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Lancashire
Tuesday 16 February 2021

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Foresight exits eCommerce specialist

A Lancashire-headquartered eCommerce specialist has been bought by its chairman in a move that provides a strong exit for Foresight Group.
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Business Matters: Make your 2021 a financial success

As entrepreneurs chart their course for the year, it’s time to set business and investment intentions, as behavioural psychologists assure us that the first step toward achieving a goal is to articulate it. Here are some of JP Morgan Private Bank senior banker Charlotte Bobroff's top tips to make 2021 a financial success.
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Deals

YourZooki backed by £1.6m boost

Lancashire supplements specialist YourZooki has secured a £1.6m funding facility with Metro Bank as it looks to accelerate its expansion into North American markets.
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More than £100m of VC backing for Northern firms in Q4 - KPMG

Northern businesses attracted more than £100m in venture capital (VC) investment in the fourth quarter of 2020 according to research by KPMG.
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Dunelm deputy chairman trims stake

The deputy chairman of Dunelm has trimmed his stake in the listed homewares group through a secondary placing.
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Business Matters: Why apprenticeships are good for business

Sophie Park, director of workforce skills at The City of Liverpool College, talks about how the current economic climate is impacting young people starting out in their careers and why apprenticeships are good for businesses.
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Business

Final phase of masterplan highways work underway

Highways work on the University of Central Lancashire's £200m masterplan development is entering its final phase.
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Lancashire firms to create jobs after fast-track programme

A group of more than 20 Lancashire businesses are on course to create dozens of jobs, expand their operations and develop new products and markets after taking part in a fast-track coronavirus recovery programme.
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Wheel repair firm lines up rapid growth plans

A Chorley-based wheel repair and refurbishment business has used the quieter periods of lockdown to level up its services and ensure rapid growth once the current restrictions are eased.
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RSM North West optimistic about year ahead

RSM's new regional managing partner for the North West is optimistic for the year ahead and is "looking forward to the next chapter of growth" at the firm.
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HS2 approval welcomed but leaders call for full completion

Business leaders have welcomed the approval for the latest phase of HS2 but called for the project to be completed in full to boost the North of England.
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Roundtable: Redefining Public Partnerships - National Summit

As the culmination of its series of roundtable events, Insider gathered stakeholders from Yorkshire, the North West, the Midlands, the South East and from Northern Ireland to discuss how these collaborations could evolve and paint the national picture from a local perspective.
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Property

Blackburn housing development back before committee

Plans for a 165-strong residential scheme in Blackburn, which would be expected to support construction jobs and add value to the area's economy, are set to go back before planning officers.
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Plans in for shipping container destination

Plans to create a food and drink destination in Preston out of shipping containers have been revealed.
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MCI Developments sheds light on Preston plans

Further details on plans to build a residential scheme in Preston, brought forward by MCI Developments, have emerged.
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Promenade Estates takes Thornton Cleveleys site

Promenade Estates has reinforced its 'brownfield first' strategy with the acquisition of an 11.86-acre site in Thornton Cleveleys from Sainsbury's.
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Lovell Partnerships joins four-year framework

Lovell Partnerships North West has joined Your Housing Group's four-year framework.
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Business Matters: Now is the time for sustainable finance

Paul Crighton, partner at TLT LLP, discusses the exciting new opportunities and financial products come about by the growth in desire to be more sustainable.
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Manufacturing

Jaguar Land Rover unveils electric-first strategy

Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled a new plan to reimagine its two brands as electric-first businesses.
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