Thursday 9 December 2021

Plans have been approved for Ultraviolet, a 180,000 sq ft office and laboratory complex at Sci-Tech Daresbury. 
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Bhavina Bharkhada, head of policy & campaigns at Make UK, says the need for 'Green Skills' is increasingly dominating the Government's green agenda and is rapidly gaining recognition as a critical component in order to reach the UK Government's net zero target. The manufacturing sector has a critical role to play in meeting this target, with analysis estimating that over 1.2 million green jobs could exist in the green economy.
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Bank North has secured a senior financing facility to support new lending. The regional business bank was advised by Alantra on the design and execution of the senior financing facility of up to £50m with Insight Investment.
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Cheshire-based environmental, engineering and technical services business RSK Group has added an Australian civil engineering company to its portfolio. 
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Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in a provider of portable and temporary traffic equipment, to 3i Infrastructure plc. SRL Traffic Systems has a nationwide network of 30 depots.
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Tes Global, a UK-headquartered education technology services provider, is to be acquired by Onex Corporation from Providence Equity Partners. Tes' management team will also invest alongside Onex.
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Andrew Davidson, legal director based in Kennedys Manchester office, takes a look at the issue of shareholder disputes, focusing particularly on why shareholder disputes arise, as well as how to deal with them.
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Gary Clifton, client partner and chartered risk adviser at Partners&, says since The UK Food Information Amendment, also known as Natasha’s Law, was announced on 1 October 2021, some quarters of the food and drink industry have raised concerns about its readiness to meet these new requirements.
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Planners have backed a scheme to develop a supercomputing centre providing more than 33,000 sq ft of floorspace at Daresbury Laboratory.
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Quatrefoil Homes has suffered a setback in its bid to build a block of flats in Bangor city centre after a recommendation was made to refuse the scheme.
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Halton's planning committee has ruled it would have refused a revised scheme to build more than 230 homes at Widnes Golf Club.
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Anwyl Homes has acquired land in Rhyl for a further 109 homes as part of its wider development.
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Sara Barrett from Mills & Reeve, says the UK's presidency of COP 26, held in Glasgow last month, has accelerated the Government's plans for achieving net zero emissions. The scale and urgency of this project is likely to touch most business operations, not least the work of human resources departments.
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If a couple divorce, all the assets that a husband and wife have an interest in are considered relevant assets. In light of this many business owners worry about the value that will be attributed to their company within the divorce and the impact that its value will have upon the financial settlement that is made within the divorce proceedings and the potential impact that this may have on the company. Fiona Wood, partner with McAlister Family Law, looks at the issues involved.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed Plan B restrictions are to be introduced in England - including the return of working from home guidance, the introduction of vaccine passports and stricter rules on mask wearing - in a bid to slow the spread of the Omicron Covid variant.
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Cheshire and Liverpool-based clinical stage drug development company Evgen Pharma has said its latest financial performance is "in-line with expectations". 
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Employment agency D&D Recruit is looking to fill more than 700 driver and logistics vacancies.
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Major plans are in the pipeline for a North Wales plumbing and heating company which has partnered with a giant of the international sector.
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UK manufacturing exports will bring in about £26.4bn to the North West economy this year, according to a new study from Barclays Corporate Banking. 
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Premium paint and wallpaper manufacturer Farrow & Ball Group has been buoyed by record results.
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The chief executive of iconic shoe brand Dr Martens has hailed the company's performance for a first half in which it upped revenue and pre-tax profits.
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Seeking growth in 2022 will pose new challenges to businesses, but being adaptable, predictable and accessible could be the key to survival.
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