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Latest News | A masterplan for the partial redevelopment of Lune Business Park in Lancaster to create a £35m mixed-use scheme has been submitted.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated the adoption of digital health technologies by doctors, patients and healthcare providers. Gareth King from Catapult Ventures, managers of the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, looks at some of the most exciting areas and companies leading the transformation in digital health.
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An independent financial advisory firm has been snapped up by Chorley-based Perspective Financial Group. The deal is the company's 36th acquisition since it was founded in 2008, and its first since CBPE Capital's major investment in December 2019.
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Terms have been agreed for an early final payment to be made in relation to the acquisition of Iceland Foods by the founder and chief executive of the frozen food supermarket group.
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Education group Access Creative College, which provides its services to more than 3,000 students at campuses in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, York, Lincoln and Norwich, has secured investment from Apiary Capital.
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Robert Wardle, head of tax, North West at Azets, talks about the possible reforms in tax and who will bear the burden of the circa £300bn missing from the treasure chest, which is the estimate of the overall public finance cost of Covid-19 according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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Chorley Group has restructured its management team.
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Food producer European Freeze Dry has continued to expand with the recruitment of eight employees across its facilities in the UK and Denmark.
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Net revenues have neared the £300m mark at DWF although the "sudden and far-reaching impact of Covid-19" had a material effect on the firm's fourth quarter. The legal business added that it had made a strong start to its current financial year.
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Lancaster-based Factored and Accrington's Crafted Design have jointly won a contract.
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The continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to see economic growth across the North West contract further than previously thought, according to new data. Concerns have also been raised that the next six months could prove to be the 'greatest challenge'.
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Andy Davies, managing director at White Oak, says that businesses in the North West and across the UK need to consider financial pinch points in the coming year and take action before 30th September.
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Plans to transform a former saw mill in Lancaster into holiday accommodation look set to be knocked back.
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Work has started installing a new walkway canopy at Preston Markets.
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Create Developments has secured consent for an extension to its Hampton By Hilton Hotel development in Blackpool.
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A Lancashire-based training company has moved its head office to One Cathedral Square in Blackburn as part of its ongoing growth plans.
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Manufacturing leaders have much to gain by investing in digital technologies, according to speakers at Insider's Made in Cheshire online forum, despite – for some – the idea being time-consuming and associated with high costs.
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A Lancashire PC manufacturer has seen sales surge since the start of April.
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Accrington-based Pilkington Buses is investing £500,000 in new vehicles and personnel in a bid to help fulfil a contract awarded by Lancashire County Council (LCC).
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