Today's Northern Powerhouse business news from Insider |
The business behind plans for a new £300m energy from waste centre in North East Lincolnshire has said the facility will play a key role in supporting the path to Net Zero after securing development consent. Read More… |
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News from the Northern Powerhouse | A scheme that will bring jobs and a major retailer's distribution centre to St Helens borough have been backed by the secretary of state. Read More… |
GP Bullhound has announced the winners of the 2021 Northern Tech Awards. Read More… |
Videogame developer Cloud Imperium Games has revealed a new game development studio in Manchester’s Enterprise City district will create more than 1,000 jobs within the next five years. Read More… |
Energy storage and clean fuel company ITM Power has reached an agreement to acquire a site in Sheffield for its second giga factory. ITM, which is also launching a new collaboration with the University of Sheffield, intends to build a second automated factory of some 260,000 sq ft on the site with a capacity of 1.5 GW per year. Read More… |
A Hebburn-based disability and inclusion specialist has acquired a provider of educational and occupational psychologists in its third acquisition in ten months. Read More… |
Urban regenerator Muse Developments and partner Blackpool Council have agreed a deal with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to take the 215,000 sq ft office building at the £350m Talbot Gateway scheme. The highly sustainable building will become its latest regional hub. Read More… |
An £11.75m loan has been secured to fund the redevelopment of an 11-acre site in Sheffield into industrial and logistics space. Read More… |
The Wilton Centre science park will play a key role in the new Teesside Freeport's ambition to create 18,000 jobs over the next five years, according to Redcar MP Jacob Young. Read More… |
Harworth Group has conditionally exchanged contracts for the sale of its Kellingley development site in Selby, North Yorkshire, to HPREF I Konect Investments for £54m. Harworth took control of the 149-acre plot in 2016, following the closure of the former Kellingley Colliery. Read More… |
ICL Boulby has increased sales volume by more than 90 per cent in the third quarter of the year. Read More… |
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Powerhouse Perspective | In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, Jonathan Straight, brand ambassador for Surplus Group, discusses what the initiative means to him, outlines his thoughts on metro mayors and highlights how improvements to transport infrastructure are of vital importance. Read More… |
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