News item: 8 February 2008
Both the Oldham Partnership and Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council recognise that Oldham’s image is an important influencing factor in the success of its regeneration and economic development plans – indeed ongoing negative perceptions are seen as a key blockage in Oldham realising its potential. The aim of this rebranding project is therefore to arrive at a strong, positive and distinctive brand positioning for Oldham that will inform all of the borough’s communication activity across its varied partnerships, helping to reposition Oldham to its key target audiences and improving how it is perceived, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
The process of improving the image of Oldham consists of a number of key stages:
The report presented here summarises the findings from the research and consultation process that has been undertaken in order to take a realistic look at how Oldham is currently perceived amongst stakeholders and target audiences, both inside and outside the borough. It also provides an analysis of the key values and positioning that can be utilised to articulate a vision for Oldham’s future that can resonate with the borough’s existing and potential target audiences.