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Latest News | Professional services firm K3 Capital Group has acquired Quantuma Advisory in a deal worth almost £30m.
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As the face of retail and how the public shop has arguably changed forever, Samantha Livesey from Pinsent Masons examines how artificial intelligence and virtual reality can be used to enhance the customer experience and drive sales.
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BAE Systems has completed its £1.48bn acquisition of a military positioning specialist.
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Auto Trader Group has acquired the Manchester-based company behind the AutoConvert platform.
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A Manchester-based e-money specialist has been bought by global investment platform eToro.
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Leicester-headquartered wealth management firm Mattioli Woods has completed a deal to buy a counterpart with offices in London, Surrey and Manchester in a deal that could be worth about £25m.
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A deal for a French rail giant to take over Bombardier Transportation for up to €6.2bn has been signed off by the European Commission.
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Sharing her thoughts on how companies can, and will, be celebrating Christmas this year in spite of Covid-19 social restrictions is Liz Taylor, chief executive of the Taylor Lynn Corporation (TLC) and a hospitality brand consultant in the North West.
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Administrators have been called in to a construction services group, leading to about 100 job losses.
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The chief executive of Liverpool FC is stepping down at the end of August, the Premier League champions have confirmed, with his successor having been confirmed.
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A Widnes-based provider of collection and disposal services to the farming and meat production sectors has unveiled a £15m animal by-product (ABP) processing facility at its renewable energy and recycling site in Cheshire.
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Postponing the planned reopening of a number of industries is set to be a "hammer blow" to both business and consumer confidence, according to a senior figure at the BCC.
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More than 30 leaders from across UK local and civic government, universities and research institutions, including Lord Jim O'Neill, Dame Nancy Rothwell, Andy Street, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, have signed a new manifesto designed to boost the UK's regional innovation potential.
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A new school and centre of excellence for special educational needs and disability (SEND) is set to create more than 200 jobs when it opens in Chester in September.
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Businesses in Greater Manchester are being urged to use the £4m apprenticeship levy matchmaking service.
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Jessica Matthews from Freeths says recent events have led to dramatic increases in online sales. At the start of the pandemic new customers drove this rise in online spending but more recently many have become repeat and loyal buyers.
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Work on one of the main routes into Salford looks set to advance next week, with the project expected to act as a catalyst for wider regeneration.
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Renaker's plans to build a pair of 52-storey skyscrapers in Manchester have been unanimously approved.
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A decision on four buildings – the tallest of which would be 45 storeys – earmarked for Manchester's First Street has been deferred.
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Peel L&P's plans to create an international golf destination in Bolton capable of hosting the Ryder Cup have been given the go ahead by the government.
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Waterside Places proposals to build on its existing Manchester presence have been backed.
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Work has started on the redevelopment of the New Ferry gas explosion site.
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Britannia Group's fresh proposals to rejuvenate the former Tatton Arms site in Northenden have advanced.
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A transportation planning, highways and drainage design consultancy has renewed its five-year office lease at Manchester's Colwyn Chambers.
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Jaguar Land Rover made a pre-tax loss of more than £400m during the first quarter of its financial year with sales impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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European Freeze Dry is investing more than £1.5m in its manufacturing sites in the UK and Denmark following a growth in sales.
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Member Exclusive News | A non-executive director is to step down from the board of Redrow, which has significant operations in the North West, after the housebuilder's AGM later this year.
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A trio of Liverpool leisure centres are set to reopen today.
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