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Wednesday 23 February 2022

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TOP STORY

Revised plans to transform a prominent Liverpool city centre building into a restaurant and bar and retail uses have taken a major step forward.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Nicholas Dodd, partner and head of debt advisory UK at KPMG, says ESG is here to stay and a clearly articulated ESG strategy can help to drive competition for a company's financing as well as bringing wider value to the business.
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DEALS

A Warrington-based company has been acquired by a home assistance business.
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A £1.24bn takeover of Warrington-based robotic process automation specialist Blue Prism has moved a step closer.
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Havas Group is set to acquire a digital experience agency with more than 150 employees across eight offices in an eight-figure deal.
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DF Capital has unveiled that it is designating £30m of inventory finance facilities for start-up and young businesses across its key industries in 2022.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Could 2022 be the year for councils and developers alike to twin-track their devolution hopes and ‘levelling up fund’ applications with proactively and decisively paving the way to benefit from other, innovative financing options? William Church from CBRE offers his advice.
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Matt Hodgson, from Claritas, says nervousness remains that the current mainstream rate of capital gains tax of 20 per cent could increase in the short to medium term.
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PROPERTY

A planned extension to Aintree University Hospital has been lined up for approval by city council planning officers.
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Work is underway in St Helens to build a new distribution centre for a major retailer, which will bring more than 1,000 jobs to the borough.
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Construction work at Project Violet, the next stage of development at Sci-Tech Daresbury, has completed.
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Views are being sought on potential improvement to Southport's key eastern access routes.
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INSIDER FEATURE

James Corlett, from Beyond Corporate Law, says the Office for National Statistics reported that the close of 2021 saw the highest inflation rate since the early 1990s. This figure is set to peak in the spring once energy price hikes kick in. News reports are rife with consumer products increasing daily. Inflation is a key risk for economic recovery and has become most business’ top current concern.
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BUSINESS

Liverpool-based Weightmans has appointed an ESG manager and general counsel as it seeks to become a Top 30 law firm.  
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A new green innovation fund has been launched to support North West SMEs with Net Zero projects.
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North West boutique law firm Primas Law has appointed a new senior litigation associate in response to growing demand for the service. 
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The executive chairman of business recovery, financial advisory and property services consultancy Begbies Traynor Group has said that the business has "performed well" in its latest quarter. Ric Traynor said the group has benefited from the integration of its recent acquisitions. 
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The Government has awarded almost £7m in funding to projects across the UK which will support the development of new energy storage technologies, and reduce the cost of meeting Net Zero.
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