Today's North West business news from Insider |
Latest News | Pets at Home is acquiring one of the UK's largest independent veterinary telehealth providers in a £15m deal. Read More… |
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Steve Williams, associate designer at Pegasus Group (Liverpool), discusses the importance of delivering housing development that promotes and enables healthy living and how people's new working habits might influence that. Read More… |
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Daresbury-based CTS, a portfolio company of private equity firm Tenzing, has acquired two legal specialist managed service providers. Read More… |
A Lancashire-based furniture wholesaler has secured a £500,000 CBILS boost through Atom Bank. Read More… |
Manchester-based Camlee Group has advised on the takeover of a high-end dental products supplier. Read More… |
GCA Altium UK has completed seven transactions since the start of September, four of which were in the North West. Read More… |
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Livv Housing Group chief executive Léann Hearne talks about the 24-month journey the North West housing association undertook to achieve a governance upgrade to G2 compliant by the Regulator of Social Housing. Read More… |
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Retail empire Arcadia Group, the owner of brands including TopShop, Burton and Dorothy Perkins, could be set to collapse today, according to reports. The group employs about 13,000 workers. Frasers Group, controlled by Mike Ashley, has confirmed it has offered a £50m funding line to Arcadia. Read More… |
Business confidence in the North West fell during November, according to a new report, but optimism lingers on the back of a successful mass testing trial in Liverpool and the progress made on a vaccine. Read More… |
Bury FC have been placed in administration as the former Football League club continue to fight for their existence. Read More… |
Regional and national funding for skills is to be made available to employers across the Liverpool City Region, the LEP's policy lead for employment and skills has told an Insider roundtable. The event sought to gain the views of businesses from across the area in order to influence future skills provision. Read More… |
A new UK biomanufacturing plant should be built in the North of England to bring investment and skills to the region, according to an industry expert. Read More… |
Danish furniture and home furnishings brand JYSK, which operates 30 stores across the UK and Ireland, has reported record results. Read More… |
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Plans for a major set of works at Omega Warrington look set to take their latest step forward. Read More… |
Ecommerce giant THG has submitted plans to expand its presence at ICON Manchester. Read More… |
The trio of Manchester assets at the centre of a £119m acquisition are "well placed" to benefit from the strength of the city. Read More… |
A vacant snooker hall on Liverpool's Cherry Lane could be repurposed as a hotel if plans are approved later this week. Read More… |
A residential scheme in Liverpool could soon secure approval. Read More… |
The head of development at a company behind major developments in the North has called for greater government support and investment to help boost northern cities. Read More… |
Plans to transform a vehicle repair garage in Liverpool look set to be backed later this week despite coming up against opposition. Read More… |
A pair of prominent residential schemes in Rochdale – one of which concerns the redevelopment of the former Soccer Village scheme – could soon be backed. Read More… |
Castle Green Homes has been revealed as the new name for regional housebuilder Macbryde Homes. The changes follow the multimillion-pound buyout of the business earlier this year and form part of its North West expansion plans. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | Work has begun on the first phase of the Stockport College refurbishment project. Read More… |
MCR Property Group has secured approval for its latest project. Read More… |
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