Former Sensor City building in Liverpool Knowledge Quarter will utilise the ‘ultrafast’ LCR Connect network to become a £2m tech innovation hub for business customers. Tony McDonough reports Five years after it closed the former…

Health retailer Holland & Barrett will stock Coleen Rooney’s ‘Hair, Skin, and Nails' vitamins range, made by Liverpool city region venture Applied Nutrition, in 500 of its UK stores. Tony McDonough reports Fast-growing Liverpool…

Property investor Glenbrook acquires two Liverpool city region industrial units in £1.7m deal. Tony McDonough reports Glenbrook Investments has paid £1.7m for two units at Haydock Industrial Estate totalling 20,100 sq ft. Acquired…

Liverpool building firm Frank Rogers invests in skills its fire safety division - FR Fire Protection - as Government ushers in a ‘new era of fire safety’ following the Grenfell disaster. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool building firm…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Elbteam, a container vessel coming from and returning to Spain. Agent is CMA CGM. Lucia B, a container vessel coming from and returning to Spain. Agent is Samskip Multimodal.…

A new Liverpool Mexican restaurant promising to ‘bring a taste of Guadalajara’ to the city will open this weekend, creating 10 new jobs. Tony McDonough reports A new Mexican restaurant will open in Cains Brewery Village in Liverpool…

Liverpool will see the opening of its first five-star hotel for decades as part of a £1bn development that will also include the city’s tallest-ever tower and backed by Home Bargains tycoon Tom Morris. Tony McDonough reports …

Liverpool civil and structural engineering consultancy, the Alan Johnston Partnership, opens new office in Birmingham. Tony McDonough reports Civil and structural engineering consultancy, the Alan Johnston Partnership (AJP), is…

Global executive search and advisory firm HC Group acquires Liverpool recruitment venture, Hyperion Search, which specialises in the ‘cleantech’ sector. Tony McDonough reports Global executive search and advisory firm HC Group has…

Sciontec appoints Morgan Sindall to deliver HEMISPHERE One, a £61m laboratory and office development in the Liverpool Knowledge Quarter. Tony McDonough reports Sciontec is to push on to deliver the first of two laboratory and office…