A new Liverpool city region arts venue will open this summer and will be home to a wide range of live music, arts and creativity in a four-floor space. Andrew Brown reports A new arts venue is set to open in Southport this summer.…

Ahead of the start of Liverpool Restaurant Week 2026 Liverpool BID Company reveals food and drink is worth £322m to Liverpool city centre each year and supports more than 20,000 jobs. Tony McDonough reports More than £90,000 of…

Just 50 miles along the coast from Liverpool city region Rolls Royce is to start work on a multi-billion pound project to build three small modular nuclear reactors to power up to 3m homes. Tony McDonough reports Work is to start on…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Vespertine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Peregrine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Noordvliet,…

Exclusive: LBN can reveal global ports operator Global Ports Holding paid £12.5m for the right to operate Liverpool's cruise terminal and the facility has already made a ‘positive contribution’ to the company's record £176m annual revenues.…

Generations of day trippers to Southport have got off the train at the town’s station and walked through the shopping mall that is a gateway to Chapel Street - now the mall is to get a major facelift. Tony McDonough reports A major…

Merseyrail says more than 111,000 journeys were made between Liverpool and Aintree during the three days of the 2026 Grand National meeting with both tap and go and free flip-flops hailed a success. Tony McDonough reports There were…

Staffordshire accountancy group DJH grows its Liverpool city region footprint with a further acquisition eight months after buying Haines Watts and entering the local market for the first time. Tony McDonough reports Just eight…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Mazarine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Stolt Seagull, a tanker carrying urea from Germany. Agent is Graypen. Lucky Sea, a cargo vessel…

New report from Mersey Maritime reveals there are 188 active innovation projects in Liverpool city region’s maritime sector, totalling £1.9bn in value. Tony McDonough reports Mersey Maritime (MM) has revealed in a new report that…