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Friday 29 April 2022

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TOP STORY

The chief executive of Greater Manchester-based Ultimate Products, owner of a number of homeware brands including Salter, has hailed a "strong performance in a challenging environment" in its latest financial results.
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INSIDER FEATURE

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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DEALS

The sale of a Liverpool City Region-based waste management services company which employs more than 200 people to Beauparc has been confirmed.
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Preston-headquartered life and pensions consolidator Chesnara has completed the acquisitions of Sanlam Life & Pensions UK (SLP) and Robein Leven NV.
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EY's North Strategy and Transactions teams worked on seven completed deals worth almost £500m in the first quarter of 2022, despite economic uncertainties and inflationary pressures.
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Praetura Group's lending division has celebrated a "record-breaking" start to the year, with strong growth across all aspects of the portfolio in Q1.
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National specialist business advisory firm FRP Advisory Group has acquired a provider of property asset management advisory services to specialist lenders.
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INSIDER FEATURE

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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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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PROPERTY

Student accommodation operator Unite Students has revealed a £65m upgrade across three of its Manchester properties.
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Manchester-based Great Places Housing Group has secured a £100m funding deal which will support its plans to bring forward 11,000 affordable homes by 2030.
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Global talent consultancy Armstrong Craven has found a new home for its headquarter offices in Altrincham. 
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Telereal Trillium's investment team has enjoyed an active start to 2022 with the completion of transactions totalling £17m.
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INSIDER FEATURE

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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BUSINESS

International pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, which is playing a major part in the fight against Covid-19, has revealed plans to open a new site in the US. The business has major operations in the North West. 
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Pannone Corporate has expanded its client base after being appointed onto the legal framework for the Canal & River Trust.
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Consumer goods business Unilever, which has major operations on the Wirral, has hailed a "solid" quarter of sales growth amid a "very challenging" input cost environment.
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The Factory has continued its commercial partnerships drive with a major appointment ahead of the opening of the landmark cultural space in Manchester in 2023.
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Agencies Scoop and Tempt have joined forces to bring forward a project for a holiday park company.
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Beech Tree Private Equity, which has offices in Manchester and Birmingham, has strengthened its senior team with a new partner.
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MANUFACTURING

UK car production dropped by more than 30 per cent during the first quarter of 2022 due to global supply challenges, according to the latest figures.
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Envair Technology, a North West-based specialist manufacturer of clean air and containment services for the healthcare, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, has made a new appointment.
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OTHER NEWS

 

MEMBER NEWS

 

H&H Group has appointed a Cumbrian livestock farmer as non-executive director.
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A business estate in Warrington is now fully occupied following a letting to an outdoors company. 
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