Tuesday 26 April 2022

A company which has major operations in Lancashire and 650 worldwide employees has been acquired by a US steel and metal manufacturer in a $550m deal. 
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Michael McCarroll, from razorblue, says a service desk team is a regular point of contact between customers and your business, so mobilising your team to be effective and drive customer satisfaction is crucial. Almost nine out of ten senior business leaders in the UK see customer experience as their top-growth strategy, but only one in three feel prepared to address it.
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An attractions specialist is targeting expansion after securing £100,000 in funding.
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North West-based ITS Technology Group has secured a further £100m investment from current backer Aviva Investors, which will be used to continue the rollout of its full fibre networks.
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A residential care home in Lancashire has opened following a seven-figure funding boost from Unity Trust Bank. 
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Investment portfolio management company handl Group has made an acquisition which it said marks its "biggest deal yet"
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Warren Middleton, from KPMG, says businesses in the North West are facing their latest challenge after the headwinds from the pandemic – the increased costs of doing business.
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Gary Davison, founding partner at TDC, says as we emerge from the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges is finding ways to reignite the relationships that were previously, and still are, fundamental to doing business.
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Plans for a major new employment development in Preston look set to be given the go-ahead.
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Redrow is extending its plans for new homes in Lancashire after receiving planning consent for a new site.
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Prime Property Consultancy has secured planning permission to build two new speculative industrial warehouses in Blackburn.
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Private sector lobby group and business networking club Downtown in Business (DIB) will launch a Lancashire Property Club in June.
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Clearbell has sold three industrial assets in Lancashire and Cumbria from its Polaris portfolio for £11.75m.
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Matt Hodgson, from Claritas, says having grown up in the era of Michael J Fox and Back to the Future, he was convinced that by 2022 we’d be driving in the skies and he would be the proud owner of a hoverboard. Instead, he looks at taxing drivers amid the rise of electric vehicles.
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Images from Insider's North West Young Professionals Awards 2022 - which celebrated talent from across the North West - are available to view online.
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A targeted business support programme designed to help the owners of eight fast-growing Lancashire businesses prepare their companies for investment or sale has begun.
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Turnover has risen by more than £3m at a Lancashire-based fruit and vegetable wholesaler, fuelled by demand and increasing volumes.
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