough. I've trimmed down my pages about the Future of Rotherham, which, you, my visitors obviously found very boring as they were little visited, but you can still find some information here.

There are very fancy long term plans for Rotherham which might, just might get the old place kickstarted again. Although some of these redevelopments have been substantially completed in 2009 there is very little sign of it happening yet. In 2009 some clever people at the council have eventually realised that the town centre is in real trouble. Hand in glove with the new shop initiatives this there has been a relaxation in the Council's hard line anti-parking stance. Car parking concessions have been made to try and help with the recovery of the town so I've added a new page Parking in Rotherham with details of the scheme. Congratulations to whoever has got their fingers out and attracted a whole new set of traders to the Tuesday market on Effingham Street; it is very busy. Pity they can't do it for the outside market on other days.

Rotherham 2010

I called into the town centre on Saturday 23 January 2010, the first time I'd been in since before Christmas. Now whether this is just the "art" in the shop windows or the fact that a few more shops have opened up I don't know but the atmosphere was a lot brighter. The market hall has a number of new traders and the Nail Bar has certainly made a splendid effort.

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