The Rotherham Investment & Development Office (RIDO) is the regeneration arm of the Council. RIDO seeks to develop and regenerate the local economy and community. The key objectives are to facilitate employment and business growth in the borough and to secure and manage the funding to bring about economic and community regeneration.
The overall aims of RIDO are to:
- encourage local business growth and diversity, including the formation of new ('start-up') businesses and the provision of serviced sites for business development.
- promote the borough to attract new and sustainable business and commercial investment;
- promote the borough as a visitor destination and conference venue;
- maximise funding opportunities to assist infrastructure and site development;
- encourage the development of skills among local people to equip them to compete in the changing job market and to ensure the workforce meets the skill needs of existing and new businesses;
- regenerate Rotherham town centre. See
Rotherham Urban Renaissance;
- assist in the regeneration of our market towns, villages and former mining communities;
- provide technical funding advice to community and voluntary groups seeking external support for their projects.
The Council encourages both competition and sustainability in all areas of the local economy. RIDO actively promotes the area, provides a range of services to businesses relocating to or expanding in the borough, offers business support, including bespoke premises and advice to start up businesses, makes sites available for development and strives to remove barriers to investment and to work.
Local residents and communities focus heavily in the work of RIDO, which carries out improvements to the local physical infrastructure and services, particularly in association with the Council's housing arm, Rotherham 2010 Ltd.
How to Get In Touch
RIDO comprises of 4 divisions:-
Business Development Team
For information on sites for commercial development and for services to help businesses, investors and conference organisers, visit the Business page of this website and select Rotherham Investment and Development Office, or email: info@rido.org.uk
Economic Strategy
For information on the Council's regeneration and employment plans and for advice or 'signposting' on Single Regeneration Budget and Neighbourhood Renewal Fund matters, email: EDS-economic-strategy@rotherham.gov.uk
Development Team
For information on the Council's current regeneration and environmental projects, email: john.smales@rotherham.gov.uk
Town Centre, Markets & Tourism
For tourism requests, go to the Visitor Centre page or email tic@rotherham.gov.uk.
For markets information, visit the Markets pages.
For town centre matters, go to the 
Rotherham Town Talk web site, or email: TownCentreManagement@rotherham.gov.uk
The Business in Rotherham and Visiting pages also provide a large number of useful links, as does the RIDO website.
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