JD Sports are to sell their fashion retail branch Bank due to reports of repeated profit loss. The Bury-based company said that the sale to a subsidiary arm of Hilco Capital would allow the group to focus investment in parts of the business…

Figures from the Government show that the number of private sector businesses in the UK has peaked at 5.2 million. Of these private businesses, almost the entirety fall into the "small business" category, 99.3% employing fewer than 50…

Iconic record label bosses, industry heavyweights and respected UK journalists are among the 16-strong judging panel to preside over Merseyside new music prize The GIT Award 2015. For the first time in its four year history, The GIT…

The Deputy Prime Minister has reported that finding temporary uses for vacant buildings in the North is a priority after seeing progress through the Betahaus project in Berlin. The plan is to use the scheme to tackle the chronic problem of…

It has emerged this week that offshore drilling company Seadrill received a £600,000 grant to open an administrative centre in the heart of Liverpool. Seadrill dominates the drilling industry as the world's largest oil and gas rig operator,…

A new report has shown that creative and digital firms based in Liverpool’s Baltic Creative centre are contributing more than £1.4m into the city region economy each year. In a study commissioned to coincide with the fifth anniversary of…

Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust is supporting the Central Liverpool Foodbank this December and encouraging members of the local community to get behind their appeal. The NHS Health Information Centre (HIC) based on Hanover Street in…

Flybe has confirmed they will be adding flights between Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Belfast City airport from February 2015. From 2nd February 2015, Flybe will offer a year-round service comprised of three daily flights on weekdays in…

Approval has been granted for the first manufacturing space at Omega, the development at the former Burtonwood air base near Warrington. Omega Warrington Ltd (OWL), a joint venture between Miller and Royal Bank of Scotland-owned KUC…

More than 82% of SMEs say that flexibility to quickly optimise processes gives them a notable advantage compared with larger firms, when it comes to implementing technology-led initiatives. Research from Coleman Parkes has also found that…