Today's Northern Powerhouse business news from Insider |
A Lancashire-based electric vehicle (EV) charging platform has snapped up an energy monitoring and management consultancy.
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Sean Hutchinson, senior investment manager at the British Business Bank, discusses the importance of building a green future and how the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is helping to deliver a low carbon northern economy through its investment support for businesses across the North of England.
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News from the Northern Powerhouse | The potential for a new memorandum of understanding between the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) and the innovation arm of the Israeli Government to drive investment in life-sciences in the North has been hailed.
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A Sheffield company that has developed smart sensors to allow industry to reduce wear and tear and cut energy costs has raised a further £1.5m from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, and Mercia's EIS funds.
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A key milestone has been achieved in the establishment of the new UK Infrastructure Bank, which has its headquarters in Leeds.
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A funding deal has been agreed to bring forward a £62.7m hotel on a prominent site adjacent to the railway station in Leeds city centre.
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Property investor and developer Bruntwood has purchased a stake in a new co-operative owned wind farm, which will supply energy to its properties.
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Hebburn-headquartered cloud company Howell Technology Group (HTG) has doubled the size of its premises allowing it to create at least 20 new jobs in the next year, and accelerate its plans to reach a £30m turnover in the next five years.
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Plans to develop a hotel and offices on a site adjacent to Bridgewater Place in Leeds have been brought forward.
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A public exhibition and consultation will outline plans for the next stage of commercial development at NOMA, the 20-acre mixed-use neighbourhood in the heart of Manchester city centre.
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Powerhouse Perspective | In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, Ian Plumb, strategy director at Envair Technology, discusses what the initiative means to him, how investment in training and education can help address skills shortages, and the need for enhanced transport links.
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