Today's Northern Powerhouse business news from Insider |
Business leaders have called on Boris Johnson to deliver on his promises of Northern investment after the Conservatives secured their biggest majority in more than three decades. Read More… |
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News from the Northern Powerhouse | West Yorkshire IT business Catalyst IT has acquired a counterpart that works with a range of public and private sector organisations in a deal that takes its annual turnover to £6m. Read More… |
A Hull-based technology company that supplies the likes of Kew Gardens and the Tower of London is set to create 25 jobs after securing £350,000 from NPIF - Mercia Debt Finance. Read More… |
The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has been given the go ahead for a new £20m facility in Lancashire. Read More… |
High-flying companies are being invited to register entries for the Northern Tech Awards 2020 which acknowledge the North of the UK's biggest tech success stories. Read More… |
A plan for the site of a historic greyhound stadium in Manchester to be redeveloped into a residential scheme has been recommended for approval despite significant opposition to the proposal. Read More… |
A Cheshire-based tyre pressure monitoring systems supplier has secured £100,000 in funding from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance. Read More… |
A major project that would transform an area near Liverpool's Chinatown has been backed by city council planners. The scheme will be anchored by a linear park and also includes offices, homes and a hotel. Read More… |
Construction and property development business Caddick Group has completed work on the transformation of a six-acre former printworks site in central Leeds into a new media complex. Read More… |
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has launched the search for a new chair of Yorkshire and the North East. Read More… |
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Powerhouse Perspective | In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, Tim Mercer, chief executive of Vapour Cloud, outlines what the initiative means to him, the importance of helping the North's smaller towns and the need for more investment to support SMEs. Read More… |
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