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Leaders have highlighted the key role the North can play in future clean energy generation after two locations in the region were shortlisted for a prototype fusion energy plant.
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Sean Hutchinson, senior investment manager at British Business Bank and the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), discusses the equity finance landscape in North, and how it is an increasingly viable route for businesses looking to grow.
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News from the Northern Powerhouse | The former chief executive of Siemens UK has hailed the planned Advanced Machinery and Productivity Institute (AMPI) in Rochdale.
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Petrol giant Essar has submitted multimillion-pound plans for the construction of hydrogen production plants at its Stanlow manufacturing complex in Ellesmere Port. The construction of two blue hydrogen production hubs is set to attract £750m of total investment and support a hydrogen economy across North West England and North East Wales.
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Plans for a major mixed-use development of retail, leisure, food and drink, community and health space and new homes with the potential to create more than 1,100 jobs have been approved.
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A customer service centre business is set to create more than 350 new jobs with a move to Sunderland.
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Proposals to create a "world-class, year-round leisure destination" at the former Blackpool Central railway station have been given the green light.
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Plans for a trio of university buildings on a prominent site in Sheffield look set to get the green light next week.
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Work on a key access point for the Teesworks site has ramped up, with a new roundabout beginning to take shape.
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The former House of Fraser site in Birkenhead has been earmarked as a potential new location for the town's market under plans proposed by Wirral Council.
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The newly established Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) is consulting on a new five-year economic strategy for the region.
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Greater Manchester has signed an agreement with India's State of Maharashtra in a move that will strengthen existing trade and innovation links between the two regions.
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Powerhouse Perspective | In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse Liz Bromley, chief executive at college group NCG, outlines what the initiative means to her, the importance of regionally controlled funding, and the need for greater collaboration between cities and regions.
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