Today's North West business news from Insider |
Latest News | Plans to build three blocks of apartments on the outskirts of Liverpool city centre look set to move forward. Read More… |
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Rob Jones, investment manager at Foresight Group, looks at how the landscape has changed for SMEs. Read More… |
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A Glossop-based training provider to the health and social care sector has been bought by MBH Corporation as it continues to expand across the UK. Read More… |
Online grocer Ocado has raised more than £1bn as more of its partners shift to online deliveries during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
More than £8m has been secured by a North West-based entrepreneur from Cambridge & Counties Bank to refinance a portfolio of mixed-use properties as well as acquire new assets. Read More… |
Fashion and accessories retailer Monsoon Accessorize has been sold out of administration in a move that has saved 450 jobs, although 35 stores have been closed and more than 500 staff have been made redundant. Read More… |
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Shared mobility services, micromobility, presents opportunities and risks for public and private landowners. DAC Beachcroft partner, Alison Key, looks at considerations for managing micromobility which could be a popular option in urban areas given concerns about using public transport and environmental considerations. Read More… |
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The continuing impact of the Covid-19 virus is expected to see the North West economy contract by 7.6 per cent in 2020, according to new data, and be unlikely to fully restart until a vaccine or effective treatments are available. Read More… |
Sales have soared past the £3.8bn mark at B&M, with profits also hitting £250m. However, chief executive Simon Arora noted that any progress made during the period has been 'overtaken by recent events'. Read More… |
Chester-based Stretton Capital has made two senior promotions. Read More… |
Transmission assets associated with a facility in the Irish Sea, off the coast of Cumbria, have been bought. Read More… |
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Simon Bedford, partner at Deloitte in the North West, says following the government's announcement that non-essential retailers may be allowed to resume trading on the 15th June, it's possible that we are merely a few weeks away from town centres reopening to the public again. Read More… |
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Cole Waterhouse has appointed BTR Capital Partners to help identify a funding partner for its Anchorage Gateway BTR scheme. Read More… |
Caddick Construction has been appointed to Great Places Housing Group's £750m Innovation Chain North (ICN) framework of contractors and consultants. Read More… |
A package of bids totalling about £600,000 have been submitted to the Department for Transport's Emergency Active Travel Fund to secure support for a wide range of schemes across Manchester. Read More… |
Gravity Active Entertainment has taken space at Warrington's Time Square destination. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | Kutchenhaus is set to open its first store in Altrincham. Read More… |
The phased reopening of some of Manchester's markets is set to start. Read More… |
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